Senior Manager - Digital Product Management

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Role Overview

We are seeking a strategic and execution-focused Senior Manager to lead product development for our Token Services platform in India. This role will be pivotal in driving the delivery of localized token capabilities that meet RBI regulatory requirements, while enabling secure and scalable payment experiences across our network.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Development & Delivery
• Lead the end-to-end development of token capabilities tailored to India’s regulatory landscape
• Translate business requirements into actionable user stories and features for scrum teams, ensuring clarity, completeness, and alignment with compliance mandates
• Agile Execution
• Serve as the product owner for one or more scrum teams, managing backlogs, sprint planning, and feature prioritization.
• Collaborate with engineering and platform teams to ensure timely and high-quality delivery of token services
• Regulatory Compliance
• Interface with internal risk, legal, and compliance teams to interpret and implement RBI directives
• Ensure all token services deployed in India meet PCI DSS , and RBI circular requirements
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Partner with global product leads, platform architects, and India-based operations teams to align on roadmap, dependencies, and delivery milestones
• Represent Token Services in cross-functional forums and regulatory reviews.
• Innovation & Strategy
• Contribute to strategic planning and roadmap development for India token services,

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in product development, preferably in payments, fintech, or regulated financial services.
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies and experience writing user stories and managing scrum teams.
• Familiarity with RBI regulations, data localization frameworks, and tokenization technologies.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and deliver complex products in a matrixed environment.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Compliance Language

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

• Competitive base salaries
• Bonus incentives
• Support for financial-well-being and retirement
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits (depending on location)
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
• Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
• Career development and training opportunities

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