Vice President Business

Position Title : Vice President – Business (Consumer India)

Reports To : Co-founder and COO

About Simplilearn

Founded in 2010 and based in Plano, Texas, and Bangalore, India, Simplilearn, a Blackstone portfolio company, is a global leader in digital upskilling, enabling learners across the globe with access to world-class training to individuals and businesses worldwide. Simplilearn offers 1,500+ live classes each month across 150+ countries, impacting over 8 million learners globally. The programs are designed and delivered with world-renowned universities, top corporations, and leading industry bodies via live online classes featuring top industry practitioners, sought-after trainers, and global leaders. From college students and early career professionals to managers, executives, small businesses, and big corporations, Simplilearn's role-based, skill-focused, industry-recognized, and globally relevant training programs are ideal upskilling solutions for diverse career or business goals.

Role Overview

As the VP – Business (India) , you will be responsible for driving the company's revenue, sales, and overall business performance in the Indian market. This role needs strategic thinking to pick the right bets and ability to execute with excellence and speed, to deliver results. You will lead a high-performing sales organization, optimize go-to-market (GTM) strategies by working closely with and influencing Product and Marketing teams, and ensure sustainable growth while managing profitability.

This is a high-impact leadership role requiring an exceptional blend of business acumen, sales execution, team leadership, and financial ownership.

Key Responsibilities

Business & Revenue Leadership

• Own and drive the P&L for the India market , ensuring revenue growth, profitability, and long-term sustainability.
• Define and execute the India business strategy , with clarity on key growth drivers, product launches, marketing channels and cross functional projects needed to drive profitable growth
• Ensuring a clear understanding about the market, macro trends, competition activity and changes that the business needs to respond to
• Ownership of P&L with specific focus on Revenue, Gross margins and Contribution margins ; ensuring right cost structure and balance of making right investments as well as cost control in other areas
• Create and monitor key operational metrics (Conversions, CAC, Marketing ROAS, GM, Referral, etc) and implement data-driven interventions to keep the P&L on track.

Sales Execution

Team Leadership & People Development

Qualifications & Experience

Skills Required

Financial Acumen, sales execution , Team Leadership, Stakeholder Management