State Head - Merchant Business

About the Role:

As a State Head, you will lead our Merchant and POS sales initiatives across the assigned territory. This role involves driving merchant acquisition, increasing POS adoption, and managing a high-performing sales team to achieve business objectives.

What you will do

• Drive merchant acquisition and increase POS adoption across the designated territory.
• Lead, mentor, and manage a team of sales executives to achieve individual and team targets.
• Develop and execute strategic sales plans to maximize revenue and market penetration.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key merchants, partners, and channel stakeholders.
• Track team performance, analyze sales data, and implement corrective actions to meet KPIs.
• Collaborate with internal teams (marketing, operations, product) to ensure smooth onboarding and merchant satisfaction.

What you will need

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Commerce, or related field; MBA preferred.
• 8+ years of experience in sales, preferably in merchant acquisition, POS, or fintech payments.
• Proven track record of managing and scaling sales teams successfully.
• Strong negotiation, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Data-driven mindset with the ability to analyze performance metrics and take corrective actions.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, target-driven environment.

Life at slice

Life so good, you’d think we’re kidding:

• Competitive salaries. Period.
• An extensive medical insurance that looks out for our employees & their dependents. We’ll love you and take care of you, our promise.
• Flexible working hours. Just don’t call us at 3AM, we like our sleep schedule.
• Tailored vacation & leave policies so that you enjoy every important moment in your life.
• A reward system that celebrates hard work and milestones throughout the year. Expect a gift coming your way anytime you kill it here.
• Learning and upskilling opportunities. Seriously, not kidding.
• Good food, games, and a cool office to make you feel like home. An environment so good, you’ll forget the term “colleagues can’t be your friends”.

About us

slice

A new bank for a new India

slice’s purpose is to make the world better at using money and time, with a major focus on building the best consumer experience for your money. We’ve all felt how slow, confusing, and complicated banking can be. So, we’re reimagining it. We’re building every product from scratch to be fast, transparent, and feel good, because we believe that the best products transcend demographics, like how great music touches most of us.

Our cornerstone products and services: slice savings account, slice UPI credit card, slice UPI, slice UPI ATMs, slice fixed deposits, slice borrow, and UPI-powered bank branch are designed to be simple, rewarding, and completely in your control. At slice, you’ll get to build things you’d use yourself and shape the future of banking in India. We tailor our working experience with the belief that the present moment is the only real thing in life. And we have harmony in the present the most when we feel happy and successful together.

We’re backed by some of the world’s leading investors, including Tiger Global, Insight Partners, Advent International, Blume Ventures, and Gunosy Capital.