Business Development Operations & AI Automation Internship

Temporal Technologies

3h•Hybrid

About The Position

The BDR Intern will work embedded in Temporal's Business Development organization to improve team efficiency through data operations, AI automation, and hands-on prospecting experience. This role combines operational work (daily reporting, data cleanup, CRM hygiene) with strategic projects (building AI agents, process optimization) while gaining real selling experience alongside the BDR team. This is a hybrid role based in Atlanta, GA, where Temporal's BDR hub is located. You'll work directly with New Logo BDR, Growth BDRs, International BDRs, and managers.

Requirements

Interest in sales, particularly technical/developer sales
Comfortable with data (spreadsheets, Salesforce, basic SQL a plus)
Experience with AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, or building simple agents/automations)
Strong written and verbal communication
Not afraid of the phone
Self-starter who can operate with minimal supervision
Curiosity about how software is built and sold

Responsibilities

Run daily activity reports across the BDR team (meetings scheduled, pipeline sourced, quota attainment)
Clean and standardize data in Salesforce (account deduplication, contact enrichment, opportunity hygiene)
Build and maintain dashboards tracking team performance metrics
Audit BDR activity data to ensure accurate attribution and conversion tracking
Partner with RevOps to identify and fix data quality issues
Build AI-powered tools to automate prospecting research (company intelligence, persona identification, use case mapping)
Create outreach automation agents (email sequence generation, call script assistance, follow-up recommendations)
Develop AI copilots for BDR workflows (account prioritization, signal-triggered alerts, meeting prep assistants)
Test and iterate on AI tools with BDR feedback
Document what works and doesn't for future scaling
Shadow BDRs on prospecting calls and observe live demos
Conduct prospect research and build target account lists
Make outbound calls alongside BDRs (with coaching and feedback)
Run discovery conversations and book meetings for AEs
Practice Temporal's customer storytelling and Challenger Arc methodology
Contribute to team meeting and pipeline goals
Map current BDR workflows and identify inefficiencies
Document best practices from top-performing BDRs
Build playbooks for common prospecting scenarios (AI use cases, technical objections, persona-based messaging)
Create onboarding materials for new BDR hires
Recommend process improvements based on hands-on experience
Work with New Logo, Growth, and International BDR teams on region-specific projects
Partner with Marketing on campaign follow-up and lead routing
Collaborate with RevOps on territory planning and capacity modeling
Support Sales Enablement with content creation and training materials

Benefits

Unlimited PTO
12 Holidays + 2 Floating Holidays
100% Premiums Coverage for Medical, Dental, and Vision
AD&D, LT & ST Disability, and Life Insurance (Standard & Supplemental Available)
Empower 401K Plan
Learning & Development
Lifestyle Spending
In-Home Office Setup
Professional Memberships
WFH Meals
Internet Stipend
Calm App Subscription for Mental Health & Wellness