About the Role
As an Intern Business Operations & Growth, you will support the implementation of key growth and operations projects, improve processes, and strengthen the company's operational setup during its next scaling phase. You will collaborate closely with the founding team and various departments, gaining deep insights into building and scaling a fast-growing education company.
Responsibilities
- Analyze existing processes, interfaces, and operational bottlenecks to identify improvement potential and derive concrete measures for process optimization and scaling.
- Collaborate directly with founders and C-level on strategic projects related to growth, operations, scaling, and internal structure, gaining insights into entrepreneurial decisions.
- Support the development of central business processes and help translate strategic initiatives into clear operational measures, responsibilities, and next steps.
- Participate in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of growth initiatives, supporting the structured transfer of successful approaches into daily operations.
- Identify manual or inefficient processes and support the implementation of pragmatic solutions, templates, playbooks, or automations.
- Prepare analyses, overviews, and presentations to support data-driven and structured operational decisions for the founding team and departments.
- Take ownership of sub-projects, structure complex topics, and support the development of scalable processes for future growth.
- Collaborate closely with Sales, Marketing, Operations, Academies, and Business Development on cross-functional projects, internal initiatives, and presentations.
Requirements
- Interest in startups, education, and digital business models.
- Strong analytical thinking with a good understanding of numbers, ability to quickly grasp contexts, and make data-driven decisions.
- Strong communication skills to clearly and convincingly present complex matters, both written and verbal, in German and ideally English.
- Proactive and hands-on mentality, motivated to tackle challenges, work independently, and manage multiple projects effectively.
- Affinity for technology, analytics, and automation, proficient with tools like Google Workspace, Trello, or Notion, and keen on optimizing processes with smart solutions.
Skills
- Analytical thinking
- Communication skills
- Proactiveness
- Hands-on mentality
- Technology affinity
- Analytics
- Automation
- Google Workspace
- Trello
- Notion
- German language proficiency
- English language proficiency (ideally)
Work Type
- Internship
Experience Level
- Entry-level experience from relevant areas (e.g., internships, personal projects)
Benefits
- Direct insight into venture building, working with experienced founders and experts.
- Meaningful work with direct impact on combating skilled labor shortage and opening new career perspectives through education.
- Dynamic startup environment with open culture, flat hierarchies, and a focus on personal development.
- Individual development opportunities including regular mentoring, personal feedback, and a 250 training budget during the internship.
- Scope for design and access to a top network of industry leaders and supporters.
- Opportunity to join at a pivotal growth phase and shape the future of education.
About the Company
- Talentspring Academy Group is a dynamically growing association of state-recognized digital-first educational institutions with a clear focus on digital professional fields.
- We qualify people without formal qualifications, career changers, job seekers, and employees for in-demand roles in the digital working world.
- Our programs qualify for future-relevant professional fields in areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Online Marketing, and Digital Sales.
- We combine the speed and innovation of an EdTech with the reach and credibility of established educational structures.
- Through strategic partnerships, we have a nationwide infrastructure with hundreds of locations, deep institutional trust, and direct access to target groups.
- Our mission is to re-qualify people with digital, state-funded further education to strengthen equal opportunities and make Germany's economy future-proof.
Equal Opportunity
- Talentspring is proud of its diverse team. Hiring and employment decisions are not based on skin color, religion, ethnic or national origin, nationality, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or age.
- Talentspring ensures a safe workplace, actively combating discrimination and harassment.
- We prioritize that everyone develops to their fullest potential without disadvantage, and we ensure diversity in every team composition.
