Tacto · Munich
(Intern) Entrepreneur in Residence
YOUR IMPACT As an intern at Tacto, you'll have real impact and real ownership. It’s important for us to give motivated, ambitious students a steep learning cur...
YOUR IMPACT
As an intern at Tacto, you'll have real impact and real ownership. It’s important for us to give motivated, ambitious students a
steep learning curve and an honest look at what it takes to build one of Europe's fastest-growing startups. We hold interns to the
same bar as full-time hires, which means we only bring on people who we trust to lead projects independently and who we'd
genuinely want to work with long-term.
You'll join one of our teams – Business Development, Customer Value, Talent & Organizational Development, Marketing & Growth,
Strategy & Operations, Procurement Data Analyst, or Sales Operations & Enablement – based on where your skills and our needs
align. By the end of the program you’ll leave with hands-on experience, strong role models, and a powerful network.
WHERE YOU MIGHT WORK
Depending on the match, you could join one of these teams:
- Business Development – Drive Tacto’s expansion by uncovering new growth opportunities, supporting sales execution, and directly
contributing to how we win new customers
- Customer Value – Help our customers unlock real, measurable cost savings by turning procurement into a strategic advantage with
Tacto. Collaborate closely with product & sales
- Talent & Organizational Development – Help make Tacto the most performant organization in Europe through hiring, retention,
processes and culture. Collaborate closely with all departments & teams
- Marketing & Growth – Shape how the market perceives Tacto by driving positioning, brand, and growth initiatives for Europe’s
leading procurement platform. Work closely with sales & customer value
- Strategy & Operations – Act as the architect of our expansion, uncovering the strategic levers that define our future and
translating them into the concrete operational engines that power Tacto’s scale
- Procurement Data Analyst - Turn customer data into compelling business cases that directly support closing deals and proving
Tacto’s value
- Revenue Operations – Act as the execution backbone of our revenue engine, refining and driving strategic projects end-to-end
across Business Development, New Sales (AEs) and Expansion (customer experience), turning the levers that shape our growth into
repeatable operating systems that scale Tacto
HOW IT WORKS
1. You apply once - this application covers all our internship positions across departments
2. Tell us your preferences - rank the areas you're most interested in (we ask in the application form)
3. First call - we'll come prepared with a clear proposal on which team we think fits best and why. We discuss your skills, our
needs, and where you can have the most impact
4. Case study - if we move forward, you'll work on a case with the team lead from your proposed department
5. We match and place you - you join a specific team & are all set to have an impact from day 1
Once you're in, you'll work primarily in your department. Depending on interest and capacity, there are usually opportunities to
contribute to cross-functional projects as well to broaden your horizon.
We also host regular events with top-tier founders and speakers from the startup ecosystem - e.g. Andreas Klinger at Lunch &
Learn, 2-day AI Hackathon in our office, Basti Schuon at Lunch & Learn - so you get exposure to the full picture of building a
startup, not just your corner of it.
WHAT YOU NEED TO WORK AT TACTO
- Experience in a fast-paced environment (startup, scale-up, consulting, whatever pushed you)
- Self-driven - you don't need hand-holding
- Naturally curious - you ask questions and dig deeper
- You actually want to build things and take ownership
- Strong communication skills in German and English
- You care about the problem we are solving & are mission-aligned - helping the European Industry to stay competitive in the
long-term
WHERE OUR PREVIOUS INTERNS WORK NOW
After Tacto, over 10 former interns have founded their own companies, with e.g. 3 already going through Y Combinator. Others have
joined programs like CDTM (5+ acceptances), moved into top consulting firms, or joined early-stage startups and VCs. The common
thread: they all got a real understanding of what it takes to build and scale a company.
OUR BACKGROUND
Tacto is building the intelligence layer that connects AI to the physical world of manufacturing, starting with procurement. AI is
transforming every industry, but it stops at the factory gate. The knowledge that holds manufacturing together - part costs,
suppliers, materials - is scattered across systems and people. Over 50% of a product's cost originates from suppliers, making
procurement the single largest cost lever in manufacturing and the missing connection between the digital and the physical world.
Yet it still runs on Excel and legacy systems. We're changing that with our Procurement Intelligence Platform, trusted by hundreds
of companies running billions of Euros of material.
Based in Munich, we are 100+ passionate builders who are in-office, with high expectations, fast growth, and a lot of fun. We are
supported by >€50m from Sequoia, Index, and Europe's leading tech entrepreneurs and industry veterans.
WHY IT MATTERS
Manufacturing forms Europe's economic backbone, driving a fourth of Europe's GDP and providing over 30% of jobs. These hidden
champions and global market leaders manufacture the physical world around us, from the machines that build our cities to the
medical devices that save lives.
But the world is changing. The US dominates the digital world of bits. China is scaling the world of atoms, manufacturing at
unprecedented speed and scale. Geopolitics are more uncertain than ever. Europe's strength lies in its deep industrial knowledge
through generations of engineering. Manufacturing worldwide runs on European machines and software. But that heritage is only an
advantage if we leverage it in the age of AI.
Tacto builds the AI that connects Atoms and Bits, empowering our Industrial Base to Stay Stronger and building a lighthouse for
European tech.
WHAT WE OFFER
The people at Tacto are passionate about building the organization, growing themselves, and our product while having fun and being
real. We have high expectations, great talent density, and a culture where your ambition, performance, and agency are what count -
not where you come from or how big your ego is. You'll grow at the forefront of AI, have real ownership and impact, and be
surrounded by the best people in their field who challenge you and make you better every day. That is demanding and rewarding, but
that's where we thrive. Besides that you have:
- Money: Competitive salary & equity in the company with real upside, so you are invested in our success
- Workplace: A vibrant in-office culture (> 4 days/week) in a beautiful office in central Munich
- Development: A development budget and regular exposure to exceptional people, e.g., Lunch & Learns, peer mentoring, external
speakers
- Time off: 26 + 4 vacation days per year (4 fixed “company rest days”) as well as regular off-sites and team events
- Health: Wellpass membership, of course, a fruit basket (!), and access to Jobrad, for your health
- Family & Social Security: Voluntary pension contribution, voluntary KITA subsidy for your children
Tacto is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion, sexual
orientation, age, marital status, disability, or gender identity. Please do not submit personal data revealing racial or ethnic
origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, data concerning your health, or data
concerning your sexual orientation.