Business Development Associate, Sales

Role: Business Development Associate (BDA)

Key Responsibilities

• Connect with college students and understand their career goals, requirements, and challenges.
• Build and maintain strong networks within colleges and student communities.
• Identify potential business opportunities from college markets.
• Generate qualified leads through calls, networking, references, and student interactions.
• Provide career counseling and guidance to students based on their interests and requirements.
• Follow up with prospective students and convert leads into enrollments.
• Achieve individual and team sales and conversion targets.
• Maintain consistent communication and follow-up with leads.
• Spend a minimum of 3 hours of talk time per day engaging with students and prospects.
• Understand market trends and student requirements to improve business opportunities.
• Maintain accurate lead information and follow the company's sales process.
• Contribute ideas and strategies to improve lead generation and conversion efficiency.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Good confidence while speaking with students and prospects.
• Strong networking skills, especially within college/student communities.
• A genuine sales mindset and willingness to achieve targets.
• Ability to convince, negotiate, and influence prospects.
• Strong follow-up skills.
• Positive attitude and willingness to learn.
• Self-motivated and target-oriented.
• Comfortable with making calls and speaking to a large number of prospects.

Qualifications

• Basic understanding of sales and business development is an advantage, but not mandatory for freshers.