Inside Sales Executive

Company: Intellect Design Arena Ltd.

Location: Chennai

Target Region: Europe

Shift Hours: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM IST (European Market Alignment)

Experience: 2+ Years

About Intellect Design Arena

Intellect Design Arena is a global leader in Financial Technology, serving over 500+ financial institutions across 61+ countries. Powered by our flagship eMACH.ai architecture and Design Thinking principles, Intellect builds cloud-native, AI-first banking technology solutions. NxtLVL is Intellect's high-growth business unit driving market expansion, strategic client acquisition, and global enterprise outreach.

Position Overview

We are seeking an energetic, driven, and multilingual Inside Sales (French Speaking) to join our Inside Sales team covering the European market. In this role, you will be responsible for driving market expansion, generating high-value qualified leads, cold calling, and setting up qualified business appointments with enterprise decision-makers across European financial institutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Outbound Market Outreach: Proactively identify, prospect, and engage C-suite executives, directors, and key decision-makers across banks and financial institutions in the European region.
• Lead Generation & Appointment Setting: Execute outbound campaigns via targeted cold calling, personalized email sequences, and strategic LinkedIn networking to schedule qualified sales appointments for European account executives.
• Multilingual Pitching: Tailor product value propositions and conduct discovery discussions fluently in French to uncover prospect pain points and match them with Intellect's solution portfolio.
• Prospecting & Tech Tooling: Leverage LinkedIn Sales Navigator, executive database tools.
• FinTech Domain Alignment: Understand European BFSI (Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance) trends, regulatory considerations, and competitive landscapes to build immediate credibility with prospective clients.
• Pipeline Management & Collaboration: Partner closely with regional Enterprise Sales Leads and Business Unit Heads to qualify leads, execute account-based marketing strategies, and transition qualified leads smoothly into the pipeline.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Language Mastery:Native or professional fluency in French is mandatory.
• International Inside Sales Experience: Minimum 2+ years of hands-on experience in international inside sales, cold calling, B2B lead generation, and setting appointments for global enterprise accounts.
• Tool Proficiency: Strong expertise using LinkedIn Sales Navigator, B2B lead intelligence databases, and standard CRM platforms (HubSpot/Salesforce).
• Communication Skills: Exceptional interpersonal, negotiation, and written communication skills with the ability to build quick rapport with senior executives over phone and digital channels.
• Education: Graduate degree required; an MBA degree is strongly preferred.