Business Development Manager

Job Description:

As a QA Associate at Binocs, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the highest quality standards for our software products. With a direct reporting line to the QA Lead, you will be involved in designing, implementing, and executing test plans to identify software issues. This role is ideal for someone with a strong technical background in engineering, experience in fintech or finance software companies, and a passion for quality assurance and detail-oriented testing.

Key Responsibilities:

• Test Plan Development: Create comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases based on product specifications.
• Quality Assurance: Execute test cases (manual or automated) and analyze results to ensure software quality.
• Issue Documentation: Document and track bugs, as well as collaborate with the development team to ensure timely resolution.
• Process Improvement: Identify, recommend, and implement improvements in testing processes to enhance efficiency and quality.
• Software Validation: Validate that product features meet requirement specifications and are free of defects.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with the product management and development teams to understand product vision and deliver software that aligns with customer and market needs.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 2+ years of experience in quality assurance, preferably within fintech or finance software companies.
• Familiarity with software QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Experience in writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and test cases.
• Hands-on experience with both white box and black box testing.
• Strong knowledge of software QA metrics, including bug tracking and reporting tools.
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Effective communication skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Benefits:

Joining Binocs means being part of a passionate team dedicated to transforming the loan management landscape. We offer a dynamic, innovative environment where your work directly contributes to our vision of efficient, transparent, and data-driven loan management. Our competitive compensation package, including equity, reflects our commitment to attracting and retaining top talent.

About Us:

Binocs.co empowers institutional lenders with next-generation loan management software, streamlining the entire loan lifecycle and facilitating seamless interaction among stakeholders.

Team: Binocs.co is led by a passionate team with extensive experience in financial technology, lending, AI, and software development.

Investors: Our journey is backed by renowned investors who share our vision for transforming the loan management landscape: Beenext, Arkam Ventures, Accel, Saison Capital, Blume Ventures, Premji Invest, and Better Capital.

We are looking for an experienced and results-driven Franchise Sales Manager to lead our franchise expansion across multiple cities in India. The role involves extensive client interaction, legal documentation, and operational oversight.  

Key Responsibilities:

- Drive franchise sales and onboard new franchise partners across India.  

- Present the franchise model and conduct multiple meetings to close deals.  

- Handle end-to-end legal documentation and ensure timely agreement signings.  

- Manage complete setup of franchise stores, ensuring seamless execution.  

- Build strong relationships with franchise partners and guide them on ROI and break-even strategies.  

- Collaborate with the marketing team to align franchise sales efforts with promotional activities.  

- Provide regular progress reports to the Chief Executive Officer.  

- Travel frequently to meet clients, conduct site visits, and oversee franchise operations.  

Qualifications & Skills:

- Proven experience in franchise sales or a similar role.  

- Strong understanding of franchise models, ROI, and break-even analysis.  

- Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.  

- Proficiency in handling legal documentation and agreements.  

- Ability to work under pressure and achieve sales targets.  

- Willingness to travel extensively.  

- Strong organizational and project management abilities.

WHO WE ARE:

TIFIN is a fintech company backed by industry leaders including JP Morgan, Morningstar, Broadridge and Hamilton Lane.

We build engaging experiences through powerful AI and personalization. We leverage the combined power of investment intelligence, data science, and technology to make investing a more engaging experience and a more powerful driver of financial wellbeing.

At TIFIN, design and behavioral thinking enables engaging customer centered experiences along with software and application programming interfaces (APIs). We use investment science and intelligence to build algorithmic engines inside the software and APIs to enable better investor outcomes.

We hope to change the world of wealth in ways that personalized delivery has changed the world of movies, music and more. In a world where every individual is unique, we believe in the power of AI-based personalization to match individuals to financial advice and investments is necessary to driving wealth goals

OUR VALUES:

• Shared Understanding through Listening and Speaking the Truth. We communicate with radical candor, precision, and compassion to create a shared understanding. We challenge, but once a decision is made, commit fully. We listen attentively, speak candidly.
• Teamwork for Team Win. We believe in win together, learn together. We fly in formation. We cover each by other’s backs. We inspire each other with our energy and attitude.
• Make Magic for our Users. We center around the voice of the customer. With deep empathy for our clients, we create technology that transforms investor experiences.
• Grow at the Edge. We are driven by personal growth. We get out of our comfort zone and keep egos aside to find our genius zones. We strive to be the best we can possibly be. No excuses.
• Innovate with Creative Solutions. We believe that disruptive innovation begins with curiosity and creativity. We challenge the status quo and problem solve to find new answers.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

As part of TIFIN’s technology division, you will Automation QA role, ensure your dedication towards commitment to quality and attention to detail is the single most important aspect of this job role. This position requires you to be a dynamic individual who can not only manage a team of skilled automation engineers but also work as an individual contributor within the same team.

• Deliver all releases on time while ensuring high levels of automation coverage
• Work with QA Team to understand the product requirements and be able to provide automation testing estimates.
• Utilise experience (technical, functional) to create automation test strategies and execution plans to be able to deliver releases as per business needs.
• Create and execute automation test plans to allow for in-sprint automation.
• Review automation test artifacts created by team members.
• Work with development in an agile delivery methodology to capture defects early in the lifecycle by regular execution of regression automation suit.
• Work with automation engineers to get best ROI by identifying automation candidates.

Skills required

• 5+ years of experience in automation testing
• Must have 1+ years of experience working with test frameworks including Selenium and/or Cypress.
• Hands on expertise in various automation framework (bdd, data driven, keyword, hybrid).
• Must be capable of understanding test requirements, planning and creating test suites.
• Strong hold on programming/scripting language (Java/Python/JavaScript)
• Experience in services/API testing and automation (Jmeter/Any tool)
• Good exposure to SQL and Unix
• Proven experience working within an Agile framework
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
• Solid experience on Test management and Version control softwares (Jira/Git/Bitbucket/Any other)
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) skills.

• WHO ARE YOU:
• Experience with Mobile automation using Appium or similar tools.
• Exposure to Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment.
• Strong team and task management skills
• Exposure in Performance and Security testing

Job Location : Mumbai

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS PACKAGE:

Competitive and commensurate to experience + discretionary annual bonus + ESOPs

About the Tifin Group: The Tifin group combines expertise in finance, technology, entrepreneurship and investing to start and help build a portfolio of brands and companies in areas of investments, wealth management and asset management.

TIFIN companies are centred around the user and emphasize design innovation to build operating systems. We focus on simplifying and democratizing financial science to make it more holistic and integral to users’ lives.

Industry

About Us:

The School of Raya is an upcoming IB Continuum School located in Bagalur, Bangalore: https://theschoolofraya.com/

Roles and Responsibilities:

We seek a proactive and organized Female Front Desk Executive with international school experience to join our institution. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in providing excellent customer service, managing administrative tasks, and creating a welcoming environment for students, parents, and staff. This role requires exceptional communication skills, a friendly demeanor, and the ability to multitask effectively.

Welcome and Reception:

• Greet visitors, students, parents, and staff with a warm and professional attitude.
• Maintain a positive and inviting atmosphere at the front desk, ensuring a friendly first point of contact for all individuals.

Administrative Support:

• Manage incoming and outgoing calls, directing calls to the appropriate individuals or departments.
• Handle incoming emails and correspondence, responding promptly and professionally.
• Assist in organizing and scheduling appointments, meetings, and events.
• Maintain the school's electronic and physical filing systems for documents, records, and forms.

Student and Parent Relations:

• Provide information about the school's admissions, policies, and procedures to prospective parents.
• Assist with student registration, enrollment, and related paperwork.
• Address inquiries and concerns from parents ensuring timely and accurate responses.

Visitor Management:

• Monitor and record visitor access, ensuring the security and safety of the school premises.

Requirements:

• Proven experience in a similar front desk preferably in an international school set-up.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Proficient computer skills, including MS Office and GSuite.
• Strong organizational and multitasking abilities.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and a friendly, customer-focused demeanor.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion.
• Knowledge of the International Baccalaureate (IB) education system is an advantage.
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team.
• Female candidates preferred.

Location: The School of Raya, Hennur Bagalur Road, Dasanayakanahalli, Bengaluru, Karnataka - 562149, India.

About PlanetSpark:

PlanetSpark is on a mission to build the next generation of confident speakers and creative writers amongst kids and young adults. We are a Series B funded, global company impacting over 13 countries through live 1:1 personalized classes on Public Speaking and Creative Writing through handpicked top 1% teachers. Our kids participate in gripping debates, create viral YouTube videos, start their own podcast channels, perform stand-up comedy, write nail-biting mystery stories, and become confident and fearless speakers. PlanetSpark is on its journey to becoming the global leader in the large and untapped communication skills segment by 2024. We are backed by some top VCs such as Prime Venture Partners and global entrepreneurs such as Binny Bansal, Deep Kalra, Gokul Rajaram and Shirish Nandkarni. Come, join a passionate team of over 500 young and energetic team members and 3500+ expert teachers on this roller coaster ride to build the most loved brand for kids who will move the world!

Your Roles and Responsibilities:

Business Development is a critical aspect of our platform business.

1. Actively seeking out new sales opportunities through cold calling, networking and social media.

2. Calling 65-70 leads everyday

3. Setting up meetings with potential clients (parents)

4. Generating Trial Classes - Pitch Parents to take PlanetSpark trial Classes

5. Negotiate/close deals and handle complaints or objections

6. Follow and achieve department’s sales goals on a monthly, quarterly and yearly basis (3L revenue per month) 7. “Go the extra mile” to drive sales

Mission Statement

1. In your training of 1st month, we shall actively probe you through the process using Training Decks, Live Experiences, Re-Training Programs that aims to give you an overall Learning experience along with you paid stipend along the journey.

2. We create career oritented BDT in this 1 month whose skill becomes unmatched across the sector.

3. You are required to use right sales strategy and accomplish 1 Lac of revenue in the training period, hence making a way to achieve License to Sell (L-2-S)

4. You will be entitled for training stipend of INR. 21428. In-office attendance of 90% is mandatory in 1month of training

5. Post 1L Revenue achievement, you will be entitled for below

US/ Canada Shift (8:00 pm to 5:00am) - INR 7.23 LPA (4.83 Fixed + 2.4 LPA Variable)

What are we looking for?

1. Proficiency in English

2. Thorough understanding of marketing and negotiating techniques

3. Fast learner and passion for sales

4. Self-motivated with a results-driven approach

5. Proven experience in sale or relevant role is a plus

6. A friendly and energetic personality with customer service focus

Criteria

1. Willing to work 6 days in a week in a fast paced startup

2. Ready to work from Office and join immediately.

What are the behavioral attributes that we are looking for?

- A keen desire to bring growth for a fast-growing Series B funded startup

- An apparent Founder's mindset

- The candidates should be able to work in a high paced ever-changing digital environment. The role will require you to be resourceful, proactive and an expert communicator. In turn it offers immense learning and growth.

- Don't forget to carry along a dash of humor. It never hurts. And we are fun loving people

• Monitor and maintain office equipment; inventory supplies and order replacement supplies as needed
• Create, update, and maintain personnel records, financial records, and other records/data
• Support department managers, staff, and CEO
• Coordinate building and maintenance issues for general repair and updates
• Monitor incoming and outgoing mail; receive and sign for mail/packages from couriers and deliver to the proper recipient
• Prepare correspondence, documentation, or presentation materials
• Assist other departments with administrative or clerical support
• Routine Calling and communication duties in specific hours in different segment

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, administration, or a related field preferred
• Prior experience handling administrative responsibilities or related field
• Proficient computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel); scheduling appointments/updating calendars a must.
• Highly organized multitasker who works well in a fast-paced environment
• Willingness to learn and to grow with the company
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills