Business Development Manager – India (Executive Search & Talent Advisory)

Location: Mumbai (Nariman Point) — full-time, based in-market

Reports to: Founder & CEO, Career Zoom Pte. Ltd. (Singapore)

Employment type: Full time, direct hire

About Career Zoom

Career Zoom is a Singapore-headquartered boutique executive search, RPO and CXO-on-Demand firm, specialising in senior leadership hiring across BFSI, fintech and technology sectors. We are expanding into India, establishing our first in-market presence in Mumbai to build relationships with BFSI institutions, fintechs, and Global Capability Centres (GCCs) across the India.

The Role

We‘re looking for an experienced, India-market-savvy Business Development professional to lead Career Zoom‘s on-the-ground business development in Mumbai. This is a pure business development role — you will not be doing recruitment delivery (sourcing, screening, shortlisting); your job is to open doors, build relationships, and win mandates that our Singapore and India -based delivery team then executes.

Key Responsibilities

- Identify, engage and secure new client opportunities for Career Zoom‘s executive search, recruitment and talent advisory services
- Build and manage relationships with senior decision-makers (CHRO, CXO, founder-level) across BFSI, fintech, and technology/GCC clients in Mumbai and other Metro cities




- Develop and submit business proposals in coordination with Singapore HQ
- Maintain rigorous CRM and pipeline discipline
- Represent Career Zoom at industry conferences, chamber events and networking sessions
- Conduct market intelligence gathering and provide monthly reporting to Singapore HQ
- Contribute to an initial market-entry research effort covering target sectors, competitive landscape and go-to-market planning

What Success Looks Like

- Consistent monthly target-account mapping and qualified client meetings
- Growing, well-documented sales pipeline with clear opportunity value
- Signed executive search mandates within the first 3-4 months
- Strong relationship-building across BFSI and GCC client segments

What We‘re Looking For

- 3+ years of business development / sales experience, ideally in executive search, professional services, or B2B services to BFSI/financial services clients
- Consultative selling capability — comfortable engaging senior stakeholders on complex, relationship-led sales rather than transactional/product sales
- Strong existing network within Mumbai‘s BFSI, fintech, or GCC ecosystem is a strong plus
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
- Self-starter, comfortable operating independently while working closely with an overseas HQ team
- Based in Mumbai, hybrid work

📌 Business Development Manager (Mumbai)
🏢 Career Zoom Pte.
📍 Mumbai