Vijaya Raghavendra R is an MIT Manipal graduate and MBA candidate at IIM Indore, with over 7 years of experience across high-growth SaaS and edtech companies.
He has held key roles in corporate strategy and sales leadership, building business functions from the ground up and driving market expansion, funnel optimization, and organizational scale-up. Vijay has worked closely with CXO-level stakeholders to solve complex growth and efficiency challenges through structured execution and cross-functional leadership.
He brings deep expertise in go-to-market strategy, sales transformation, and operational excellence, and is now seeking to transition into a management consulting role to drive impact across sectors.
Functional Areas
Education
Indian Institute of Management, Indore (IIMI)
MBA
2025-2026
Manipal Institute of technology
B-tech – Aeronautical engineering
2014-2018
Accomplishment
Certified Level 3 Muay Thai Fighter
World muaythai federation
National Kickboxing Athlete
National Kickboxing Athlete – WAKO India, 2021
Business Development Excellence Award
Recognised as one of the top 10 employers in the organisation.
Inspiring Leader
NxtWave
Certification
International Trade (Import & Export)
Global Exim Institute
2024
Prompt Engineering
Wharton online
2025
Experience
Openlearning
9 Months
Head of sales
Sept' 24 - Apr' 25
Closed INR 5 Cr+ in outbound deals across India, Australia & Southeast Asia by selling AI-powered SaaS to CXOs in higher ed & enterprise L&D.
Scaled Indian market via national reseller network boosting reach while reducing CAC by 25%
Led team of 3, achieving 90% client retention through consultative sales.
Shared client insights with global exec team to shape product and pricing.
Nxtwave
12 Months
Asst Vice president - Sales
Nov' 22 - Nov' 23
Launched Karnataka operations from scratch, scaling revenue from INR 0 to INR 30 Cr annually within a year.
Built and led a 100+ member cross-functional team, reducing ramp-up time by 50% and improving productivity by 35%.
Introduced webinar and affiliate marketing channels boosted lead conversions by 30% and diversified top-of-funnel strategy.
Designed performance dashboards and implemented structured feedback loops to enhance ROI and lower attrition rates.
Localized sales tools and playbooks for Tier-2 markets resulting in a 40% uplift in demo-to-sale conversion.
Byju’s
4 Years 3 Months
Senior Manager – Founder’s office
Jul' 22 - Oct' 22
Led INR 1,500 Cr South India operations, scaling regional hiring, GTM, and sales ops to achieve 73% target delivery during hypergrowth.
Part of core team for Aakash acquisition drove competitor benchmarking and TAM–SAM–SOM modeling reviewed by board & investors.
Transformed national sales funnel (20K reps) by deploying CRM automation, boosting bookings from 6% to 10% and follow-up success by 5%.
Built and scaled the BDT program, reducing early attrition by 25% and increasing onboarding productivity by 30%.
Unlocked regional insights from 15K+ users reshaped messaging for 100+ cities using JTBD & segmentation frameworks.
Created CXO-level dashboards (Tableau, Excel, LeadSquared) to drive data-backed execution across national teams.