Bajaj Finance I Finance I Pune | Lead - Payments - Technology, Development, Bill Payment | Graduate / MBA | 10 years
By - Preeti
16-Sep-2024
Job Purpose
“This position is open with Bajaj Finance ltd.”
BFL is building a Super App encompassing all its Products and Services. The Objective of the team is to deliver a nimble and cutting-edge experience for BFL Wallet and Bill Payment product.
The individual/team would closely coordinate and work with multiple project stake holders- Product, NPCI, Service teams, and Operations functions.
Duties and Responsibilities
3. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES
(Accountabilities associated with the job)

1. Identification and on-boarding new partners
 Conduct research on suitable partners for carrying out new technologies and engage with them to understand their functioning, capabilities, offerings
 Identify whether RFP is required or not, if required, then create and roll out the RFPs, and conduct detailed conversations with partners & vendors for requirements understanding
 Shortlist partners that meets BFL requirements based on evaluation criteria and conduct negotiations for commercials and staffing requirements
 Once agreement is done & partner is on-boarded, handhold the operations team to take the development of technologies forward
2. Scouting for new technologies
 Keep self abreast with business developments and seek for understanding of business requirements in terms of new technologies/ platforms
 Conduct regular research on business challenges faced, scout for new technologies & developments in the market to resolve them and evaluate the applicability in BFL’s context
3. Research & setting up high volume and scalable architecture
 Engage with relevant stakholders to seek support in planning & development of a high volume and scalable architecture for a payment product.
 Create a high-level execution plan for development of a scalable architecture.
 Oversee the implementation of execution plan within defined timelines and monitor overall activities of setting up the system architecture
4. Operational review
 Allocate the assignments to team depending upon skills and capabilities; Conduct reviews on weekly basis to review performance, identify challenges faced and provide resolution support
 Conduct reviews with the supervisor on monthly basis to present the progress of developments undertaken and provide overview of overall operations within team.
5. Team development
 Participate in recruitment process to identify the right talent for various positions within the team
 Establish individual goals for team members on quarterly/ annual basis and regularly review individual performance of the team
 Offer development opportunities in terms of trainings, challenging assignments to the team members to enhance functional and technical knowledge

4. MAJOR CHALLENGES
(Challenges faced on an on-going basis in carrying out the job)

 Owing to the nature of business, getting professionally trained/ experienced talent with IT skills is critical to drive success of projects driven

5.  DECISIONS
(Key decisions taken by job holder at his/her end)

Following decisions are taken by the role:
 Decisions regarding RFP requirements
 Shortlisting of vendor partners
 Decision of new technologies/ platforms
 Allocation of responsibilities within the team
Evaluation and selection of partners based on partner capabilities is discussed with senior management

6.  INTERACTIONS
(Key working relationships a job holder
Required Qualifications and Experience
8. SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
(Minimum acceptable proficiency for this job which best indicates the education and/or experience requirements of this job and not the incumbent)

Educational Qualifications
a) Qualifications
 Graduation & MBA
b) Work Experience
 Minimum 10 years of experience in Online Payments domain is must.
 Should have technological depth and fitment to culture
 Experience in managing vendors, sales/ operations processes that vendors follow
 Knowledge of latest technologies
 Sound understanding of business processes