Global Business Development Internship/Co-Op (Summer 2019)
Tesla's mission is to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy. Tesla is leveraging its breakthrough powertrain technology and manufacturing scale to develop and deploy grid connected storage at residential, industrial, and utility scales, bringing battery technology to the grid to facilitate a renewable energy ecosystem and increase grid reliability in places where it is lacking.
Team Overview & Responsibilities:
The role of the Global Business Development team is to work across the business to analyse and determine future markets and customer offerings. We research and review market trends, changes in customer preferences and product capabilities to determine how best to meet Tesla’s mission of accelerating the transition to sustainable energy.
Overview of the Role:
The focus of this role will be to conduct analysis on the residential and commercial sector to prove out future trends in terms of energy use, and the products and customer offerings needed to serve these markets. With guidance from the sector leaders, the intern will be responsible for:
- conducting a market size for a particular segment group,
- determining the key drivers of uptake for a new customer offer,
- working with the product team to determine how we meet the ideal customer offer
- presenting the business case to the key business stakeholders – finance, sales, product and engineering.
During this project, the intern will work with other teams across the business to seek their input and refine the offer.
Required Skills/Qualifications:
- Working towards an MBA or strong bachelor’s degree in economics / engineering
- Demonstrated and extensive analytical skills
- Ability to clearly communicate concepts and support hypothesis with data
- Ability to work across multiple teams to gain input and consensus
- Background in energy (preferred)