Ferrum AI - Chief Revenue Officer / Chief Sales Officer

AI Consulting Vertical - India & Middle East

About Ferrum AI:

Ferrum AI is the AI arm of Hind Industec, an established industrial software and automation (MES) company serving the steel and manufacturing sector from Pune, India. Ferrum AI builds domain-specific large language models for the metals and mining industry, and delivers AI consulting and digital transformation services to manufacturers across India and the Middle East.

The Role:

We are looking for a Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) / Chief Sales Officer (CSO) to lead revenue generation for Ferrum AI's AI consulting practice. This is a senior, founding-level leadership role: you will build the sales pipeline, manage key client relationships, and close technical consulting and digital transformation engagements with manufacturing clients across India and the Middle East.

Key Responsibilities:

- Build and manage the full sales pipeline for Ferrum AI's AI consulting practice - prospecting, qualifying, proposing and closing - across India and the Middle East.

- Own and deliver an annual consulting revenue target in technical consulting and digital transformation for manufacturing clients.

- Structure and price client engagements, including offerings that combine Ferrum AI's AI consulting with Hind Industec's industrial software and MES solutions.

- Manage and grow Ferrum AI's existing relationships with global metal and mining companies.

- Build and maintain senior relationships with manufacturing and metals/mining clients across both markets.

- Represent Ferrum AI at industry events, client forums and partner meetings in India and the Middle East.

- Build and lead the business development function as the practice scales.

What We're Looking For:

- A demonstrated track record of having built or managed at least INR 20 crore in annual consulting revenue in technical consulting and digital transformation projects within the manufacturing sector.

- Proven experience selling into manufacturing and industrial accounts, ideally within metals, mining or related heavy industry.

- An established network of decision-makers across India and the Middle East manufacturing and metals/mining sector.

- Experience selling combined technology-and-services offerings, rather than a single product line.

- Comfort operating in an early-stage, founder-led environment, building a sales function rather than inheriting one.

- Willingness to travel regularly across both markets.

What We Offer:

- A fixed salary commensurate with experience.

- ESOP (equity participation) in Ferrum AI.

- A founding leadership role shaping a new business line, reporting directly into the founding team.

- Additional performance-linked incentives to be discussed during the interview process.

Location & Travel:

Based in India, with regular travel across the Middle East.