Area Growth Manager - Education - Pre Schools - Agra - 4+ Year

Crescendo Global Leadership Hiring India; Agra District; On-site; INR 800,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Competitive incentives

Job summary

Crescendo Global Leadership Hiring India is seeking an Area Manager for Business Growth in Education, Agra. You will drive preschool network expansion by onboarding franchise partners, analyzing markets, and leading acquisition efforts across the region.

The role requires strong sales, networking and negotiation skills, with travel of 18–20 days per month. A Graduate/Postgraduate in Management/Sales/Operations is preferred.

Qualifications

• Graduate or postgraduate degree in management, sales, or operations.
• 2+ years in sales, business development or franchise development.
• 3–5 years in franchise sales, institutional sales, or business expansion.
• Strong networking, negotiation and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Identify potential business partners for preschool expansion in the region.
• Profile cities, conduct market surveys and catchment analyses for new centres.
• Lead generation through marketing activities and partnerships.
• Deliver franchise presentations and pitch opportunities to prospects.
• Evaluate prospect profiles for partnership suitability.
• Design marketing and acquisition strategies to drive growth.
• Drive regional revenue, profitability, and centre performance against targets.
• Coordinate with partners to ensure smooth franchise operations.
• Maintain brand presence and monitor franchise centres regularly.
• Ensure academic processes meet company standards and monitor trends.

Skills

Sales

Networking

Negotiation

Presentation

Interpersonal skills

Market analysis

Travel readiness

Education

Graduate/Postgraduate in Management/Sales/Operations

Job description

Area Manager Business Growth -Education Agra – 2+ Years

An exciting opportunity for an experienced sales and business development professional to drive the expansion of a leading preschool education network. The role involves identifying new franchise partners, evaluating potential markets and locations, driving franchise acquisition and managing business partner relationships. The ideal candidate should have strong sales, networking, negotiation and presentation skills with a willingness to travel extensively across the assigned region.

Location: Agra

Your Future Employer:

Join a leading education organization with a strong presence across India and an extensive network of preschool and school brands. The role offers an opportunity to directly contribute to business expansion, franchise growth and regional revenue while working in a dynamic and growth-oriented environment.

Responsibilities

1. Identifying potential business partners for the expansion of preschool centres across the assigned region.
2. Identifying suitable locations and conducting city profiling, catchment analysis and market surveys for new centres.
3. Implementing and monitoring lead-generation initiatives through relevant marketing activities.
4. Conducting business presentations and pitching the franchise opportunity to potential business partners.
5. Evaluating prospect profiles to assess their suitability for partnership.
6. Designing and implementing marketing and acquisition strategies to drive franchise growth.
7. Driving regional revenue, profitability, collections and centre performance in line with business targets.
8. Acting as the SPOC for business partners and coordinating with them for the smooth functioning of franchise centres.
9. Building the brand presence across target markets and regularly inspecting franchise centres.
10. Ensuring academic processes and service delivery are maintained as per company standards.
11. Monitoring market intelligence, competitive activity and business trends across the assigned territory.
12. Conducting market surveys, catchment analysis, enquiry tracking and lost-enquiry analysis to identify growth opportunities.
13. Ensuring adherence to applicable legal norms, company policies and operating procedures.
14. Preparing bi-weekly acquisition reports and region-wise collection and centre-performance reports.

Requirements

1. Holding a Graduate/Post Graduate degree, preferably in Management, Sales or Operations.
2. Bringing 2+ years of overall experience with strong experience in Sales, Business Development or Franchise Development.
3. Possessing 3–5 years of relevant experience in franchise sales, institutional sales or business expansion.
4. Demonstrating strong understanding of geographical markets, territories and local business potential.
5. Possessing strong networking, negotiation, presentation and interpersonal skills.
6. Demonstrating excellent verbal and written communication with strong attention to detail.
7. Being comfortable working under pressure and meeting business deadlines and targets.
8. Willingness to travel extensively, approximately 18–20 days per month.

What’s in it for you?

• Opportunity to drive business expansion for a well-established education brand.
• Strong exposure to franchise development, territory growth and business acquisition.
• Competitive compensation with performance-linked incentives.
• Career progression, employee development initiatives and health insurance.
• Energetic work environment with recognition and rewards for performance.

Disclaimer

Crescendo Global is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate candidates based on merit and suitability for the role without discrimination on the basis of gender, race, religion, age, disability or any other protected characteristic.

Note

Due to the high volume of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within one week, please consider your application unsuccessful for this particular opportunity.