Team Lead at upGrad · Kolkata · 1 - 6 years · ₹5L - ₹11L / yr · Posted 21 Sep 2026

Title: Team Lead
Positions: 1
Experience: 1+ Edtech Team Handling experience
Fixed CTC- Up to 11 LPA
Incentives- Up to 4 LPA
What we are looking for
- Mandatory: Prior team-handling experience in EdTech sales
- Fluency in Bengali is mandatory
- Strong experience in managing and mentoring sales/admission counsellors
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong understanding of the EdTech sales/admission funnel
- Ability to drive team performance and achieve revenue targets
- Strong coaching, objection-handling and problem-solving skills
- Data-driven approach with good knowledge of sales metrics/KPIs
- Stable career history and strong people-management skills
Roles & Responsibilities
- Lead, manage and motivate a team of Academic/Admission Counsellors.
- Drive daily, weekly and monthly team sales targets.
- Monitor individual and team performance through key sales metrics.
- Conduct regular coaching, feedback and performance reviews.
- Support counsellors in handling difficult leads and objections.
- Track funnel movement, conversions and revenue performance.
- Ensure process adherence and maintain a high-quality sales pipeline.
- Coordinate with internal teams to improve overall business performance.
Apply now to grow your career in a fast-growing EdTech industry.

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About The Language SKOOL
The Language SKOOL 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 Overview
We are hiring Sales Counsellors to drive student enrolments by counselling prospects, converting leads, and achieving monthly sales targets.
Key Responsibilities
* Counsel students and recommend suitable programs
* Handle inbound/outbound leads & generate own leads
* Convert enquiries into enrolments
* Achieve monthly revenue targets
* Maintain CRM records and follow-ups
Performance & Targets
* Variable pay during probation (first 3 months) linked to performance
* Minimum 50% target required for variable payout
* Incentives unlocked at 90%+ target achievement
Compensation
* Probation: Fixed + Variable
* Post three months: 100% Fixed + High incentives
* Monthly incentives + performance bonuses (up to ₹2L/month cap)
Requirements
* 2–8 years in Sales / Counselling / EdTech
* Strong communication & closing skills
* Target-driven mindset
Why Join Us
* High earning potential
* Fast career growth
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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
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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.
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- 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.
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- Collaborate with other functions to identify and remove bottlenecks affecting sales growth.
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- 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.
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- Knows how and from where to generate business.
- Has a proven track record of increasing sales and revenue.
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- Has successfully managed Sales Managers, Team Leaders, and large sales teams.
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• Proven expertise in converting leads into a sale
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Looking for a driven sales leader to head our Inside Sales team in Noida!
_💼 Role:_ Inside Sales Team Lead
_📍 Location:_ Noida | Work from Office
_💰 CTC:_ Up to 6.6 LPA
_💻 Interview:_ Virtual Process
_What You’ll Do:_
✔ Lead & coach a team of 4 -5 inside sales executives
✔ Monitor pipeline, improve conversions, run daily reviews
✔ Handle key client calls & close high-value deals
_You Should Have:_
▪️ 2-4 years in Inside Sales, 1+ year as Team Lead
▪️ Strong communication, negotiation & CRM skills
▪️ Target-driven mindset with a passion for coaching
▪️ Graduate | MBA preferred
▪️ EdTech/SaaS/B2B experience is a plus

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● Call and follow up with potential learners who have attended our workshops.
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● Excellent communication and persuasion skills.
● Ability to engage and build relationships over calls.
● Confidence in explaining program details and handling objections.
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UNext
Job Description – Admission Counsellor
About the Role
UNext is a next-generation online learning organization focused on the higher education
ecosystem. UNext aims to improve access, increase affordability, provide high-quality content and
pedagogy, and deliver enhanced outcomes for the student/learner community by leveraging
technology.
UNext is India’s first ed-tech company that provides end-to-end learning and assessment solutions
in the online education space. With a best-in-class content and technology stack, UNext offers
platforms for online courses, digital and online assessments, and student engagement tools.
The platform is designed to help universities, colleges, and institutions make quality education
affordable and accessible to learners anytime and anywhere. Replicating the on-campus
experience online, UNext provides an immersive learning experience through a mobile-first LMS
platform, access to world-class courses through synchronous and asynchronous learning, modern
pedagogy, online assessments, alumni networks, and expert assistance to improve learner
outcomes.
Role Overview
The Admission Counsellor will play a fundamental role in achieving customer acquisition goals and
revenue growth objectives. The candidate will be responsible for guiding prospective students
through the admission process, understanding their educational needs, and recommending suitable
programs.
Key Responsibilities
• Source new sales opportunities through inbound lead follow-up and outbound cold calls and
emails.
• Responsible for student admissions and achieving assigned sales targets.
• Understand customer needs and recommend suitable programs.
• Close sales and achieve quarterly revenue quotas.
• Counsel and interact with students and parents regarding program options.
• Support students one-on-one with course selection, application process, and meeting deadlines.
• Assist students in obtaining necessary documentation required for the application process.
• Provide students and parents with information regarding admission requirements, enrollment
processes, and procedures.
• Coordinate efficient handling of applications and communication with parents of student applicants.
Requirements
• Ability to empathize with students and parents and build strong relationships through
conversations.
• Strong inclination to work in a target-driven sales environment.
• Proven expertise in converting leads into sales.
• Experience working with CRM systems.
• Fluency in English and Hindi is mandatory.
• Strong listening, communication, and presentation skills.
Job Details
Location MG Road, Bangalore
Working Days 6 Days a Week
About Us
We are the largest and most active online platform for international education!
Yocket was established in 2015 with a mission to connect people to the world's best
learning opportunities. Today, Yocket is the largest community-driven online platform
for international education.
We specialize in premium counselling services for students with ambitions of
pursuing higher education abroad by connecting them to the best universities in the
world. We offer a comprehensive range of services, including expert counselling, test
preparation, visa assistance, and even loans to facilitate your educational journey.
Till date, we have helped more than 10,00,000 students across countries pursue
their higher education. Our students have secured admissions in all of the world's
top 100 global universities, including prestigious institutions such as Harvard
University, MIT, Stanford, University of Oxford, and Columbia University.
We've assisted over 5,700 students in obtaining loans securing more than INR 1,500
Crores, spanning across 15 countries, and have partnered with 12+ lenders like
HDFC, Avanse, Incred, Leap Finance, Union Bank, Axis, and Yes Bank.
At Yocket, we strive to help our employees find passion and purpose. Join us in
changing the way students make their decisions about education. If you wish to
create an impact and help students get the best education by taking our vision
ahead, we would love to have you on our team!
Job Description
Direct revenue generation through B2C sales.
Responsible for meeting and exceeding sales targets.
Building rapport with students and their parents to drive conversions.
Understanding student profiles to offer tailored solutions.
Open to making calls and following up from different lead sources.
Participating in virtual/physical events, seminars, and webinars.
Requirements
Fresher to maximum 5 years of experience in sales.
Proven ability to meet or exceed targets.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Prior experience in target-based sales or revenue-focused roles is a plus.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
Highly organized and detail-oriented.
Strong interpersonal and persuasion skills.
Experience in EdTech sales will be a strong advantage.
Familiarity with CRM tools is preferred.
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Medical Insurance for you and your family.
No-boss culture – We value ideas over hierarchy.
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Role Overview
We are looking for a Telesales Executive who will be responsible for connecting with prospective students, parents, and other leads, understanding their requirements, explaining relevant Catalyst programs, conducting regular follow-ups, and converting qualified prospects into enrollments.
The ideal candidate should be confident on calls, persuasive, target-oriented, and comfortable handling high-volume conversations and follow-ups.
Key Responsibilities
- Make outbound calls to prospective students, parents, and leads generated through various channels.
- Understand the prospect's educational background, career goals, and requirements.
- Explain POSSPOLE Catalyst programs, benefits, structure, and career opportunities clearly.
- Handle questions and objections and provide appropriate information to prospects.
- Conduct consistent follow-ups through calls, WhatsApp, and other official communication channels.
- Maintain accurate records of leads, conversations, follow-ups, and conversions in the CRM/tracker.
- Qualify leads based on their interest, eligibility, and requirements.
- Work towards achieving daily, weekly, and monthly sales/conversion targets.
- Coordinate with the Business Development and Operations teams for successful enrollment and onboarding.
- Maintain professional relationships with prospects throughout the sales cycle.
- Provide regular updates to the reporting manager on lead status, conversions, and challenges.
- Continuously improve calling, counselling, objection-handling, and conversion techniques.
Requirements
- 0–2 years of experience in telesales, inside sales, telecalling, counselling, or business development.
- Freshers with strong communication and sales aptitude are welcome.
- Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
- Good persuasion, negotiation, and objection-handling abilities.
- Comfortable making a high volume of outbound calls.
- Target-oriented and motivated by achieving results.
- Basic proficiency in MS Excel/Google Sheets and CRM tools.
- Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with a team.
- Candidates who can join immediately or at short notice will be preferred.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- Number of calls and meaningful conversations
- Lead qualification rate
- Follow-up completion
- Conversion/enrollment rate
- Monthly revenue generated
- Target achievement
- CRM/data accuracy
- Lead response and follow-up time
What We Offer
- Opportunity to work in a fast-growing innovation and education ecosystem.
- Exposure to sales, business development, education, and talent development.
- Performance-driven growth opportunities.
- Hands-on experience working with students, parents, institutions, and industry stakeholders.
Reporting To: Business Development / Sales Manager
Interested candidates can apply with their updated resume.
Title:- Business Development Associate (BDA) & Sr. BDA
Department:- Sales
Work Locations:- Gurugram, Bangalore
Role type:- Full-Time
About the Role
We are looking for energetic, target-driven, and customer-focused professionals to join our EdTech client as Business Development Associates (BDA) / Senior Business Development Associates (Sr. BDA). The role involves counselling prospective students, managing leads, and converting enquiries into enrolments.
Eligibility
· Qualification:- Graduate in any discipline
· BDA:- 0-2 years of experience; freshers with good communication skills can apply.
· Sr. BDA:- 2-6 years of relevant experience, preferably in EdTech/ Inside Sales.
Key Responsibilities
· Handle and convert leads through calls, WhatsApp, and other channels.
· Counsel students/parents and recommend suitable courses.
· Achieve monthly sales and enrolment targets.
· Manage follow-ups and maintain the sales pipeline/CRM.
· Handle customer queries and objections effectively.
· For Sr. BDA: mentor junior team members and support team targets.
Required Skills
· Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
· Strong persuasion, negotiation, and objection-handling abilities.
· Target-oriented and self-motivated approach.
· Basic knowledge of CRM/MS Office.
Salary
· BDA: 6 LPA - 7 LPA
· Sr. BDA: 7 LPA – 8.4 LPA
Other Benefits
· Performance- based incentives.
· Training & learning opportunities.
· Performance based career growth.
· Employee engagement activities and rewards.
Apply Now to build your career in the fast- growing EdTech industry.






