Job Description
About the Role
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We are looking for a Sales Manager to lead and drive revenue. The role involves managing the sales team, driving conversions, improving sales processes, and ensuring a solid student experience throughout the admission journey.
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The charter for this role will include:
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- Own sales targets and revenue for the assigned business.
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- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of study abroad counsellors/sales professionals.
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- Monitor daily, weekly, and monthly sales performance and take corrective actions to achieve targets.
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- Analyse sales data, identify gaps, and build strategies to improve team productivity and conversions.
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- Conduct regular reviews, coaching sessions, and performance discussions with the team.
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- Build and implement sales processes, playbooks, and best practices to improve efficiency.
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- Handle escalations and support the team in closing high-value or complex student cases.
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- Stay updated on market trends, competitor offerings, student preferences, and changes in international education.
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- Ensure a high-quality student experience while maintaining strong sales outcomes.
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Ideal Persona
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- 5–8 years of experience in sales, preferably in study abroad, international education, or a related industry.
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- Prior experience managing and leading a sales/counselling team.
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- Strong track record of achieving revenue and conversion targets.
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- Strong understanding of sales funnels, lead management, and performance metrics.
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- Excellent communication, negotiation, and people-management skills.
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- Data-driven approach with the ability to identify problems and take quick action.
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- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, target-driven environment.
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- Robust customer/student orientation with a commercial mindset.
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Everyone at Leap is entrepreneurial, moves fast and operates with extreme ownership.
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There is minimal management and extreme autonomy.
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If the above defines you, you will fit in snugly.
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What is Leap?
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Leap is a global student mobility platform that empowers students' aspirations for a global career and education
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We have built this and this and this
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We work at the exciting intersection of fintech & edtech
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And we love that we succeed as a business while powering the dreams of talented students!
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How far along are we?
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We are the leaders in our space by a mile!
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We are backed by Sequoia, Jungle Ventures, Owl Ventures & Harvard!
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Read the latest fundraise news here
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Who are we as people?
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We have a lean, rockstar team.
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We have come this far with a lean team because we love to increase the talent density with every new member we add. Yes, we are more picky than the usual company.
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We hire slowly and deliberately
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What will you be doing?
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We are now building our leadership team and would love to engage
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This is a great time to join the rocketship and participate in the upside -
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Broadly,
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- You will have tearing-your-hair level complex & challenging problems to solve
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- With massive upside if you solve them
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- In a super rapid paced environment that will challenge you
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- With enough resources to be audacious
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- And mentorship from an experienced founding team
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Your move !:)
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- Having a busy week? - Simply apply here
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- Want to skip the queue? - Take out a few mins and write a standout email to us at
[email protected]
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📌 Sales Manager (Bengaluru)
🏢 Leap
📍 Bengaluru