Business Development Manager – Preschool Chain
Location: Hyderabad, Telangana (Hyderabad District)
Experience: 5+ Years
Employment Type: Full-time
Industry: Preschool / Education / Franchise Business Development
About the Role
We are looking for an experienced Business Development Manager (BDM) to drive growth for a rapidly expanding preschool chain with 20+ branches.
The role will have a strong focus on franchise acquisition, admissions growth, partnerships, and new business opportunities. The ideal candidate should be confident in sales, relationship building, negotiations, and converting business opportunities into measurable revenue.
Key ResponsibilitiesFranchise Development
- Identify and generate potential franchise leads through various channels.
- Connect with prospective franchise partners and understand their investment and business goals.
- Conduct franchise presentations and explain the preschool business model.
- Manage the complete franchise sales cycle from lead generation to closure.
- Follow up consistently with prospects and maintain a healthy franchise pipeline.
- Negotiate commercial terms and coordinate with internal teams until franchise onboarding.
- Build a strong network of prospective franchise partners across Hyderabad and other target cities.
Admissions & Branch Growth
- Work closely with branch teams to improve admissions and revenue.
- Monitor enquiries, campus visits, follow-ups, conversions and admissions.
- Identify underperforming branches and recommend corrective actions.
- Support branches in developing local business-development initiatives.
- Build partnerships with residential communities, corporates, hospitals, activity centres and other relevant organizations to generate admissions.
Business Development
- Identify new partnership and revenue opportunities.
- Conduct market and competitor research.
- Identify potential locations and markets for future preschool expansion.
- Develop relationships with local communities and business networks.
- Work with the marketing team to convert marketing-generated leads into admissions and franchise opportunities.
Reporting & Performance
- Maintain accurate CRM and sales pipeline records.
- Track franchise leads, meetings, proposals, closures and revenue.
- Track branch-level admissions performance and conversion metrics.
- Provide regular business-development reports to management.
- Work against clearly defined monthly and quarterly growth targets.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in Business Development, Sales, Franchise Development, Education, Preschool, Real Estate, Retail or a related industry.
- Proven experience in B2B/B2C sales and business development.
- Experience in franchise sales is highly preferred.
- Strong communication, presentation and negotiation skills.
- Ability to independently generate leads and build a sales pipeline.
- Strong follow-up and relationship-management skills.
- Comfortable meeting prospective franchise partners and clients in person.
- Target-oriented and commercially minded.
- Strong understanding of the Hyderabad market is an advantage.
Preferred Candidate
We are particularly looking for someone who has:
- 5+ years of relevant experience
- A proven record of achieving sales/business-development targets
- Experience handling franchise or multi-location business development
- Experience in preschool, education, daycare, school, retail, real estate or similar sectors
- Strong professional network and local market understanding
- The maturity and confidence to independently manage the complete sales cycle
Compensation
₹35,000 – ₹50,000 per month + performance incentives
Compensation can be higher for candidates with strong, demonstrable experience in franchise acquisition and revenue growth.
What Success Looks Like
The person in this role will be expected to contribute directly to:
More Franchise Leads → More Franchise Closures → More Branches
and
More Enquiries → More Visits → More Admissions → Higher Branch Revenue
This is a target-driven growth role with significant responsibility and opportunity for performance-based growth.
Apply
Candidates with relevant experience in franchise sales, preschool/education business development, admissions growth, or multi-branch business development are encouraged to apply.
Pay: ₹35,000.00 - ₹50,000.00 per month
Application Question(s):
- Do you have experience in franchise sales or franchise development?
Education:
Experience:
- Business Development: 5 years (Required)
Language:
- English, Hindi,Telugu (Required)
Location:
- Hyderabad, Telangana (Hyderabad District) (Required)
Work Location: In person
