Sales Manager - NBFC Chennai

Chennai Permanent Work from Home or Hybrid View Job Description
An exciting opportunity to spearhead business development within the gold loan NBFC ecosystem for an innovative technology-led company transforming gold verification across India. This role offers the chance to build a sales vertical from the ground up, driving strategic relationships and revenue growth across leading financial institutions.
  • Lead sales for a category-defining fintech solution in India
  • High ownership role with direct exposure to institutional leaders

About Our Client

Our client is a fast-growing technology organisation focused on transforming the gold and bullion ecosystem through innovative digital solutions. Backed by advanced sensing technology and data-driven platforms, the business is creating new benchmarks in transparency, verification and operational efficiency for financial institutions, jewellery businesses and industry stakeholders across India.

Job Description

  • Develop and execute the sales strategy for the NBFC segment, with a particular focus on gold loan institutions.
  • Build and maintain a structured target account universe covering national, regional, and emerging lending institutions.
  • Create and manage a robust sales pipeline from prospecting through to closure and deployment.
  • Deliver against monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue objectives.
  • Identify, engage, and influence key decision-makers across operations, credit, procurement, and leadership functions.
  • Lead consultative sales discussions and position solutions against operational, commercial, and compliance challenges.
  • Manage complex multi-stakeholder sales cycles and drive successful commercial outcomes.
  • Build long-term customer relationships to support renewals, expansion, and cross-selling opportunities.
  • Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure smooth implementation and customer satisfaction.
  • Maintain accurate CRM records, forecasts, pipeline reports, and conversion metrics.
  • Monitor market developments, customer trends, regulatory changes, and competitive activity to drive commercial effectiveness.

The Successful Applicant

  • 10+ years of experience selling into NBFCs, MFIs, financial institutions, or regulated lending businesses.
  • Demonstrated success in new business development and building sales pipelines from scratch.
  • Strong consultative and solution-selling capabilities.
  • Experience managing long-cycle, complex B2B sales engagements involving multiple stakeholders.
  • Proven track record of achieving ambitious revenue and growth targets.
  • Strong relationship management and influencing skills.
  • Excellent pipeline management and CRM discipline.
  • Willingness to travel extensively across India.
  • Existing relationships within gold loan NBFCs would be highly advantageous.
  • Prior experience selling technology, devices, SaaS, or hardware-enabled solutions to financial institutions is preferred.
  • Understanding of gold loan operations, lending processes, and compliance requirements will be an added advantage.

What's on Offer

  • Opportunity to build and lead a strategic growth vertical.
  • Direct engagement with leading financial institutions across India.
  • High-visibility role with access to senior leadership.
  • Significant autonomy and ownership within a rapidly scaling business.
  • Opportunity to contribute to the development of a category-defining technology solution.
  • Strong long-term career growth and progression opportunities.
  • Competitive compensation and performance-linked incentives.
Quote job ref
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Job summary

Function
Sales
Sub Sector
IT & Telecommunications
What is your area of specialisation?
Business Services
Location
Chennai
Job Type
Permanent
Job Reference
JN-102026-7121555
Work from Home
Work from Home or Hybrid

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