Sales Head / Senior Business Development Manager

Company: Clevanoo

Location: Hyderabad, India

Employment: Full-time, office-based, five days a week

Industry: Staffing and Recruitment Services

Compensation: Competitive salary plus performance-based incentives

About the Role

Clevanoo is looking for an experienced sales leader from a reputable staffing or recruitment company to lead our sales team, acquire new clients and grow revenue.

This is a hands-on leadership role. The selected candidate must personally develop business while coaching the team, improving productivity and building a consistent pipeline of new client opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

New Client Acquisition and Revenue Growth

- Identify, approach and acquire new clients for Clevanoo’s staffing and recruitment services.
- Personally manage the sales process from prospecting and introductory meetings through proposals, negotiations and signed agreements.
- Build relationships with hiring managers, procurement teams and other decision-makers.
- Convert signed clients into active accounts with job requirements, placements and revenue.
- Expand existing accounts by identifying additional hiring needs and service opportunities.

Team Leadership and Development

- Lead, mentor and hold the sales team accountable for performance.
- Set clear individual and team targets for qualified leads, client meetings, current accounts, active requirements and revenue.
- Conduct regular pipeline reviews, coaching sessions and performance discussions.
- Improve the quality of outreach, client conversations, presentations and follow-up.
- Identify skill gaps and provide practical training to improve conversions and productivity.
- Support the hiring and onboarding of sales team members as required.

Sales Operations and Delivery Coordination

- Establish a disciplined sales process with clear ownership and timely follow-up.
- Ensure all sales activities, client updates and opportunities are recorded accurately in the company’s CRM/ATS.




- Work closely with recruitment and delivery managers to ensure client requirements are understood and serviced effectively.
- Track account progress from the first client conversation through successful placement.
- Provide management with weekly reports on pipeline, conversions, revenue forecasts and challenges.
- Ensure commercial commitments and contract terms follow company approval requirements.

Required Experience and Skills

- At least 7 years of relevant staffing sales or business development experience, including 2 years of team leadership experience.
- Experience working with a reputable, established staffing or recruitment organization.
- A proven record of personally acquiring clients and generating staffing revenue.
- Demonstrated success in leading a team and improving its performance.
- Strong understanding of staffing sales cycles, client onboarding, recruitment delivery and commercial negotiations.
- Excellent English communication, presentation, negotiation and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to build relationships beyond an existing network and develop business through structured prospecting.
- Willingness to work full-time from our Hyderabad office, five days a week.
- Experience in US staffing sales is strongly preferred. Working hours will align with the assigned market.

How Success Will Be Measured

- New clients personally acquired and activated.
- Qualified client meetings and conversion rates.
- New requirements generated and resulting placements.
- Revenue and gross margin generated by individual and team accounts.
- Improvement in team productivity and target achievement.
- Client retention, account growth and accuracy of sales reporting.

Specific monthly and quarterly targets will be agreed upon at the time of joining.

Ideal Candidate

You are a sales leader who can demonstrate both personal business wins and measurable team results. You take ownership, coach through practical involvement and turn sales activity into active clients, placements and profitable growth.

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📌 Sales Head / Senior Business Development Manager (Hyderabad)
🏢 Clevanoo
📍 Hyderabad