Area Sales Manager - Manager - Lending - Hyderabad

Location: Hyderabad, Telangana
Department: Sales - Lending
Employment Type: Full-time Employment
Work Environment: In office

About the Team

The Merchant Lending team is one of the fastest-growing business verticals at Paytm, focused on enabling credit access to millions of merchants across India. The team drives credit penetration, loan lifecycle management, and cross-sell of high-value financial products like Gold SIP, Insurance, and other merchant-centric financial solutions.

About the Role

Paytm is looking for an experienced Sales Leader & People Manager to drive the Merchant Lending business across the assigned region. The role involves scaling merchant loan penetration, strengthening underwriting funnel quality, and unlocking incremental revenue through strategic cross-sell initiatives.

Expectations/Requirements

1. Grow Merchant Lending penetration and overall credit distribution in the assigned geography.
2. Drive visibility & deployment of lending products-Merchant Loans, BNPL, QR-linked credit, overdraft lines, etc.
3. Lead cross-sell of financial products like Gold SIP, Insurance, and other merchant financial tools to enhance merchant stickiness and revenue-per-merchant.
4. Identify, recruit,



and manage a strong field sales team to accelerate lending acquisition and cross-sell outputs.
5. Define market size, span, funnel metrics, and territories for Team Leads to maximize efficiency.
6. Ensure seamless communication of plans/targets, minimizing expectation vs delivery gaps.
7. Monitor and improve portfolio quality metrics-repayment behavior, fraud checks, documentation hygiene, and onboarding quality.
8. Conduct audits and validations on loan files, sales processes, and cross-sell adherence.
9. Lead and mentor a large on-ground structure of 5-10 Team Leads & 100+ indirect employees, ensuring high productivity and compliance.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.

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