apna

Business Development Manager - Mumbai

apna  •  Mumbai, IN (Onsite)  •  2 months ago
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Job Description

The Growth and Business team at Apna owns user and revenue growth metrics across all

business lines candidates and employers. The team has played a key role in Apna’s growth

journey to become a clear market leader in the space within 18 months of product launch

overtaking multiple incumbent players. This has been achieved by managing multiple short and

long term levers, such as marketing, sales, search engine or appstore optimization, product

changes and partnerships and tactically thinking through resource and capital allocation, cost-

upside trade-offs and realization timelines across multiple initiatives. We are adding new

members to the team to augment our existing capabilities and help chart Apna’s next phase of

rapid business growth & product development.

About the Role

We are looking for talented and competitive Business Development folks who thrive in a quick

sales cycle environment, who have experience having CXO level business conversations with

the client at higher ticket size and are OK with an Individual role. You will play a fundamental

role in achieving our ambitious new customer acquisition and revenue growth objectives for the

Enterprise model.

Requirement

1. Selling online enterprise recruitment solutions to corporate clients by assessing their business

requirements.

2. Achieving sales targets through acquisition of new clients and growing business from existing

client.

3. Developing a database of qualified leads through referrals, telephone canvassing, social

media and other channels.

4. Area Mapping, prospecting, negotiation, freezing on commercials and closing of deals with

necessary documentation.

5. Prospect relentlessly to build a pipeline and strong personal relationships with prospects.

6. Be an evangelist for apna's ecosystem of products and services.

7. Being part of a start-up from an early stage, lead your area of expertise and be a part of this

exciting growth journey.

Skills Required

● Previous experience of at least 4 years in handling large accounts (HRTech background

preferred)

● Stakeholder Management: External client-facing role, managing client expectations, should be

able to navigate his/her way to the leadership of the companies.

● Good operations and commercial understanding of the business and should be able to

negotiate with the clients.

● Good command of communication at least in two languages.

● Lead generation to Closure experience.

apna

About apna

Founded in 2019, Apna Group is redefining the future of work for India and beyond - empowering millions of professionals and enterprises through AI-led innovation.

Through Apna.co, India’s largest early-career job marketplace, we’ve connected 6 Cr+ job seekers with 7 Lakh+ employers across 900+ cities, enabling faster, smarter, and more meaningful hiring at scale.

Trusted by India’s leading enterprises such as Teleperformance, Zomato, HDB Financial Services, Bluestar, TVS, Kotak, Axis Bank, Flipkart, and Lifestyle, Apna powers workforce transformation across Retail, BFSI, Staffing, Healthcare, Manufacturing, and IT sectors.

Building on this foundation, Apna has expanded into enterprise AI innovation with Blue Machines, our Voice AI platform that enables organizations to deploy production-grade voice agents with sub-300 ms latency and <1-week deployment cycles. In its first 45 days, Blue Machines secured $6 M+ in enterprise contracts across lending, insurance, recruitment, and healthcare - making it one of India’s fastest-adopted deep-tech platforms.

Explore more at bluemachines.ai

Recognized among India’s Most Preferred Workplaces 2025–26, and as a Most Preferred Workplace for Women, Apna Group continues to build technology that empowers people, strengthens enterprises, and drives inclusive growth.

Backed by world-class investors including Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed, Insight Partners, GSV Ventures, and Owl Ventures, Apna collaborates with leading government and public institutions such as the NSDC, Ministry of Defence, UNICEF YuWaah, and AICTE to drive nationwide skilling and employability programs - powering AICTE’s career portal for over 3 million students across 22,000 colleges.

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Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Bengaluru, IN
Year Founded
2019
Website
apna.co
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