Regional Head Business Development

Saffron Studios; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leadership exposure

Senior leadership team access

Paid leaves, Insurance & PF

OKR-driven incentives

Job summary

SaffronStays seeks a strategic leader to head operations in the Hyderabad region, responsible for building go-to-market strategies, driving regional P&Ls, and achieving annual targets.

You will lead acquisition and supply efforts, nurture a strong stakeholder network, hire and develop regional talent, and collaborate with founders and heads across functions to optimize sales, marketing, and cost management.

Qualifications

• Senior growth experience in business development or sales with target-driven results.
• Ability to analyze markets and inform go-to-market strategies.
• Strong negotiation skills and stakeholder management abilities.
• Experience building commercial models and financial projections.

Responsibilities

• Develop go-to-market strategies to grow regional P&Ls from supply, revenue and margin.
• Oversee regional targets and budgeting, ensuring year-on-year growth.
• Lead home acquisition and supply through strong networks and talent.
• Collaborate with Founders and heads to align sales, marketing, ops and costs.
• Build and mentor the regional team with function heads for day-to-day ops.

Skills

Senior growth role

Market analysis

Stakeholder management

Contract negotiation

Commercial models

Education

Masters or Bachelor's in Business/Management/Hospitality

Tools

Google Sheets

Excel

Job description

Company Brief:

SaffronStays curates private holiday home experiences, making our guests' holidays authentic and memorable. We bring to our guests unforgettable, private, and exclusive homes where families can bond with loved ones whilst enjoying home-like hospitality and certainty of service standards.

We have 350+ homes in the best destinations across India & are looking to increase our presence on a national level.

Designation: Region Head & Deputy Region Head

Role: Business Head

No. of Requirement: 1

Qualification: Masters/ Bachelor's Degree in Business/Management/Hospitality

Experience: 8-10 years of functional experience in Business Development/Sales/Management

Location: Hyderabad

Scope of the Role

• The role involves developing go to market’/ market building strategies so as to build and grow regional P&Ls from a supply, revenue and margin front.
• The role involves overseeing and being accountable for the performance of the region’s annual targets as determined in the yearly budgeting process.
• To lead home acquisition and supply efforts for the region by building a strong stakeholder network, hiring and retaining the region’s talent pool and understanding the key micro-markets and products to grow with.
• To collaborate on a regular basis with the Founders, functional heads and other organisation team members to ensure smooth continuous efforts on sales, marketing, operations, manpower, cost management, etc for the region
• To build out and hone the regional team alongside the respective function heads and to ensure smooth day to day functioning with such team members.

Key Requirements & Skills

• Proven experience in a senior target oriented growth role (Business Development - Supply and/or Sales)
• Conduct thorough market analysis and take data driven decisions.
• Ability to manage both external and internal stakeholders.
• Strong contract negotiation skills.
• Ability to prepare, develop and review commercial models (google sheets, excel, etc)

Perks

• Opportunity to become an industry expert in one of the fastest growing segments in the travel and tourism industry
• Opportunity to be a part of the senior leadership team - To manage a portfolio P&L and lead a diverse team in a fast growing organization
• Paid leaves, Insurance & PF
• OKR driven performance-based Incentives