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Head of Sales at The Language SKOOL · Remote only · 12 - 18 years · ₹9L - ₹15L / yr · Remote only · Posted 12 Sep 2026

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Posted by Palak Sharma
12 - 18 yrs
₹9L - ₹15L / yr
Remote only
Skills
edtech
Sales
Relationship building
Business Development
Business Analysis
Team Management

Head of Sales – Job Description

Experience: 12–18 Years

Salary: Up to ₹15 LPA (Based on experience) + Performance Incentives

Location: Remote / Work From Home

Working Days: 6 Days per Week

Industry Experience: Minimum 5–6 years in EdTech Sales preferred

Team Size: Proven experience managing 30–40+ sales professionals

About Us – The Language SKOOL (TLS)

The Language SKOOL (TLS) is one of India's leading online foreign language learning platforms, with over a decade of excellence in transforming careers through language education. We offer professional training in German, Japanese, French, Korean, Spanish, and Chinese, helping learners unlock global opportunities.

At TLS, we believe language skills are the gateway to international careers, higher education, and personal growth. Our mission is to make world-class language learning accessible, engaging, and career-oriented.

Role – Head of Sales

We are looking for an exceptionally strong, experienced, and result-oriented Head of Sales to lead our entire sales function and drive significant business and revenue growth.

This is a senior leadership position for a highly experienced sales professional who understands not only how to manage sales teams, but also how and where to generate business, build sales strategies, increase revenue, solve problems, and create a high-performance sales organisation.

The Head of Sales will be responsible for managing multiple layers of sales leadership, including Sales Managers, Team Leaders, and large teams of Sales Executives/Counsellors. The ideal candidate must have proven experience in managing leaders and building a strong leadership pipeline.

We are looking for someone with deep sales expertise, strong business acumen, excellent leadership skills, strong industry understanding, and the ability to take complete ownership of sales numbers and business growth.

Key Responsibilities

Sales Strategy & Business Growth

  • Own the overall sales strategy, revenue targets, sales planning, and execution for the organisation.
  • Develop and implement short-term and long-term sales strategies to achieve aggressive business-growth objectives.
  • Identify where and how new business can be generated, including new channels, markets, partnerships, customer segments, and business opportunities.
  • Continuously explore new avenues to increase business, revenue, conversions, and market reach.
  • Develop strategies to ensure the sales team works effectively and consistently delivers against its targets.
  • Take complete ownership of increasing sales and driving sustainable business growth.
  • Identify opportunities to improve existing revenue streams and develop new sources of business.
  • Use industry knowledge, market understanding, professional networks, and business connections to identify potential growth opportunities.

Leadership & Team Management

  • Lead, manage, mentor, and scale a 30–40+ member sales organisation.
  • Manage and develop a strong second line of leadership, including Sales Managers, Team Leaders, and other sales leaders.
  • Ensure Sales Managers and Team Leaders are effectively managing their respective teams and delivering their targets.
  • Build a strong leadership pipeline by identifying, mentoring, and developing high-potential employees.
  • Set clear expectations, targets, accountability, and performance standards for all levels of the sales organisation.
  • Create a high-performance culture focused on ownership, accountability, discipline, and consistent target achievement.
  • Coach and guide sales leaders to improve team productivity, conversions, revenue, and overall performance.
  • Ensure that managers and leaders have the right strategies, resources, and direction to make their teams successful.

Target Achievement & Performance

  • Set and monitor daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly sales targets.
  • Ensure that the entire sales organisation consistently meets and exceeds its revenue targets.
  • Analyse team and individual performance and immediately identify gaps affecting business performance.
  • Create effective strategies to improve productivity, conversion rates, collections, and revenue.
  • Establish performance frameworks and ensure strict accountability across the sales hierarchy.
  • Develop and implement performance improvement plans wherever required.
  • Ensure that every sales leader understands their numbers and has a clear action plan to achieve them.

Problem Solving & Decision Making

  • Act as the key problem-solver for the sales organisation.
  • Be capable of understanding problems quickly and providing practical solutions on the spot.
  • Identify the root causes of sales, team, conversion, productivity, or process-related challenges and take immediate corrective action.
  • Guide Sales Managers and Team Leaders in handling difficult situations and achieving their targets.
  • Make quick, effective, and commercially sound decisions when business challenges arise.
  • Take ownership of problems rather than waiting for other teams to resolve them.

Sales Process & Analytics

  • Drive the complete sales funnel — lead generation, qualification, counselling, conversion, collections, and retention.
  • Analyse sales data, conversion ratios, productivity, CAC, revenue, collections, pipeline, and other key sales metrics.
  • Develop effective sales processes, SOPs, forecasting systems, incentive structures, and performance frameworks.
  • Ensure effective utilisation of CRM and sales technology across the organisation.
  • Establish high standards of sales discipline, reporting, process adherence, and execution.
  • Own sales forecasting and provide accurate revenue projections to senior management.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Work closely with Marketing, Operations, Product, and Management teams to improve lead quality, customer experience, and overall conversion.
  • Provide clear feedback to Marketing regarding lead quality and business-generation opportunities.
  • Collaborate with other functions to identify and remove bottlenecks affecting sales growth.
  • Represent the sales function in strategic business discussions and provide data-driven recommendations to management.

What We Are Looking For

  • 14–18 years of overall professional experience, with the entire career primarily focused on Sales.
  • Minimum 5–6 years of hands-on experience in EdTech Sales strongly preferred.
  • Strong and demonstrated experience in Sales Leadership, Business Development, Revenue Growth, and Team Management.
  • Proven experience managing 30–40+ sales professionals.
  • Strong experience managing multiple layers of leadership, including Sales Managers, Team Leaders, and senior sales professionals.
  • Proven track record of consistently achieving and exceeding sales and revenue targets.
  • Strong understanding of EdTech sales, customer acquisition, lead conversion, counselling-based sales, and online education business models.
  • Proven ability to understand where business can be generated and how to build channels to bring in new business.
  • Strong professional network and business connections that can potentially contribute to business development, partnerships, referrals, or revenue opportunities will be highly valued.
  • Excellent understanding of sales strategy and business development, with the ability to create strategies that make teams work more effectively.
  • Strong ability to convert organisational objectives into clear, actionable sales plans.
  • Exceptional leadership and people-management skills.
  • Proven experience in managing and developing sales leaders, not just individual sales executives.
  • Strong ability to motivate, mentor, coach, and hold leaders accountable for their teams' performance.
  • Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities, with the capability to provide effective solutions quickly.
  • Should be a quick thinker, proactive, solution-oriented, and commercially sharp.
  • Strong business acumen with a clear understanding of revenue, profitability, conversion, productivity, sales forecasting, and growth.
  • Highly analytical and data-driven approach to decision-making.
  • Strong communication, negotiation, coaching, and stakeholder-management skills.
  • Strong ability to take complete ownership of sales numbers and business outcomes.
  • Ability to work independently, handle pressure, and make sound business decisions in challenging situations.
  • Experience in Education, EdTech, Online Learning, Training, SaaS, or other high-growth sales-driven businesses will be highly valued.
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Management, Marketing, or a related field preferred.

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for someone who is not just a sales manager, but a true sales leader and business builder.

The ideal candidate should be someone who:

  • Knows how and from where to generate business.
  • Has a proven track record of increasing sales and revenue.
  • Can create strategies that enable the team to work effectively and consistently achieve targets.
  • Has significant experience in EdTech and understands the industry and its sales dynamics.
  • Has successfully managed Sales Managers, Team Leaders, and large sales teams.
  • Can build, mentor, and strengthen a strong sales leadership team.
  • Can identify problems quickly and provide practical solutions on the spot.
  • Has strong business connections, market understanding, and the ability to identify potential business opportunities.
  • Is highly target-oriented, commercially sharp, and focused on measurable results.
  • Has the maturity and experience to take complete ownership of the organisation's sales function.

The right candidate should be:

Strategic | Exceptional Leader | Business Builder | Target-Oriented | Data-Driven | Commercially Sharp | Strong People Manager | Solution-Oriented | Highly Experienced | High Ownership | Proactive | Results-Driven

Why Join TLS?

  • Lead the sales function of a rapidly growing language education brand.
  • Opportunity to build and scale a high-performance sales organisation.
  • Work directly on strategic revenue and business-growth initiatives.
  • Lead and develop a strong team of Sales Managers, Team Leaders, and Sales Professionals.
  • Opportunity to significantly influence the company's sales growth and expansion.
  • Remote working environment with a growth-oriented culture.
  • Competitive compensation of up to ₹15 LPA + performance incentives, based on experience and interview performance.
  • Opportunity to take complete ownership of a critical business function and directly contribute to the organisation's growth.


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Sr. BDA: ₹8.4 – 11 LPA + incentives

About the Role


We are a fast-growing education business looking for EdTech sales professionals who can turn conversations into enrollments. You will own the complete B2C sales cycle, from lead qualification to paid enrollment.


Responsibilities

Qualify leads and understand learners' and parents' education and career goals

Deliver consultative course counselling and handle objections

Achieve monthly revenue and conversion targets

Follow up consistently and manage the funnel in the CRM

Track pipeline, conversions and performance using sales data

Requirements

Prior EdTech B2C sales experience (mandatory)

Proven record of meeting or exceeding targets

Strong communication, negotiation and objection-handling skills

Comfortable with high-volume calling in a target-driven environment

Experience in courses, upskilling, test prep, higher education or career programs is a plus

Why Join Us

Competitive pay with performance-based incentives

Fast growth path from BDA to Sr. BDA and beyond

High-impact, outcome-driven culture

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Email your resume to [HR Email ID] with the subject BDA – EdTech Sales | Gurugram/Bangalore. Please include your current CTC, expected CTC, notice period and preferred location.

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Pune
2 - 8 yrs
₹5L - ₹20L / yr
IT Services Sales,
US IT Sales,
B2B Marketing
Lead Generation
Customer Acquisition
+5 more

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced and performance-driven IT Sales professional to our IT Services business targeting the US market. The role requires a strategic thinker with proven success in building client relationships, managing high-value deals, and achieving consistent sales growth.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Drive the entire sales cycle - from lead generation to deal closure.
  • Build and maintain long-term client relationships with international customers.
  • Understand client requirements and align customized IT service solutions.
  • Develop and execute sales strategies to meet and exceed revenue targets.
  • Mentor and guide a team of sales professionals to achieve team goals.
  • Collaborate with internal teams to ensure smooth project delivery.
  • Manage client communication, proposals, quotations, and negotiations.
  • Keep track of leads and opportunities using CRM tools for accurate forecasting.
  • Stay informed about industry trends, Web and Mobile technologies, and competitive landscape.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

  • Experience in IT Sales or Business Development.
  • Strong exposure to US IT services market (mandatory).
  • Proven track record of client acquisition and revenue generation.
  • Excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.
  • Hands-on experience with CRM and sales automation tools.
  • Ability to lead and motivate a small team effectively.
  • Familiarity with bidding platforms like Upwork or Clutch is advantageous.

Why Join Us:

  • Fast-growing IT services organization with a global presence.
  • Opportunity to lead international sales initiatives.
  • Competitive salary structure with attractive incentives.
  • Work with cutting-edge technologies and an energetic team.

Your Role Will Include:

  • Owning the entire IT sales process, from prospecting to closure.
  • Building long-term partnerships with clients across the US.
  • Managing and mentoring a team of driven sales executives.
  • Preparing customized proposals and conducting client presentations.
  • Collaborating with delivery and technical teams to ensure client satisfaction.
  • Staying ahead of trends in Web and Mobile app development to meet client needs.

What You Bring:

  • Experience IT Sales / Business Development with proven US market exposure.
  • Strong communication, negotiation, and leadership skills.
  • Experience in handling end-to-end client engagement.
  • Proficiency in CRM tools and lead management systems.
  • Hands-on experience in preparing technical proposals and quotations.
  • Prior exposure to bidding or freelancing platforms is a plus.


Industry

  • IT Services and IT Consulting

Employment Type

Full-time



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Hyderabad
5 - 12 yrs
₹1L - ₹15L / yr
Sales
GCC
Client Management
Business Development

1. Position Overview

NIT DATA is looking for a senior, revenue-owning enterprise sales professional with a strong track record in IT staffing and technology services sales. The role will focus on acquiring and expanding relationships with premium enterprise organizations, GCCs, technology companies and global organizations looking to build or scale India-based technology teams.

This is an end-to-end hunting and client acquisition role—not a pure SDR, lead-generation or appointment-setting position. The successful candidate will own the commercial journey from ICP/account identification and relationship building through meetings, presentations, solution positioning, proposals, negotiations, client onboarding and revenue generation.

2. What the Candidate Will Sell

·      IT Contract Staffing and Staff Augmentation

·      Contract-to-Hire (C2H)

·      Permanent / FTE Hiring

·      Project-Based Hiring and Technology Teams

·      Remote / Offshore Technology Resources

·      RPO and Recruitment Solutions

·      Dedicated Technology PODs

·      ODC / Offshore Development Models

·      GCC Talent and Team Build-Out

·      BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer) engagements

·      Managed staffing / workforce solutions

3. Core Responsibilities

Enterprise Client Acquisition & New Logo Hunting

·      Identify and target premium enterprise organizations within NIT DATA’s Ideal Customer Profile (ICP).

·      Build and execute account-entry strategies for strategic target accounts.

·      Identify organizations with technology hiring, transformation, GCC expansion, project or workforce requirements.

·      Develop relationships with CXOs, CHROs, CIOs, CTOs, Heads of Engineering, TA Heads, GCC leaders and Procurement stakeholders.

·      Map multiple stakeholders within strategic accounts and build multi-threaded relationships.

·      Generate qualified opportunities through outbound prospecting, referrals, networking, events, LinkedIn and account-based selling.

Staffing & Technology Services Sales

·      Sell contract staffing, C2H, permanent hiring, project-based hiring, staff augmentation, dedicated teams and remote technology resources.

·      Understand staffing commercials including bill rate, pay rate, markup, margin, conversion fees, contract duration, replacement terms and payment terms.

·      Understand MSA, SOW, rate-card and procurement/vendor-onboarding processes.

·      Identify opportunities to move from individual-resource hiring into larger team, POD, project, ODC or managed-service engagements.

GCC / ODC / BOT Business Development

·      Identify organizations setting up, expanding or transforming GCCs in India.

·      Engage GCC Heads, Site Leaders, CIO/CTO organizations, Global TA leadership and Procurement.

·      Position staffing, dedicated teams, ODC, POD and BOT models based on client requirements.

·      Identify GCC build-out opportunities involving leadership hiring, engineering teams, niche technology talent and scale-up requirements.

·      Understand the commercial and stakeholder complexity of offshore / India delivery models.

Global Client & Remote Resource Acquisition

·      Acquire global clients seeking India-based or remote technology resources.

·      Experience selling to US, UK, Europe, Middle East, APAC or other international organizations is preferred.

·      Understand global procurement, vendor onboarding, commercial negotiation and stakeholder-management processes.

·      Build long-term relationships with global organizations that can generate recurring India-based hiring or project opportunities.

Project-Based Hiring & Solution Selling

·      Generate business where clients require teams rather than only individual resources.

·      Identify opportunities across AI/ML, Data, Cloud/DevOps, SAP, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Product Engineering, QA, Cybersecurity and other technology domains.

·      Work with solution/delivery teams to shape the right engagement model.

·      Translate client business and workforce problems into staffing, POD, ODC, BOT or project-based solutions.

End-to-End Sales Ownership

Own the complete commercial lifecycle:

Prospecting → Account Mapping → Relationship Building → Discovery → Meeting → Presentation → Solution → Proposal → Negotiation → MSA/SOW → Onboarding → First Requirement → Fulfilment → Revenue → Account Expansion

·      Conduct client meetings, presentations, workshops and executive discussions.

·      Prepare and present proposals, commercials and solution presentations.

·      Lead negotiations and coordinate internal stakeholders through contract closure.

·      Drive client onboarding and ensure the first requirement is generated quickly.

·      Build repeat business and expand wallet share across accounts.

4. Client Meetings & Travel

·      Comfortable with face-to-face enterprise selling and frequent business travel.

·      Conduct CXO and senior stakeholder meetings.

·      Represent NIT DATA at industry conferences, GCC forums, networking events and client workshops.

·      Travel across major Indian technology markets including Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Pune, Mumbai and Delhi NCR as required.

5. New-Age Sales Tools & Technology

The candidate must be comfortable with technology-enabled selling and should have hands-on experience using modern sales intelligence, engagement, CRM and AI productivity tools.

Category

Examples

Prospecting & Account Intelligence

LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Apollo, ZoomInfo, Lusha, Crunchbase, Clay, RocketReach, 6sense or similar

Sales Engagement

Outreach, Salesloft, Apollo Sequences, HubSpot, Salesforce, Zoho, Freshsales

AI & Productivity

ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, Claude, AI account research, AI email personalization, AI meeting preparation

CRM & Pipeline

Salesforce, HubSpot, Zoho or equivalent CRM; pipeline, forecasting and activity tracking


6. Revenue Ownership

This is a quota-carrying / revenue-generating position. The candidate must be able to demonstrate measurable commercial results from previous roles.

·      New client acquisition

·      New revenue generation

·      Gross margin contribution

·      Strategic account growth

·      Project / team-based revenue

·      GCC / ODC / BOT opportunity creation

·      Pipeline development and forecasting

7. Ideal Candidate Profile

·      8–15 years of B2B sales / business development experience.

·      Strong IT staffing / recruitment / IT services sales background.

·      Proven enterprise client acquisition and new-logo hunting experience.

·      Experience owning the complete sales cycle from prospecting to closure and onboarding.

·      Demonstrated success with contract staffing and project-based hiring.

·      Exposure to GCC, ODC, BOT, offshore delivery or dedicated team models.

·      Experience selling India-based or remote technology resources to global organizations.

·      Strong CXO, HR, TA, Procurement and business stakeholder engagement skills.

·      Excellent presentation, negotiation, consultative selling and relationship-management skills.

·      Willingness to travel extensively for client acquisition and relationship development.

·      Strong adoption of modern sales tools, CRM, sales intelligence and AI-enabled GTM tools.

8. Preferred Industry Background

·      IT Staffing / Workforce Solutions

·      Technology Recruitment

·      IT Services / Digital Engineering

·      Managed Services

·      Offshore Development / ODC

·      GCC advisory / setup ecosystem

·      RPO / Recruitment Solutions

·      Engineering Services

·      Technology Consulting

9. Key Stakeholders the Candidate Should Have Sold To

·      CIO / CTO / CDO

·      CHRO / Chief People Officer

·      VP / Director – Engineering or Technology

·      Head of Talent Acquisition / Recruitment

·      Head of GCC / GCC Site Leader

·      Global TA / Workforce Planning Leaders

·      Procurement / Strategic Sourcing

·      Vendor Management / MSP

·      Business Unit and Delivery Leaders

10. KPIs / Success Metrics

KPI

Measurement

New Enterprise Accounts

Monthly / Quarterly

Qualified Enterprise Meetings

Monthly

New Client Onboarding

Quarterly

New Revenue

Monthly / Quarterly

Gross Margin

Monthly / Quarterly

Sales Pipeline Value

Target coverage / forecast

Project-Based Opportunities

Quarterly

GCC / ODC / BOT Opportunities

Quarterly

Account Expansion

Quarterly

Proposal Conversion

%

Client Retention / Repeat Business

%


11. Interview Evaluation Framework

A. Sales Track Record

1.      What was your annual sales target and achievement percentage?

2.      How many new enterprise clients did you acquire personally?

3.      What was the largest staffing / services client you acquired?

4.      What was the annual revenue and margin attributable to your business?

5.      Describe one client you acquired from zero relationship to active revenue.

B. 90-Day Enterprise Hunting Exercise

Give the candidate 50 premium enterprise/GCC accounts with no existing NIT DATA relationship. Ask for a 90-day account-entry strategy covering ICP prioritization, stakeholder mapping, sales tools, outreach, meetings, presentations, relationship development, proposals and expected pipeline.

C. GCC / BOT / Project Sales Role Play

Scenario: A global company wants to build a 100-member engineering organization in India. Ask the candidate to determine whether staffing, POD, ODC, GCC or BOT is appropriate and conduct a simulated discovery meeting with the GCC Head/CTO.

D. Sales Technology Assessment

·      Ask the candidate to demonstrate how they would use Sales Navigator + Apollo/other intelligence tools to build a target account list.

·      Ask how they identify buying signals and trigger events.

·      Ask how they use AI for account research, personalization, meeting preparation and follow-up.

·      Ask them to show how they manage pipeline and forecasting in CRM.

12. Candidate Success Profile

The ideal candidate should be able to say: “I know which companies to target, I know who the decision makers are, I can get the meeting, conduct the conversation, present the solution, negotiate the commercials, onboard the client and generate revenue.”


 

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The following are public professional profiles/pages surfaced during research. They are provided as sourcing benchmarks because their public information overlaps with important parts of the target profile. They are not endorsements or recommendations, and their current availability or interest in a role has not been established

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