General Manager – EV Charging Franchise Development

Location: Kochi, Kerala
Job Type: Full-time
Industry: EV Charging Infrastructure / EV Charging Stations / EV Franchise Network
Experience: Minimum 7 years in EV Charging Station Franchise Development / EV Charging Network Development
Joining: Immediate Joiner Preferred
Salary: ₹1,50,000+ per month + TA/DA (based on experience and current CTC)

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced, highly driven, and result-oriented National Head – EV Charging Franchise Development to lead the expansion of our EV charging station franchise network across India.

The selected candidate will be responsible not only for developing franchise opportunities but also for leading, motivating, and driving the entire franchise development team toward clearly defined business and expansion targets.

The ideal candidate will have 7+ years of relevant experience in EV charging station franchise development, charging network expansion, franchise acquisition, site development, channel/partner development, team leadership, and business growth.

This is a senior leadership position with responsibility for executing the company's Pan-India EV charging franchise strategy, achieving franchise acquisition targets, expanding the charging network, and building a high-performance business development team.

Key ResponsibilitiesNational Franchise Expansion

- Develop and execute the Pan-India EV charging station franchise expansion strategy.
- Identify, approach, evaluate, negotiate with, and onboard suitable EV charging station franchise partners across India.
- Identify high-potential cities, highways, commercial locations, residential areas, fleet hubs, parking facilities, fuel stations, hotels, malls, and other suitable locations for EV charging stations.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with franchise investors, property owners, fleet operators, automobile businesses, commercial establishments, and strategic partners.
- Manage the complete franchise development cycle from lead generation and site identification to commercial negotiation, franchise onboarding, installation coordination, and station launch.

Team Leadership & Target Achievement

- Lead, manage, motivate, and drive the entire franchise development team toward monthly, quarterly, and annual targets.
- Establish clear individual, regional, and national KPIs for the franchise development team.




- Ensure the entire team maintains a strong and continuously growing franchise and business-development pipeline.
- Conduct regular performance reviews and take corrective actions to ensure targets are achieved.
- Develop sales strategies and action plans to improve team productivity and conversion rates.
- Coach and mentor regional and state-level business development managers.
- Create a target-oriented, accountable, and high-performance culture within the franchise development team.
- Track daily/weekly/monthly performance and provide regular updates to senior management.

Business Development & Network Growth

- Set and achieve monthly, quarterly, and annual franchise acquisition and charging station rollout targets.
- Develop state-wise and region-wise franchise expansion plans.
- Build and manage a strong pipeline of prospective franchisees and charging station locations.
- Negotiate franchise fees, commercial terms, territory allocation, revenue-sharing models, and partnership arrangements.
- Coordinate with technical, operations, finance, sales, and marketing teams to ensure smooth commissioning and launch of charging stations.
- Monitor franchisee and charging station performance and identify opportunities for business growth.
- Develop strategic partnerships that can accelerate charging network expansion.
- Conduct competitor and market analysis to identify new opportunities in the Indian EV charging market.
- Represent the company at EV industry events, conferences, exhibitions, franchise meets, and business forums.

Candidate ProfileMandatory Requirements

- Minimum 7 years of relevant experience specifically in EV Charging Station Franchise Development, EV Charging Network Development, EV Charging Infrastructure Business Development, or a closely related field.
- Proven experience in leading a business development/franchise development team and achieving business, revenue, or expansion targets.
- Robust understanding of the EV charging station business and Indian EV charging ecosystem.
- Proven track record in franchise acquisition, partner development,



network expansion, or charging station rollout.
- Strong leadership, target-setting, team-management, and performance-management capabilities.
- Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, and relationship-management skills.
- Multi-lingual communication skills are required, with the ability to communicate effectively in multiple Indian languages.
- Willingness to travel extensively across India.
- Immediate joiners or candidates with a very short notice period are preferred.
- Graduate qualification is mandatory; Postgraduate qualification/MBA will be an added advantage.

Key Skills

EV Charging Station Development | EV Charging Franchise Development | EV Charging Network Expansion | EV Charging Infrastructure | Franchise Acquisition | Franchise Development | Business Development | Team Leadership | Target Achievement | KPI Management | Channel Development | Partner Acquisition | Site Acquisition | Commercial Negotiation | B2B Sales | Strategic Partnerships | Market Expansion | Pan-India Expansion

Compensation

- ₹1,50,000+ per month
- TA/DA provided for official travel
- Compensation based on relevant experience and current CTC
- Senior leadership position with Pan-India responsibility
- Performance-driven career growth opportunities

Ideal Candidate

We are looking for a strong business leader, team builder, and target achiever who can take complete ownership of the company's EV charging franchise expansion.

The ideal candidate should be capable of turning strategy into execution, driving the entire team toward targets, building a strong franchise pipeline, personally handling key strategic partnerships, and ensuring consistent Pan-India network growth.

Candidates with an established network among EV charging companies, franchise investors, property owners, highway operators, hotels, malls, fuel stations, fleet operators, automobile dealers, and commercial property networks will have an advantage.

Apply Now

If you have 7+ years of proven experience in EV charging station franchise development, demonstrated team leadership and target-achievement capabilities, strong multi-lingual communication skills, willingness to travel across India, and are available to join immediately, we invite you to apply for this exciting leadership opportunity.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: ₹140,000.00 - ₹150,000.00 per month

Work Location: In person

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