Business Development Manager India

  • Full-time

Company Description

BlaBlaCar: a high growth company

BlaBlaCar is the largest long distance ridesharing company in the world, with 10 million users in 12 countries. BlaBlaCar connects drivers with empty seats with passengers looking for a ride, allowing them to share the costs of the trip (fuel and toll) and have an enjoyable ride.  Every month, over 1 million people use BlaBlaCar to travel, thus creating an entirely new, people powered, transport network.

We are a successful and innovative Europe based start-up, backed by Accel Partners and Index Ventures, currently in a rapid international growth phase. Our HQ is in Paris, France and we have teams in Spain, Italy, Poland, Germany, Russia and the UK. We are soon bringing our innovative offer to Turkey, Brazil and India, amongst other countries.

With dedicated customer service, state of the art web and mobile platforms, and a highly engaged community of users, BlaBlaCar is making road travel convenient, money-saving, fun and more efficient. We are recruiting talented new team members to support our growth in India.

 

Being part of the BlaBlaCar team means:

  • You will have a positive social impact on the world, as we continue to make road travel smarter, cheaper and more sustainable

  • You will work in a fast-paced environment with a highly agile team of dynamic, hyper-motivated and talented individuals

  • You will join an international company, with a real international culture and vision; and cross-country work opportunities

Job Description

Your key role will be to define and execute strategies to drive traffic to the Indian BlaBlaCar website and to raise brand awareness.


Key responsibilities will include:

  • Working on the business model of BlaBlaCar in India

  • Building, launching and monitoring online marketing campaigns

  • Finding and building new online acquisition channels through partnerships with other websites

  • Spotting and building strategic partnerships with local actors

Qualifications

  • Experience in marketing (5-7 years), and online marketing campaigns (3 years minimum)

  • Must be familiar with online marketing metrics and business models

  • Strong data and analytical skills required

  • Good presentation and negotiation skills required, good business sense

  • Full proficiency in Excel

  • Fluent in English

  • Ability to work in a multicultural environment and with remote offices

  • Engineering or MBA degree from leading institute (top 10) in India or overseas

Additional Information

  • Start: As soon as possible!
  • Place: Based in Gurgaon
  • Contract: Long-term contract
  • Salary: According to profile and experience

 

If you are interested: click on the green button ;)

Then:

1/ Upload your CV

2/ Answer the below questions (be efficient, keep it short) in your cover letter (in English) that you will upload after your resume:

  • Why do you wish to join the BlaBlaCar team?
  • What makes you a strong candidate for this position?
  • Do you think that long distance ridesharing (ex: Delhi to Agra) can work in India? If so why? What are the potential barriers and how will you address them?
  • Do you know any other peer to peer services that work well in India? List one foreign and one Indian company. What makes them work? How did those services manage to create trust among users?

Feel free to add your personal motivations to the above answers.

Please note, only the following applications will be considered: candidates with a meaningful cover letter, citing SPECIFIC motivation to join our fantastic team, if not your application will not be considered.

All your information will be kept confidential.