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Paytm, India's leading mobile payments and financial services distribution company, is seeking an experienced Area Sales Manager to lead the QR and Soundbox vertical in Bareilly. This role combines sales leadership with people management, overseeing a team of 5-10 Area Sales Managers and 200+ indirect employees across the assigned territory.
You will be responsible for driving merchant acquisition, retention, and growth through extensive QR and Soundbox deployment and sales. Key responsibilities include identifying and recruiting sales talent, planning market size and geographies for subordinate ASMs, establishing effective communication channels to align team expectations with delivery, monitoring quality parameters, conducting audits on acquisitions and sales, and ensuring accountability through visibility of deployments and product sales.
This is a high-impact role in one of Paytm's largest business verticals, requiring extensive travel throughout your assigned area and strong networking capabilities. You will work in a fast-growing organization with a mission to bring half a billion Indians into the mainstream economy. Paytm is India's largest merchant acquirer with 500+ million registered users and 21+ million merchants.
Requirements:
- 8-12 years of experience in sales, business development, or B2C markets
- Proven experience managing large teams and quota-driven sales environments
- Strong coaching, mentoring, and people management skills
- Excellent networking capabilities and willingness to travel extensively
- Quick learner comfortable with ambiguity and taking ownership
- Strong sales and negotiation skills
- Ability to articulate complex solutions to novice customers
- Experience in payments and finance is a plus but not mandatory
- Self-starter mentality with focus on results
