$200K Largest ARR Deal · Smartlead.ai History 3× Revenue Growth at Vizmo · 9 Months 60% Ops Automated via Smartlead, n8n & Make 200% New Account Acquisition at Vizmo 100+ Demos Per Month · Enterprise Pipeline 35% Better Demo-to-Close Rate 108% Upsell Revenue from Existing Accounts GrowthX Top 1% Growth Operator $200K Largest ARR Deal · Smartlead.ai History 3× Revenue Growth at Vizmo · 9 Months 60% Ops Automated via Smartlead, n8n & Make 200% New Account Acquisition at Vizmo 100+ Demos Per Month · Enterprise Pipeline 35% Better Demo-to-Close Rate 108% Upsell Revenue from Existing Accounts GrowthX Top 1% Growth Operator

Sales · Growth · GTM · Product · Founder's Office

Revenue.
Growth.
Systems.

7+ years at the intersection of sales, growth and GTM strategy.

Head of Sales & Partnerships at Smartlead.ai. I've spent my career not just closing deals — but designing the acquisition systems, onboarding flows, activation loops and monetisation strategies that make them possible. That cross-functional exposure is what makes me equally at home in a Growth, GTM, Product or Founder's Office role.

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Sales Leadership GTM Strategy Growth Operator Product Growth Founder's Office GrowthX Top 1%

Vamsi Allu

Head of Sales & Partnerships · Smartlead.ai

Years in SaaS

3×

Revenue Scaled

$200K

Biggest Deal

Career

Where I've built &
what I've delivered

Smartlead.ai

Jul 2024 – Present · 10K+ Users

Current

Head of Sales & Partnerships

B2B SaaS · Cold Email Infrastructure · Global

🏆 $200K ARR Deal 📈 35% Better Close Rate ⚡ 60% Ops Automated 🤝 100+ Demos/Month

Closed the largest deal in company history — $200K ARR, new enterprise benchmark
Built the full cold email sales engine from scratch — 100+ qualified demos/month
Created Sales & Partnership Playbooks — ICP, outreach flows, qualification frameworks
Automated ops via Smartlead, Make, n8n & Slack — cut manual work by 60%
Improved demo-to-close ratio 35% through data-driven optimisation
Spearheaded Clay integration, unlocking co-marketing & ecosystem partnerships

Vizmo

Jun 2022 – Jun 2024 · Bengaluru

Sr. AM → Head of Sales

Head of Sales (Promoted from Sr. Account Manager)

B2B SaaS · Visitor Management

🚀 3× Revenue in 9 Months 📊 200% New Accounts ⭐ Top AM → HoS 💰 108% Upsell Revenue

Scaled company-wide revenue 3× within 9 months of taking the Head of Sales role
Designed Vizmo's full SDR → AM → CSM sales process framework from scratch
Drove 200% increase in new account acquisition across multiple verticals
Delivered 108% revenue growth from existing clients via upselling and expansion
Recognised as Top Account Manager — promoted to Head of Sales

Great Learning

Jun 2019 – Jun 2022 · Bengaluru

Promoted 2× in 2 Years

Team Lead → Sr. Executive → Executive

EdTech · Sales Leadership

🏅 Promoted Twice in 2 Years 💰 ₹1 Cr+ Monthly Revenue 👥 Led 8–10 Person Team

Promoted twice in two years — Executive → Sr. Executive → Team Lead
Managed and coached 8–10 Learning Consultants to consistent quota overachievement
Achieved ₹1 Cr+ monthly team revenue milestone
Built PIPs that transformed low performers into consistent top contributors

How I Think

Sales was my entry point.
Growth is how I've always operated.

Every role I've held has required me to think beyond the close. At Smartlead I didn't just sell — I built the outbound engine, designed the partnership motion, automated ops, and ran the GrowthX capstone on full-funnel growth strategy. The result is a profile that's native to Sales, GTM, Growth and Founder's Office environments alike.

01 · Acquisition

Get the Right Users

Built outbound engines from scratch at Smartlead — cold email infrastructure, ICP targeting, partner channels. The same skills that power a Growth Manager's top-of-funnel mandate.

02 · Onboarding

Fast AHA Moments

Studied and redesigned Furlenco's onboarding flow as part of the GrowthX capstone — reducing drop-off before activation. This is Product Growth thinking applied to a real company.

03 · Activation

Convert Intent to Revenue

Improved demo-to-close 35% at Smartlead not just through persuasion but through process redesign — qualification frameworks, pipeline velocity, conversion data.

04 · Monetisation

Maximise Revenue Per Account

108% upsell revenue at Vizmo, $200K ARR deal at Smartlead — understanding how to expand accounts is a core growth and product monetisation skill, not just a sales one.

05 · Retention

Keep & Grow

Designed E&R strategies for the Furlenco capstone — referral loops, loyalty mechanics, proactive touchpoints. CS alignment, churn signal identification, LTV thinking.

06 · Strategy

Connect the Dots

GrowthX trained me to synthesise user data, market signals and funnel metrics into a prioritised growth roadmap — exactly what a GTM Lead or Founder's Office role demands.

What I Offer

Where I plug in

01 / GTM

GTM Strategy & Execution

ICP definition, channel strategy, outbound playbooks, sales motion design — built from scratch and owned end-to-end.

02 / Growth

Growth Strategy & Roadmap

Full-funnel growth diagnosis — identify where acquisition, activation or retention is leaking, then build and prioritise the experiments to fix it.

03 / Product

Product-Led Growth

Onboarding flow redesign, activation metric definition, product-sales handoff — bridging the gap between what the product does and what users experience.

04 / Revenue

Revenue Operations

CRM, reporting, qualification frameworks and workflow automation — tightening the engine so every rep closes more with less friction.

05 / Founder

Founder's Office / Growth

Embed directly with leadership — owning cross-functional growth priorities, managing key bets, and connecting product, GTM and revenue into one coherent strategy.

06 / Systems

Outbound & Automation Stack

Smartlead, Clay, n8n, Make — automated outbound and ops systems delivering qualified pipeline at scale while cutting manual work.

Competencies

Skills & Toolkit

Growth & GTM Strategy

Full-Funnel Growth GTM Design ICP Frameworks Growth Experiments Revenue Forecasting Market Strategy

Product & Growth PM

Product-Led Growth Activation Metrics Onboarding Design User Journey Mapping Retention Mechanics Growth Roadmapping

Revenue & Sales Leadership

Enterprise SaaS Sales Team Building & Coaching Key Account Mgmt Outbound Systems Demo Optimisation Partnerships & Ecosystem

Tools & Automation

Smartlead

Clay

HubSpot

Zoho CRM

Make

n8n

Beyond Sales

Why my background fits these roles

Sales leadership is my foundation — but the nature of the work has always been cross-functional. Building outbound systems, running growth experiments at GrowthX, designing onboarding flows, and operating inside a fast-moving SaaS means I'm genuinely equipped for roles beyond a traditional sales title.

📈

Growth Manager / Lead

My GrowthX capstone and Smartlead work cover acquisition, activation, retention and monetisation — the full growth stack, not just the top of funnel.

🚀

GTM Lead

I've built GTM from zero at Smartlead — ICP, outbound, partnerships, sales motion. That's not a supporting role; that's what a GTM Lead does.

💰

Revenue & Growth

3× revenue at Vizmo, $200K ARR deal at Smartlead, 108% upsell — I've driven revenue across acquisition and expansion, not just new business.

🧠

Founder's Office

Cross-functional by nature — I've touched sales, ops, partnerships, automation and growth strategy simultaneously. That breadth is what Founder's Office demands.

📦

Product Growth / Growth PM

GrowthX trained me to diagnose onboarding drop-off, redesign activation flows and build retention mechanics — the core product growth skillset.

🗺️

Growth Strategy

I've applied structured growth frameworks to a ₹157 Cr → ₹314 Cr revenue mandate. Strategy isn't theoretical for me — it's been stress-tested on real problems.

GrowthX Capstone · Team 5

Growth in action

Furlenco

Subscription Furniture Rental · Indian Unicorn · $1B Valuation

Industry

Subscription Rental · D2C

Valuation

$1 Billion Unicorn

Funding

$140M · Zinnia Global Fund

My Role

GrowthX Capstone · Team 5

The Growth Mission

Scale Annual Revenue ₹157 Crore → ₹314 Crore in 12 months

Primary Lever

Acquisition

Identified highest-potential acquisition channels for urban ICP — young professionals, new movers, remote workers. Designed channel experiments to drive qualified top-of-funnel at scale.

Right users → Right channels → Low-CAC pipeline

Primary Lever

Onboarding

Deep-dived into Furlenco's onboarding flow to find drop-off before AHA. Redesigned experience from first visit to first delivery to maximise activation and reduce time-to-value.

Faster AHA → Higher activation → Better retention

Secondary Lever

Engagement & Retention

Built E&R strategies to extend subscription lifetimes. Designed moonshot ideas around referral loops, loyalty mechanics and proactive touchpoints that create stickiness.

Longer subscriptions → Higher LTV → Word-of-mouth

Acquisition Onboarding Activation Retention Monetisation GrowthX Top 1%

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🎓GrowthX · Top 1% Cohort

Education

Trained by the
best operators
in growth.

GrowthX is where India's best product and growth operators sharpen their thinking. Selected into the top 1% cohort — deep dived into every stage of the revenue funnel with real-world capstone projects.

01Acquisition — Getting the right users in→

02Onboarding — Creating fast AHA moments→

03Activation — Converting intent to revenue→

04Monetisation — Maximising ARR per account→

05Retention — Extending LTV and reducing churn→

Let's Talk

Built for more than
a sales title.

If you're looking for someone with genuine sales credibility who also thinks in growth frameworks, GTM strategy and product loops — let's talk. I'm open to Sales, Growth, GTM and Founder's Office roles at early-stage SaaS companies.

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EmailVamsi79allu@gmail.com

Phone+91 73370 35080

LocationBengaluru, India

Currently@ Smartlead.ai

Revenue.Growth.Systems.

Where I've built &what I've delivered

Sales was my entry point.Growth is how I've always operated.