Associate in Business Development

About Prolift

ProLift is a unique career development platform founded by IIT and NLU alumni.
Our mission is to empower every student to take the informed decision about their future and provide them guidance for the same.

Business Development

ProLift is actively looking to hire an emphatic and resilient Business Development
Associate. Please read this guide to understand more about our business and this
particular job opportunity. When you apply to this job, we will automatically assume that
you will be joining us in our office in Gurugram, Haryana, India.

Qualifications

1. Candidate MUST have:

• Bachelor’s degree in any field or similar field of business sales and marketing.
• Work experience of one years in sales, business development or similar role.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to sell and create value.
• Time management skills and proficiency in using shared calendars.

2. Skills that will help set you apart from other qualified applicants:

• Experience in overseeing and developing a sales team.
• Ability to generate revenue by identifying and suggesting profitable products and services.
• Impeccable networking skills.
• Neat, well groomed appearance.
• Ability to present ideas in front of a variety of audiences.
• Ability to maintain high level professionalism and confidentiality with clients.
• Ability to work in a team environment with shared responsibilities.

Background

ProLift is a novel platform that helps everyone grow professionally. Our mantra of
making this growth happen for our users is by providing them with right advice from the
right people at the right time. The Business Development team brings in users for the
platform. This is done by undertaking the following activities:

• Familiarising yourself with ProLift products and services.
• Identifying new opportunities for business growth by following leads and conducting market research.
• Developing and executing sales plans to meet and exceed sales targets.
• Building and maintaining business relationships with existing and potential clients.
• Reviewing clients’ feedback and implementing indicated changes.
• Developing and executing sales and marketing strategies for business development.
• Assisting in marketing and promotional activities.
• Collaborating with management regarding sales goals.
• Support the team with other responsibilities as and when required.

Role Specifics

In this role

• Your primary goal will be to bring users to the platform.
• Keep a daily record of the users you bring on to the platform.
• Schedule at least 4 days of touring NCR to sell our services to institutions that can benefit from ProLift’s services. This includes schools, colleges, coaching institutes and corporates.
• Sit with other teams on a weekly basis to draw insights on our unique selling points, upcoming features and customer feedback. This will keep you updated with our products and services.
• Attend meetings with management every Saturday to discuss the action plan for the upcoming week.

On day one we'll expect you to...

• Manage your time efficiently and know how to use calendars on mobile.
• Get to know your team and interact with them in a free manner.
• Ask questions that will help you gain a deeper understanding of our working process and business.

Added bonuses for our employees

• Open workspace that allows you to work alongside CXOs
• ESOPs based on your contributions towards company growth
• Performance evaluation and appraisal every 6 months.
• Your own professional growth remains ensured while you help our clients achieve the same.

ProLift will be the perfect fit for your talents if you:

• Praise publicly and correct behind closed doors.
• Share goals on common whiteboards and track progress on Jira.
• Plan meetings properly using calendars and always attach an agenda to the invite.
• Let your work speak for itself.
• Respect everyone’s personal choices, be it religion, sexuality or anything else. ProLift does not tolerate/discrimination of any kind.

This is an opportunity to..

• Secure progress on your career path and be eligible for leadership roles as we grow together.
• Learn from leaders who have attended premier institutions like NLUs and IITs,
• Build your own professional network and grow, just like our customers.
• Learn to innovate and experience benefits of the startup ecosystem.

More about our employees

We play just as much as we work. Interest is the key to foster a bond and we have perfected the recipe to building close-knit, high-performing teams! Harshit Malhotra is leading our technology team. Please feel free to connect with him via LinkedIn with a note mentioning that you want to know more about our employee culture. He will give you a better insight into the working pattern of ProLift.

• We encourage communal lunches and share food with everybody.
• We work hard, and party harder. Regular informal events are a part of life at ProLift.
• We promote a mentorship- based relationship between team members here.
• We stay connected over Google Chats to share about work and fun.
• We fill in for a peer who has an emergency at home.

More about our benefits

We will offer upto INR 4.8 Lakhs per annum. Apart from this, you can also expect to enjoy

• Performance evaluation and appraisal every 6 months for the first 2 years with us.
• Corporate Insurance -4 Lakhs sum insured.
• 18 leaves, as per our leave policy.
• 10 Holidays annually, including Indian national and religious festivals.