# Area Sales Manager

> Weekday AI · Mumbai, India · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-08

**Salary:** INR 800,000–1,200,000

**Workplace:** on_site

**Department:** Weekday's Client via platform

## Description

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗱𝗮𝘆'𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀

𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲: 𝗥𝘀 𝟴𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬 - 𝗥𝘀 𝟭𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬𝟬 (𝗶𝗲 𝗜𝗡𝗥 𝟴-𝟭𝟮 𝗟𝗣𝗔)

Experience: 4+ yrs

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Delhi, India, New Delhi, Delhi, India, Delhi Cantonment, Delhi, India

Job Type: Full-time

We are looking for a high-energy and results-oriented **Area Sales Manager – Education Loans** to drive business growth and loan disbursements across an assigned geography. This role focuses on building strong distribution networks, developing strategic partnerships, generating a consistent sales pipeline, and expanding market presence within the education-finance ecosystem.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in **retail lending, education loans, financial services, channel sales, or business development**, with a proven track record of achieving sales targets and managing partner relationships.

## Requirements

Key Responsibilities

-   Drive education-loan sourcing and disbursement targets across the assigned territory.
-   Develop and manage a strong network of **education consultants, study-abroad consultants, institutions, universities, colleges, DSAs, and channel partners**.
-   Identify, acquire, onboard, and activate new sourcing partners to expand distribution.
-   Build strong relationships across the education ecosystem to generate a consistent pipeline of loan applications.
-   Manage the complete sales cycle from **lead generation, sourcing, application login, approval, and disbursement**.
-   Maintain and strengthen relationships with existing partners and maximise business potential from key accounts.
-   Work closely with Credit, Operations, Underwriting, and other internal teams to ensure smooth processing and faster turnaround times.
-   Track daily, weekly, and monthly sales performance and take corrective actions to achieve business targets.
-   Conduct regular market visits to understand customer needs, partner opportunities, market trends, and competitor activity.
-   Identify new business opportunities and untapped customer and partner segments within the territory.
-   Ensure quality sourcing with strong attention to customer profiles, documentation, eligibility, and portfolio quality.
-   Provide regular market intelligence, competitor updates, and business insights to senior sales leadership.
-   Maintain accurate sales pipelines, partner records, forecasts, and performance reports.
-   Ensure adherence to defined sales processes, internal policies, and applicable regulatory requirements.

What Makes You a Great Fit

-   **4–6 years of experience** in sales, business development, retail lending, education loans, consumer finance, or financial services.
-   Proven track record of consistently achieving **sales and disbursement targets**.
-   Experience in **education loans, student loans, retail lending, unsecured lending, personal loans, banking, NBFCs, fintech, or consumer finance** will be preferred.
-   Strong experience in **B2B2C, channel sales, partner acquisition, DSA management, or consultant-driven sales**.
-   Experience working with education consultants, study-abroad consultants, universities, colleges, or institutional partnerships is an advantage.
-   Strong understanding of territory management, lead generation, sales pipeline management, and customer acquisition.
-   Excellent relationship-management, negotiation, influencing, and communication skills.
-   Strong commercial mindset with the ability to identify and convert new business opportunities.
-   Comfortable with **field sales, regular market visits, and territory development**.
-   Data-driven approach with strong discipline in tracking sales performance, conversions, and business metrics.
-   Strong ability to collaborate with Credit, Operations, Underwriting, and other cross-functional teams.
-   Entrepreneurial mindset and ability to operate effectively in a growing or newly established business environment.
-   Strong ownership, resilience, and ability to work independently while delivering against ambitious targets.
-   Graduate in any discipline; an **MBA/PGDM in Sales, Marketing, Finance, or a related field** will be an advantage.

## Apply

[Apply at Weekday AI](https://apply.workable.com/weekday-1/j/E92FF7310F/apply)

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