PlanetSpark - Associate Vice President - Sales - IIM/ISB/XLRI/IIT

Associate Vice President Sales - IIM/ISB/XLRI/IIT

About PlanetSpark :

PlanetSpark is on a mission to build the next generation of confident speakers and creative writers. We are a Series B funded, global company impacting over 13 countries through live 1:1 personalized classes on Public Speaking and Creative Writing through handpicked top 1% teachers. Our kids participate in gripping debates, create viral YouTube videos, start their own podcast channels, perform stand-up comedy, write nail-biting mystery stories, and become confident and fearless speakers.

PlanetSpark is on its journey to becoming the global leader in the large and untapped communication skills segment by 2023. We are backed by some top VCs and are on a 30% month-on-month growth curve. We were featured amongst the fastest growing companies in the world, according to a recent study on the world's fastest growing startups by GrowJo (read the story).

Come, join a passionate team of over 1300 young and energetic team members and 2200+ expertteachers on this roller coaster ride to build the most loved brand for kids who will move the world!

Mission for the role :

The Associate Vice President Sales is a key leadership role at PlanetSpark. This is an opportunity to build a global Public Speaking company for kids to shape the future of next generation of confident speakers. This is a high accountability and high impact role, working directly with the founders.

The mission for this role is to grow revenue for the company by 8x by June 2022

Roles & Responsibilities :

The Associate Vice President Sales will be a custodian for revenue generation in the team.

1. Revenue Generation :

- Deliver revenue by selling PlanetSpark live online classes and to set up a high performing salesteam

- Lead a team of 70-90 b2c sales executives (counsellors)

2. Team Culture and Performance :

- Motivate, Lead & work with the team to achieve the revenue targets

- Build a high-performance culture

3. Sales Insights and Coaching :

- Deep understanding of Sales, and be able to build the right plans from concept to execution

- Mentor and coach team members and help them achieve their numbers and career goals

What are we looking for :

- Excellent Leadership skills.

- 7 to 12 years of Direct Sales work experience ( - Preferably in a B2C startup )

- Willing to work 6 days a week

- Working out of Gurgaon / Willing to relocate to Gurgaon ( Hometown in Gurgaon )

What are the behavioral attributes that we are looking for? :

- A keen desire to build strategic alliances for a fast-growing Series B funded startup

- An apparent Founder's mindset i.e. A mindset where the person can own up the Business and shape it independently like a Founder

- A keen desire to build strategic alliances for a fast-growing Series B funded startup

- An apparent Founder's mindset i.e. A mindset where the person can own up the Business and shape it independently like a Founder