Sales Director

Forecast Job Growth: 12 Percent

Sales directors are the professionals who are responsible for planning and directing the sales activities of a business organization. In addition, they are responsible for supervising junior level sales team members and maximize the potential revenue in their assigned product segment, territory or target market.

These professionals bag in a handsome pay that is roughly around 12.70 lakh to 58.29 lakh per annum, and the educational requirement to enter this field is a Bachelor’s degree either in business administration, marketing or a related discipline. 

Product Marketing Manager

Forecast Job Growth: 14 Percent

These are the professionals who are responsible for defining the type of products that a business needs to sell to maximize the employer’s revenues. And as a product marketing manager you will be responsible for choosing the appearance and function of the products, pricing of the products, selecting the appropriate advertising strategies and how the product will be introduced to the customers.

Product managers typically draw salaries that are in the range of 3.96 lakh to 26.96 lakh per annum.

Attention to details, an eye for quality, and ability to grasp and translate technical capabilities into benefits, along with a Bachelor’s degree in business administration with a focus on marketing are some of the fundaments to enter this field.