Business Development Specialist (0-2 years of experience)

Location: Gurgaon,Haryana,India

About UrbanClap

UrbanClap (www.urbanclap.com | Android app | iOS app) is a marketplace for trusted local services. We help customers hire reliable services at the push of a button. Be it getting a plumbing job done, improving your fitness through yoga, learning to play the guitar, decorating your home or getting candid photos of your wedding clicked, we are a sure shot destination for your service needs.

What drives us?

Our vision is to use technology and smart processes to structure the highly unorganized services market in India and across the world (Especially emerging markets). UrbanClap aspires to make hiring a service professional as easy and straightforward as Amazon makes buying products.

We are a young, passionate team working on a tough but huge opportunity. We believe there is immense value (akin to serendipity) in connecting customers and professionals looking for each other. In the process, we hope to impact the lives of millions of service entrepreneurs, helping them refocus on their craft.

Venture funding

We have raised three rounds of funding (~US$ 37 M) from Saif Partners, Accel Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, Mr. Ratan Tata and the founders of SnapDeal

Founding team

Abhiraj Bhal:  IIT Kanpur, IIM Ahmedabad, Ex-BCG consultant

Raghav Chandra: UC Berkeley, Yelp, Twitter, Ex-entrepreneur

Varun Khaitan: IIT Kanpur, Qualcomm (US), Ex-BCG consultant

In the Press and Media

NDTV | Zee Business | TechCrunch | TechInAsia | Yourstory | Business Standard | Times of India | Economic Times |The Hindu | Financial Express | LiveMint 

Role and responsibilities

Download the UrbanClap app on your phone and understand the platform before reading further.

Understand different categories in depth, and how customers hire in the same

• Identify and on-board great service professionals across categories
• Source, curate and update accurate provider information, using creative and original ideas to present information
• Evaluate and verify existing profiles and devise innovative ways to enhance the quality of the providers
• Use internet and other social media platforms to verify profile information
• Impart necessary training to on-boarded service professionals on these norms and how to use UrbanClap
• Interact with providers regularly to ensure active engagement on the platform
• Resolve queries from providers on a case by case basis

Who are we looking for

• 0-2 years of work-experience in startups, consulting, marketing or operations roles
• A desire to understand consumer behavior and mindset
• Strong communication skills and a flair for writing
• Self-motivated and willing to work hard to exceed targets
• Analytical mindset and data driven decision making mentality
• Awareness of different social media profiles digging and online research
• Hustle and get things done attitude
• Bachelors' degree
• We need people who work hard and thrive to achieve their goals
• We work in teams and adhere to tight deadlines (our deadlines are steep).

Compensation and perks

• Opportunity to shape the strategic direction of the company
• Making a difference: Impact the lives of our customers and the hundreds of thousands of service entrepreneurs we will partner with

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