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Business Development Manager. The Door Opener.
You’ll help Belong grow, one family at a time. Find people planning a home, listen to what they hope for, and guide them from a first hello to a confident yes, with our designers beside you.
- Type Full-time
- Team Growth
- Where Kochi, in the field and the studio
- Experience 3+ years in sales or business development
- Reports to A founder
About the role
What the job is, in plain words.
As our Business Development Manager, you’ll lead how Belong finds and wins the families we design for. You’ll create opportunities across the city, meet homeowners at home, on site visits and in the studio, and guide each conversation from first interest to commitment.
It’s a role for someone who sells by listening. You’ll learn each family’s ideas, priorities, timelines and budget, then work with our design team on a proposal that fits. You’ll own the sales journey end to end: enquiries, follow-ups, negotiations and closures, handled with clarity and care.
You’ll also build Belong’s local network of builders, architects, apartment communities and referral partners. You’ll work closely with the founders, bring back what clients and the market are telling us, and help shape how we reach and serve customers as we grow.
The job, honestly
What you’ll do, and a day of it.
Yours to own
- Create opportunitiesFind prospective clients, generate leads and open new avenues for growth across the city.
- Understand each clientMeet homeowners and listen closely to their ideas, priorities, timelines and budgets.
- Connect vision with solutionsWork with our design team on proposals that reflect what each client needs.
- Own the sales journeyManage enquiries, follow-ups, negotiations and closures with clarity and care.
- Build a local networkGrow relationships with builders, architects, communities and referral partners.
- Stay organisedKeep accurate records of every opportunity, conversation and next step.
- Contribute ideasShare client feedback and market insights that improve how we reach and serve customers.
A Tuesday, roughly
- 9:30Chai, the pipeline, and three follow-ups before the studio fills up.
- 11:00A couple shows you round their new flat. You note what they love, and what worries them.
- 2:30Brief a designer, so the proposal answers the family’s real question.
- 5:00Coffee with an architect who might send families our way. Notes logged before you leave.
What you’ll bring
You might be our person if…
Nobody ticks every box. If most of these feel like you, say hello.
- Experience in interiors, real estate or home improvement
- Knowing the city, with a local professional network
- Using a CRM every day
Why Belong
Why build your next chapter with us?
Ownership with purpose
Take responsibility for growing Belong in the city, and see what your work adds.
Space to contribute
Bring local insight, new ideas and your read of customers into how we grow.
Design and technology up close
Work beside our designers in a studio exploring how technology and AI can improve the interiors journey.
Work built around people
Help families take a meaningful step towards a home they’ve imagined.
A varied, engaging role
Client conversations, partnerships, commercial thinking and creative collaboration, all in one week.
What comes with the job
- Fair, open pay The range is shared in our first chat, not after five rounds.
- Health cover Medical insurance for you and your family.
- Your birthday, off A paid day. Cake is likely.
- Festival leave Onam, Vishu, Christmas and Eid are for family.
- Monsoon mornings Heavy rain? Start late. No meeting is worth a flooded road.
- Craft trips A yearly visit to the makers: weavers, tile-makers, woodworkers.
- A learning budget Courses, books, workshops and trade fairs, every year.
- Your name on the work Credit on every home you shape, and photos for your portfolio.
- Time with the founders A monthly one-to-one about your growth, ideas and worries.
- Your own home, our way Staff pricing when it’s your turn to build a nest.
- Chai, always And pazham pori on Fridays.
Your first season
Room to grow, at your pace.
No sink-or-swim. A founder walks beside you until you’re ready to lead.
Your first week
Shadow a founder through enquiries, home visits and a proposal.
Your first month
Run your own enquiries, with a founder on the big calls.
Your first season
Own the pipeline and grow our referral network.
How to apply
No cover letters. Just a conversation.
Ten short steps, about ten minutes: a little about you, what sparks you, a few this-or-thats, and a link to your work. Your answers are saved as you go.
Good to have handy:
- A deal you’re proud of, and how you earned the trust behind it.
- A ‘no’ you turned into a ‘yes’, or a ‘no’ you were glad to accept.
- Where you’d find our next ten families, and why.
We reply to every application, and a no always comes with a reason. Your details are used only for hiring; see our privacy notice.
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