Student Sales Development (f/m/x)
First seen by Alion on Sep 18, 2026.
You want to learn how a cold contact turns into a real customer - in B2B SaaS sales at the intersection of automotive, data and AI?
To accelerate our sales growth, win new customers and expand sovity's footprint in the industry, we are looking for YOU!
Your role at sovity
As a Working Student Sales Development you are the first point of contact for our future customers. You identify relevant companies in the automotive space and adjacent industries, find the right contacts and turn cold contacts into warm leads that our go-to-market team converts into deals. Along the way you learn modern B2B SaaS sales from the ground up and quickly own your own campaigns and KPIs. Your responsibilities include:
Target accounts & lead research: You identify relevant automotive suppliers and industrial companies and find the right contacts.
Outbound prospecting: You reach out to decision makers via LinkedIn, email and phone and find out which messaging works.
From cold to warm: You qualify contacts, understand their needs and hand over warm leads including a scheduled meeting to our go-to-market team.
Pipeline & CRM: You maintain our pipeline in HubSpot, follow up consistently and make results visible through clear KPIs.
Customer meetings: You join first calls, take care of the follow-up and run your own conversations as you gain experience.
Market & ecosystems: You track what is happening in Catena-X and adjacent data spaces and where sales opportunities arise.
Sales playbook: You bring your insights back into the team and help sharpen target groups, messaging and process.
What you bring
First experience: You have already gained initial experience in sales, business development or customer acquisition - e.g. through an internship, a working student role or a side job in a B2B environment, ideally with outbound or customer-facing responsibilities.
Studies: You are in an advanced stage of your studies (industrial engineering, business administration, business informatics or comparable) and can support us for a longer period with around 16-20 hours per week.
Hunter spirit: You are not afraid to approach people who do not know you yet - on the phone, by email or on LinkedIn - you stay persistent and a “no” does not stop you.
Interest in automotive, data & AI: Complex technology topics that need explaining do not scare you. You want to understand how data exchange works in industrial supply chains - prior knowledge of Catena-X, data spaces or B2B SaaS is a plus, but not a must.
Structure & ownership: You work in a structured way, document properly in the CRM (e.g. HubSpot) and drive your topics forward independently instead of waiting for tasks.
Communication skills: You come across confidently, listen carefully and can explain complex topics in a simple and convincing way.
Languages: You speak and write German and English fluently.
What we offer you
As a startup we value agility, diversity, trust and open exchange. Our team consists of highly motivated people who are passionate about their topic!
We are a young, dynamic team with lots of opportunities to shape and contribute, also beyond your own area of responsibility
Flat hierarchies and working at eye level with all colleagues are the norm for us
We offer a motivated working environment with a lot of flexibility, a shared vision and highly skilled colleagues who learn from each other
We live team spirit and have a lot of fun at work; flexible working hours and hybrid office arrangements with regular team events
Cutting Edge: Data sovereignty and data ecosystems are trend topics that will be needed in all major industrial companies in the future
Benefits: Drinks and snacks, office dog, team events, darts and much more
Top hardware of your choice (Windows/Lenovo, MacBooks, office with WQHD monitors, …)
Apply easily
If you want to learn sales from the ground up in one of the most exciting technology fields in Europe and make a real impact, we look forward to your application!
Send us your CV via email. We are looking forward to hearing from you!
Sebastian Kleff | CEO | sovity GmbH
E-Mail: [email protected]
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-kleff
About sovity
sovity is the foundation for sovereign data exchange between companies - and the fastest route into Europe's emerging data economy. Our SaaS solution enables companies to join a data space in minutes instead of months and turns a complex integration project into a managed service. The focus is not on the technology, but on concrete value: sovity delivers ready-made use case solutions that let companies achieve immediate results from their data exchange - from product carbon footprints and component traceability to certificate exchange. Today, DAX corporations and international mid-sized companies use sovity to participate in Catena-X, Europe's automotive data space. Our technology is industry-agnostic: wherever companies need to share data without giving up control over it, sovity is the foundation.
You like that - but what is the motivation behind data ecosystems?
Data is the most valuable resource of our time - but as soon as it is shared between companies, the publisher loses control. At the same time, companies depend on exchanging business and process information with partners - and this need is growing rapidly: without high availability and high quality of data across company boundaries, powerful AI is not possible. Sovereign data exchange is therefore not just a compliance question, but the foundation for the next generation of data-driven value creation. With our SaaS solution, built on data space standards, companies can share data with partners while determining for which purpose, when and how the information may be used.