Management Trainee - Marketing & Outreach

About the role

Agento is building a governance-first AI operating system for regulated and process-intensive enterprises, helping organisations use AI agents to understand business processes, connect with enterprise systems and execute workflows. As an early-stage technology company, it is looking for an ambitious Management Trainee to help build its market presence. The role works closely with the leadership team across marketing, business development, partnerships and market research, and is highly hands-on.

Key responsibilities

• Market research: research AI, enterprise automation and agentic AI markets; identify target industries, companies, decision-makers and competitors; track trends and build prospect and partner lists.
• Outreach: conduct targeted LinkedIn and email outreach, initiate conversations, follow up on prospects, support scheduling of customer discovery calls and demonstrations, and test different outreach approaches.
• Marketing: support LinkedIn and social media presence, write posts, articles and short-form content, assist with case studies, product announcements and thought-leadership content, and turn product developments into marketing content with the technical team.
• Partnerships and programs: research accelerator and partnership programs, prepare applications, identify university and industry partnerships, and coordinate participation in competitions, accelerators and industry events.
• Sales support: maintain CRM and prospect databases, track outreach activity, help qualify leads, prepare briefing material for sales meetings, capture customer feedback and help identify recurring customer pain points.

Required profile

• Strong written and verbal communication and excellent research skills.
• Highly organised and proactive, comfortable communicating with people online.
• Strong interest in AI and technology, able to work independently and willing to learn and take ownership.
• Desirable: marketing, business, engineering, computer science or related background; experience with LinkedIn outreach, Canva or similar design tools, digital marketing, CRM tools, social media content writing, AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, and startup, university or accelerator environments.

What you'll learn

• Hands-on exposure to AI startup operations, B2B marketing, enterprise sales, customer discovery, business development and partnership development.
• Startup strategy, accelerator applications, product positioning and go-to-market strategy.