Regional Head – Tamil Nadu(Sales & Community)

Hyderabad (first 3–6 months) → Chennai

Experience: 4–7 years

Early-stage Startup | High Ownership

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Company Description

Praja

Praja is the place for you.

About the Role

Regional Head – Tamil Nadu (Sales & Community)

1-3 months

Post this, you will take full ownership of Tamil Nadu — building the team, running daily operations, scaling district presence, forging key partnerships, and driving ARR.

What You’ll Own

• End-to-end Tamil Nadu launch & operational scale
• Tamil content + community engine
• Sales hiring, funnel ownership, and revenue delivery
• Replication of AP/Telangana playbooks for TN
• ARR targets & state-level KPIs end-to-end

What You’ll Do

• Build and run Tamil content + poster operations
• Hire, train, and lead the TN sales team; own funnel outcomes
• Build partnerships with influencers, community bodies, political parties & local networks
• Translate AP/Telangana insights into Tamil-specific playbooks
• Hire and lead a

  10–20 member team

  across content, community, and sales within the first 3 months
• Drive ARR, sales performance, and district-level scale

What Success Looks Like:

1–3 Months

• Build initial TN team (content, community, sales)
• Stabilize daily Tamil content & Community operations
• Contribute toward achieving a

  $500K ARR run rate

3–6 Months

• Fully launch Tamil Nadu operations
• Achieve

  $1M ARR

  using AP/Telangana playbook replication
• Strengthen political, content & community partnerships

What We’re Looking For

Core Experience (Mandatory)

• 4–7 years of experience leading teams in managerial roles, running operations or business functions
• Proven ability to hire, manage, and scale on-ground teams (content/community/sales)
• Native Tamil speaker with deep understanding of Tamil Nadu tier 2/3 audiences
• Bachelor’s from a Tier-1 college or MBA preferred

Mindset & Working Style

• Experience in entrepreneurial roles (founder, early employee) or 0→1 startup environments is highly preferred
• High ownership, execution velocity, and ability to operate independently

Bonus (Nice-to-Have)

• Exposure to political consulting or prior experience in political strategy firms is an added advantage
• Experience working in a content startup or a vernacular-focused high-growth startup

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary

  : ₹24–30 LPA (based on experience)

• Equity

  : ESOPs offered on top of the CTC (not included in the salary package)

• Benefits

  : Opportunity to build Praja in Tamil Nadu from zero to scale, Work closely with founders

Why Join Us

• Lead Tamil Nadu end-to-end — content, community, sales & partnerships
• Build the region’s entire operational engine from scratch
• Join a fast-growing startup shaping Bharat’s political & community landscape