Founder Office - Sales Development (Intern -> fulltime)

Affluense | Bengaluru (in office, 5 days a week)
Affluense is hiring a Sales Development Intern to work full-time from our Bengaluru office. Strong performers convert to a full-time SDR role within 3 months.
Role: Sales Development Intern, converting to full-time Sales Development Representative
Location: Bengaluru office, 5 days a week. This is not a remote or hybrid role.
Hours: Full-time, 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM, Monday to Friday
Duration: 3-month internship, then a full-time offer based on performance
About Affluense
Affluense is an AI-powered HNI intelligence and prospecting platform built for India’s wealth management and BFSI sector. We pull together 150+ data sources across 10M+ HNI profiles. With that data, private banks, wealth managers and brokerages find, profile and reach the right clients faster.
We work with 20+ enterprise wealth and BFSI firms. We’re backed by Zeropearl VC, Kunal Shah (CRED) and Pravin Jadhav (Dhan). We’re a small team, so you’ll work directly with the founders and see your impact on revenue every week.
What you’ll do
You’ll own the top of our sales funnel. That means reaching CXOs, business heads and senior RMs at wealth and BFSI firms, starting conversations and booking qualified meetings for our sales team.
Calling (the core of the role)
Run focused calling blocks every day, about 3.5–4 hours on the phone
Open conversations with senior decision-makers, handle objections and book meetings
Follow up the same day by WhatsApp and email with everyone you connect with
Multi-channel outbound
Run outbound sequences across calls, email and LinkedIn using our outbound tools and CRM
Build and verify prospect lists using the Affluense platform and other data tools
Keep the CRM accurate: every call, note and next step logged by the end of the day
Strategy
Track what works, including openers, segments, times of day and channels, and suggest changes based on the data
Write and test call scripts, email copy and LinkedIn messaging with the founders
Share what you hear from the market (objections, competitor mentions, buying signals) with the product and sales teams
Must-haves
Prior SDR experience: at least 6 months as an SDR, BDR or inside sales rep, full-time or as an intern, doing outbound in a B2B setting
Excellent communication: confident, clear spoken English, and comfortable talking to senior leaders. Hindi is a plus.
Hands-on with outbound tools: you’ve used at least two of these: a CRM (HubSpot, Zoho, Salesforce or similar), a sequencing tool (Apollo, Lemlist, Instantly or similar), LinkedIn Sales Navigator, a call tracker or dialer
Comfortable with high call volume: you enjoy cold calling and can sustain 150+ dials a day
Strategic thinking: you can look at your own numbers, tell what’s working and change your approach without being told
Full-time, in-office availability: you can work from our Bengaluru office 5 days a week, 10 to 6, for the full internship and beyond
Good to have
Experience prospecting into wealth management, private banking, broking, asset management or other BFSI firms
SDR experience at a company that sells data or intelligence to financial firms, such as Tracxn, PrivateCircle or similar
Knowledge of the Indian wealth ecosystem: PMS, AIFs, family offices, MFDs and RIAs
Experience setting up or improving an outbound process, not just running one
Comfort with spreadsheets, enough to analyse your own funnel

Work arrangement
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