Sales Manager, SMB & MM (India)
Hybrid, Bangalore · Bangalore · Hybrid · Posted Sep 29, 2026
At a glance
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- Hybrid, Bangalore · Bangalore
About the role
- The Sales Manager will lead a team of 8+ hybrid Account Executive/Account Managers in Bangalore, focusing on both SMB and Mid-Market segments.
- This role involves driving performance across new-business closing and account expansion/retention through coaching, strategy development, and cross-functional collaboration.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of 8+ hybrid SMB and MM Account Executive/Account Managers.
- Drive performance to exceed targets on new-business bookings and net revenue retention.
- Provide coaching, training, and development opportunities across new-business and account-management motions.
- Establish a performance-driven culture with clear goals and continuous feedback.
- Analyze sales data and call coaching to identify areas for improvement and drive win rates.
- Develop and implement strategies for training, objection handling, and consultative discovery.
- Create renewal and expansion playbooks for the account-management side of the book.
- Ensure pipeline cleanliness with accurate stages, ARR, and forecast categories.
- Accurately predict team outcomes within a 10% margin across bookings and retention.
- Work cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Sales, Customer Success, Onboarding, Marketing, and Legal.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of direct sales experience in net-new closing.
- At least 2 years directly managing a team of 5+ Account Executives or Account Managers in net-new closing and/or expansion motions.
- Top performer in current role.
- Proven track record of consistently meeting team targets for a minimum of 3 trailing quarters across new-business and retention metrics.
- Experience using and coaching teams on consultative selling skills and sales processes.
- C1 English level proficiency.
- Data-driven approach to sales performance.
- Ability to communicate, present to, and influence key stakeholders across technical and non-technical roles.
- Based in Bangalore, India.
Preferred qualifications
- Exposure to account management or renewals
Workplace
- Hybrid role based in the Bangalore office.
Skills
- Consultative Selling
- Performance Management
- Objection Handling
- Account Management
- Revenue Retention