Area Sales Manager

Paytm; Jalandhar; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Paytm is seeking an experienced Area Sales Manager to lead and manage a large field-sales team in Jalandhar. You will drive merchant acquisition, activation, and revenue growth by executing sales strategies and coaching a 30–50+ member team across the territory.

You will monitor performance, plan market visits, and collaborate with internal teams to resolve merchant-related issues, ensuring strong market coverage and targets are met. MBA/PGDM would be an added advantage.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in field sales / merchant acquisition / fintech / payments / EDC / POS / QR sales
• Proven experience in team handling and field-sales leadership
• Experience managing a large team, preferably 30–50+ members
• Strong understanding of merchant acquisition and local market sales
• Experience in achieving aggressive sales and business targets
• Strong leadership, communication, and people-management skills
• Candidates from FinTech, Payments, Telecom, FMCG or other high-volume field-sales environments can be considered

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and motivate a large team of Field Sales Executives/Team Leads.
• Drive merchant acquisition and activation for Paytm's products such as QR, Soundbox, EDC/POS and other payment solutions.
• Own business targets including sales volume, activations, productivity, and revenue.
• Monitor daily team performance and ensure achievement of area-level targets.
• Conduct regular market visits and identify opportunities for business growth.
• Coach team members on sales processes, merchant engagement, and productivity.
• Track key sales metrics and take corrective actions to improve performance.
• Ensure strong market coverage and effective execution of sales strategies.
• Work closely with internal teams to resolve operational and merchant-related issues

Skills

Field sales

Merchant acquisition

Team leadership

Sales targets

Fintech awareness

Education

Graduate degree

MBA/PGDM

Tools

EDC/POS

QR payments

Soundbox

Job description

About Paytm

Paytm is India's leading mobile payments and financial services distribution company and a pioneer of the mobile QR payments revolution. Paytm builds technologies that empower small businesses with payments and commerce solutions.

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Area Sales Manager to lead and manage a large field-sales team and drive merchant acquisition and business growth in the assigned territory.

The role involves team leadership, sales planning, target achievement, market expansion, and ensuring strong execution across the assigned area.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and motivate a large team of Field Sales Executives/Team Leads.


• Drive merchant acquisition and activation for Paytm's products such as QR, Soundbox, EDC/POS and other payment solutions.


• Own business targets including sales volume, activations, productivity, and revenue.


• Monitor daily team performance and ensure achievement of area-level targets.


• Conduct regular market visits and identify opportunities for business growth.


• Coach team members on sales processes, merchant engagement, and productivity.


• Track key sales metrics and take corrective actions to improve performance.


• Ensure strong market coverage and effective execution of sales strategies.


• Work closely with internal teams to resolve operational and merchant-related issues.

Desired Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of experience in field sales / merchant acquisition / fintech / payments / EDC / POS / QR sales.


• Proven experience in team handling and field-sales leadership.


• Experience managing a large team, preferably 30–50+ members.


• Strong understanding of merchant acquisition and local market sales.


• Experience in achieving aggressive sales and business targets.


• Strong leadership, communication, and people-management skills.


• Candidates from FinTech, Payments, Telecom, FMCG or other high-volume field-sales environments can be considered.

Location:

Jalandhar

Education

Graduate in any discipline. MBA/PGDM would be an added advantage.