Cluster Manager - Manager - QR - Kanpur

Paytm Payments Services; Kanpur; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Paytm Payments Services in India seeks a seasoned sales leader to drive QR and Sound Box growth. You will manage merchant acquisition, retention, and expansion, leading a high-performing team across territories.

The role demands an MBA (Marketing) and 8–12 years of sales experience, with willingness to travel extensively to achieve quarterly targets. You will mentor a large field team, articulate value to merchants, and ensure revenue growth.

Qualifications

• 8–12 years of sales experience in B2C or payments.
• Strong coaching and mentoring abilities.
• Willingness to travel extensively and manage field teams.
• Ability to articulate complex solutions to merchant customers.

Responsibilities

• Grow distribution and market share in the assigned area.
• Drive QR & Sound Box deployment and product sales.
• Identify and recruit the sales team to scale the market.
• Plan market size, span and geographies for ASMs.
• Communicate plans and targets to the team to minimize gaps.
• Monitor quality parameters as directed by management.
• Validate acquisitions and sales through audits.

Skills

Sales leadership

Market development

Negotiation skills

Education

MBA (Marketing)

Job description

About Us:

Paytm is India's leading mobile payments and financial services distribution company. Pioneer of the mobile QR payments revolution in India, Paytm builds technologies that help small businesses with payments and commerce. Paytm’s mission is to serve half a billion Indians and bring them to the mainstream economy with the help of technology.

About the Team:

QR/Soundbox team is one of the biggest business and payments vertical in the organization that is focused on merchant acquisition, merchant retention and growth of merchants in India.

About the Role:

Paytm is looking for an experienced sales professional & people manager to be a part of the QR & Sound Box vertical.

Expectations/ Requirements:

• Growth of distribution and market share in the assigned area of operations.
• Visibility & accountability through extensive QR & Sound box deployment and sale of the product
• Identify and recruit the sales team to align and drive business in the Market
• Plan the market size, span and geographies for ASMs.
• Devise best methods for communication of plans/targets to the team so as to minimize the expectations vs delivery gap.
• Monitor the quality parameters as suggested by the Management
• Validate and conduct audits on the acquisitions and sales done by the team.

Must Have:

Should have good networking capabilities and be willing to travel extensively throughout their specified area. Skilled in coaching and mentoring, a quick learner who grasps and puts into application the new learnt ideas and concepts.

Superpowers/ Skills that will help you succeed in this role:

• Self-starters, who can take ownership and are comfortable navigating ambiguity, will be an ideal fit. 8-12 years' experience in sales - business development, B2C markets
• Passionate about working in a fast-growing firms and large team handling.
• Articulate complex solutions to novice customers.
• Good sales and negotiation skills. Experience in quota driven sales is a must.
• Experience in payments and finance is a plus - though not mandatory

Education -

MBA (Marketing)

Why join us:

We aim at bringing half a billion Indians into the mainstream economy, and everyone working here is striving to achieve that goal. Our success is rooted in our people’s collective energy and unwavering focus on the customers, and that’s how it will always be. We are the largest merchant acquirer in India

Compensation:

If you are the right fit, we believe in creating wealth for you. With enviable 500 mn+ registered users, 21 mn+ merchants and depth of data in our ecosystem, we are in a unique position to democratize credit for deserving consumers & merchants – and we are committed to it. India’s largest digital lending story is brewing here. It’s your opportunity to be a part of the story!