
Ravi Ojha
Senior Sales Development Manager
Hire this person
Send a job offer directly to this candidate
About
Result-driven and highly experienced Insurance Professional with over 9 years of expertise in agent recruitment, sales development, and team leadership across top-tier insurance ecosystems. Proven track record of driving business growth by equipping sales teams with critical insurance selling skills and establishing robust long-term stakeholder relationships. Expert at handling intricate customer and partner queries, optimizing retention, and scaling branch profitability.
Experience
Senior Sales Development Manager at Policybazaar.com (2025-05 – 2025-12)
- Spearhead sales development strategies and agent engagement modules to enhance digital insurance market penetration.
- Drive agent recruitment metrics while resolving high-priority customer queries and operational roadblocks to maintain strong retention rates.
Agency Development Manager at Aditya Birla Sun Life Insurance (2024-10 – 2025-04)
- Recruited, coached, and managed active life insurance advisors to expand network reach and drive monthly distribution targets.
- Conducted high-impact training workshops covering new product rollouts, tax advantages, and relationship-centric selling skills.
Sales Development Manager at IndiaFirst Life Insurance (2023-10 – 2024-08)
- Drove distribution excellence by managing a strategic pipeline of insurance agents and aligning regional sales objectives.
- Conducted structured branch meets to review sales pipelines, address compliance updates, and resolve customer grievances smoothly.
Tied Agency Channel Manager at ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (2016-10 – 2023-07)
- Executed end-to-end recruitment pipelines for new insurance advisors, scaling branch headcount and expanding territorial market share.
- Organized routine, structured training sessions and branch-level collaborative meets focused heavily on core insurance selling mechanics.
- Fostered deep, long-standing business relationships between agents, corporate entities, and individual clients.
- Acted as the key point of contact for complex pre-sales and post-sales technical queries, drastically reducing customer turnaround times.
Education
Bachelor of Commerce in B.Com. – M.J.P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly (U.P.) (2010)
Intermediate in Commerce – U.P. Board (2006)
High School – U.P. Board (2004)
