The Indian Dream Club, an initiative by Indian Startup News , serves founders, entrepreneurs and business professionals through its magazine and community. The Indian Dream magazine features founder stories, industry insights and practical lessons on building businesses.

We are looking for a Business Development Manager to grow paid magazine subscriptions, acquire corporate and institutional customers, and develop circulation partnerships.

This is a hands-on sales role for someone who enjoys identifying opportunities, building relationships and converting conversations into paying subscribers.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Drive individual subscriptions, corporate subscription plans and institutional bulk orders.
- Identify and approach potential customers through calls, emails, LinkedIn, meetings, events and referrals.
- Build relationships with companies, business schools, incubators, accelerators, coworking spaces and industry associations.
- Manage the sales process from prospecting and pitching to negotiation, closure and payment collection.
- Follow up with prospects and existing subscribers to drive conversions and renewals.
- Develop circulation and distribution partnerships that help the magazine reach relevant readers.
- Work with the marketing team on subscription offers,



referral programmes and sales campaigns.
- Coordinate with the operations team to ensure timely delivery and resolve subscription queries.
- Maintain an organised sales pipeline and track leads, conversions, revenue, renewals and collections.
- Meet agreed monthly and quarterly subscription sales targets.

We are looking for someone with:

- 2–3 years of experience in business development, subscription sales, corporate sales, institutional sales or circulation.
- A track record of meeting sales targets and closing deals.
- Robust communication, pitching, negotiation and follow-up skills.
- The ability to acquire new customers while maintaining existing relationships.
- Working knowledge of CRM tools, Excel or Google Sheets.
- A proactive approach and the ability to manage daily sales activities independently.
- Experience with magazines, newspapers, publishing businesses or paid membership products will be an advantage.
- An existing network of corporate or institutional buyers would also be valuable.
- You will work closely with the founding and marketing teams, with direct ownership of your sales pipeline and an opportunity to help grow the magazine’s subscriber base.

📌 Business Development Manager, Subscriptions & Circulation (Bengaluru)
🏢 Indian Startup News
📍 Bengaluru