Senior Manager - Business Development

Emeritus Enterprise; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Emeritus is seeking an experienced B2B sales professional in India to grow our enterprise portfolio across APAC, focusing on South India and the broader region. You will engage CHROs, L&D leaders, and HR professionals to drive multi‑hundred thousand dollar deals.

The role requires deep knowledge of executive education, a strong network, and a proven ability to close large deals with corporate clients. This is a high‑visibility, growth‑driven position in a global EdTech environment.

Qualifications

• 10–17 years of corporate sales (B2B) experience.
• Background in Executive Education or HR/L&D consulting.
• Strong network with CHROs, L&D, HR professionals.
• Proven ability to pitch and close large deals.

Responsibilities

• Develop and grow corporate accounts across APAC in India.
• Build and maintain a robust pipeline for growth.
• Position leadership development conversations with CXOs, CHROs, CLOs.
• Develop winning proposals for corporate clients.

Skills

Corporate sales

Executive Education

CRM tools

L&D networking

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

HubSpot

Salesforce

Job description

Emeritusis committed to teaching the skills of the future by makinghigh-quality education accessible and affordable to individuals,companies, and governments around the world. It does this bycollaborating with more than 80 top-tier universities across theUnited States, Europe, Latin America, Southeast Asia, India andChina.

Emeritus’short courses, degree programs, professional certificates, and seniorexecutive programs help individuals learn new skills and transformtheir lives, companies and organizations. Its unique model ofstate-of-the-art technology, curriculum innovation, and hands-oninstruction from senior faculty, mentors and coaches has educatedmore than 300,000 individuals across 80+ countries.

Foundedin 2015, Emeritus, part of Eruditus Group, has more than 1,800employees globally and offices in Mumbai, New Delhi, Shanghai,Singapore, Palo Alto, Mexico City, New York, Boston, London, andDubai. The company is backed by prominent investors includingAccel, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, LeedsIlluminate, Prosus Ventures, Sequoia Capital India, and Bertelsmann.

JobDescription

About the Role for Chennai & Bangalore

We are looking for an experienced B2B Sales professional in India to develop and grow our portfolio as we continue to rapidly grow across global markets and expand our enterprise presence in the APAC region. The role will require the individual to build and grow corporate accounts across South region in India. The person must have a strong understanding of the leadership & talent development landscape in the region. They should have experience delivering over $500K-800K /year in sales and must be well networked across HR and L&D professionals.

KeyResponsibilities:

• Over 10-17 years of corporate sales (B2B sales), with a background in Executive Education or HR/L&D Consulting or practice with minimum US$500K-800K /year in sales contributed as an individual.
• Strong understanding of how to approach, position talent & leadership development conversations with CHROs, L&D & HR professionals as well as Business/C-suite.
• Well networked and connected across the L&D/CLO and HR/CHRO fraternity.
• Tenured relationships across leading companies local, MNCs and Public / Government sector.
• Strong communication and presentation skills – adept at developing, pitching and closing large deals. Gravitas to pitch to CXOs, CHROs, CLOs/L&D Heads.
• Ability to develop and position winning proposals to corporate clients.
• Experience and working knowledge of CRM tools like HubSpot, Salesforce.
• Strong knowledge of marketing & positioning across the region to help build and deliver a robust pipeline for growth.
• Experience in selling online executive education or blended learning solutions to corporate clients will be seen as a big advantage.

Skills& Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from a reputed University. Master’s is seen as an added advantage.
• Experience working for a rapidly growing company strongly desired.
• Experience working with a learning/ education/ EdTech company a plus.
• Experience working for a global company also a plus.

Emeritusprovides equal employment opportunities to all employees andapplicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassmentof any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex,national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteranstatus, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or anyother characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.