Area Sales Manager - Manager - Lending - Hyderabad

Hyderabad, Telangana on site Until 10/3/2026 5+ years exp First posted August 4, 2026 Last posted August 4, 2026
Job description
About the Team : The Merchant Lending team is one of the fastest-growing business verticals at Paytm, focused on enabling credit access to millions of merchants across India. The team drives credit penetration, loan lifecycle management, and cross-sell of high-value financial products like Gold SIP, Insurance, and other merchant-centric financial Solutions.

About the Role: Paytm is looking for an experienced Sales Leader & People Manager to drive the Merchant Lending business across the assigned region. The role involves scaling merchant loan penetration, strengthening underwriting funnel quality, and unlocking incremental revenue through strategic cross-sell initiatives. Expectations/ Requirements:

1. Grow Merchant Lending penetration and overall credit distribution in the assigned geography.
2.⁠Drive visibility & deployment of lending products—Merchant Loans, BNPL, QR-linked credit, overdraft lines, etc.
3.⁠Lead cross-sell of financial products like Gold SIP, Insurance, and other merchant financial tools to enhance merchant stickiness and revenue-per-merchant.
4.⁠Identify, recruit, and manage a strong field sales team to accelerate lending acquisition and cross-sell outputs. 5.⁠Define market size, span, funnel metrics, and territories for Team Leads to maximise efficiency.
6.⁠Ensure seamless communication of plans/targets, minimising expectation vs delivery gaps.
7.⁠Monitor and improve portfolio quality metrics—repayment behaviour, fraud checks, documentation hygiene, and onboarding quality.
8.⁠Conduct audits and validations on loan files, sales processes, and cross-sell adherence.
9.⁠Lead and mentor a large on-ground structure of 5–10 Team Leads & 100+ indirect employees, ensuring high productivity and compliance.
About this role

Summary

Lead and manage sales team to grow merchant lending and cross-sell financial products

Job title

Area Sales Manager - Manager - Lending

Experience level

senior level

Minimum experience

5+ years exp

Industry

financial services

Location requirements

Hyderabad, Telangana, on-site role, remote not specified

Salary

Not specified

Management role

Yes

Skills & keywords

Required skills

team managementsales leadershipcredit analysisfinancial product distributionportfolio management

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

merchant lendingcross-sellcreditfinancial products
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

On-site City