Working Student – Innovation & Venture Clienting

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Working Student in Innovation & Venture Clienting at REHAU Group focusing on startup scouting, AI enablement, and market analysis. Collaborate with various business units and contribute to innovative projects.

Posted 7/6/2026internshipRemote • 🇩🇪 GermanyEntry LevelWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Venture Clienting Startup Scouting & Analysis: You identify relevant startups, technologies, and trends — through databases, events, networks, and competitive analysis. You assess them for potential partnerships within our venture clienting approach and connect directly with founding teams.
Innovation Research & Market Analysis: You support the analysis of pain points and automation potential in close collaboration with various REHAU business units.
Venture Clienting Process: You are an active part of the operational process — from the initial scouting idea to the final use case. You accompany proof-of-concept phases and help test solutions under real-world conditions.
AI Enablement Requirements Analysis & Use Case Identification: You analyze AI requirements from REHAU Group's business units and help identify and sharpen concrete use cases.
Technology Research: You evaluate current AI technologies and tools, assessing what's relevant for REHAU — and whether a need is best addressed with existing tools, custom prompting, or an external solution (startup).
Knowledge Transfer & Enablement: You contribute to designing and running training formats (workshops, trainings, etc.) and help upskill colleagues in AI — inspiring them and activating them as AI ambassadors.
Cross-functional Workshops & Events: You support the conceptual and organizational preparation, execution, and follow-up of workshops and meetings with internal stakeholders and external startups.
Business Cases & Project Support: You create presentations, market analyses, and decision papers for internal and external stakeholders — and help translate ideas into well-founded business cases.
Portfolio & Data Management: You maintain and develop our startup, use case, and project database, ensuring all relevant information stays up to date.

Requirements

What you’ll need

You're currently pursuing a Master's degree in Business, Business Informatics, Innovation, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Entrepreneurship, or a related field.
You have hands-on experience in the startup world — whether through your own venture, an internship, a working student role, an accelerator, or a VC/investment environment.
AI isn't just a buzzword to you: You've been actively and regularly using tools like ChatGPT and others for at least two years, you know how to apply them meaningfully, and you never stop asking questions.
You think analytically and can translate requirements into actionable solutions.
You're fluent in both German and English and communicate clearly — even when the topic gets complex.
You work in a structured and independent manner and can quickly get up to speed in new contexts.
Variety drives you: No two days look the same — and that's exactly what motivates you.
You take ownership , bring your own ideas to the table, and don't just want to be part of the team — you want to genuinely shape things.
Want to use this role for your thesis? Absolutely, we're on board.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Real impact: You work on topics that feed directly into REHAU Group's core business — both in startup collaboration and AI transformation.
Flexible hours: We schedule your hours around your studies, not the other way around.
Startup network: You gain direct insight into the world of founders and innovation partners.
Cutting-edge technology: You work with the latest AI tools, LLMs, and innovation methodologies — and actively shape how they're adopted across the company.
Remote first: Work from Hamburg or flexibly from anywhere in Germany. On-site in Hamburg? Even better.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Data AnalysisAI Tools ProficiencyMarket ResearchBusiness InformaticsInnovation Management

Soft Skills

Analytical ThinkingStructured Work ApproachOwnershipCreative Problem SolvingEffective Communication