Technical Program Manager

About the Role: We are looking for a Technical Program Manager.

About the team:

PayU Finance is the credit and lending arm of the PayU brand (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Prosus group. Previously Naspers group) headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

PayU Finance India has disbursed about 20 billion loans to date by volume and has disbursed more than $280 million in consumer credit. PayU Finance provides consumers with easy access to affordable short-term loans up to INR 5 lacs that can be availed in the form of personal loans, point of sale EMI, and express loans.

 PayU Finance operates under two brands - LazyPay and PaySense with a focus on Buy now Pay later and personal loan products.

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What you’ll be doing:

Effectively influence and communicate cross-functionally. Lead/manage team-members on projects.

● Organize and facilitate the release meetings, planning, release stand-up meetings, reviews, retrospectives and demos

● Ensure that the PRDs are available on time from the product owners for engineering to pick up for planning and execution

● Ensure a strong metrics focused approach is applied in the project planning and delivery

● Implement SDLC for new software development and ensure conformance (could be a hybrid of iterative and incremental development and traditional)

● Ensure that the teams are updating project-tracking systems to provide visibility and transparency on the releases

● Highlight the risks, the schedule and effort variances as and when they occur and help the engineering owner with enough insights to take informed decisions ● Support the development managers and project leads as necessary during the entire process of planning through delivery (in terms of tooling and visibility)

● Possess excellent communication skills providing transparency and enabling information radiators

● Identify and remove impediments, prevent distractions that interfere with the ability of the team to deliver the sprint goal

● Facilitate discussions and conflict resolutions during planning meetings and other sprint meetings

● Organize demos ahead of releases and ensure relevant signoffs are obtained before the deliverables go live

● Participate in developing release plans (sequencing) with identifiable critical paths, task dependencies, major milestones

● Focus on quality of deliverables across all the releases and highlight any risks

● Plan the risks for the entire set of releases and communicate them frequently

● Coordinate with the required dependent teams to help the engineering owner tie up all the deliverables and arrive at the launch dates.

What are we looking for?

Bachelor's degree or combination of relevant education and experience

 ● An understanding of agile software development methodologies, values, and procedures with a focus on Kanban

 ● Thorough understanding of the software development lifecycle, the various prioritization techniques involved in product planning

● Strong understanding of the various metrics to be tracked across the entire lifecycle

● Excellent team player and team builder

● Assertive and willing to make the tough calls when needed

● Championing continuous improvement in the workspace and the projects

● Ability to work with minimal supervision in a very dynamic and timeline and time zone sensitive work environment

● Experience with mobile technology and media industry desirable

● Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work with diverse cultural teams

● Ability to understand technical issues at a high level so that they can be effectively communicated across teams

● Ability to coach the team to reach their highest potential

● Ability to deal with multiple projects and deadlines and be able to communicate the delays well ahead of the time it occurs.

● Strong analytical and problem solving skills with a high attention to detail

About us:

At PayU, we are a global fintech investor and our vision is to build a world without financial borders where everyone can prosper. We give people in high growth markets the financial services and products they need to thrive. Our expertise in 18+ high-growth markets enables us to extend the reach of financial services. This drives everything we do, from investing in technology entrepreneurs to offering credit to underserved individuals, to helping merchants buy, sell, and operate online. Being part of Prosus, one of the largest technology investors in the world, gives us the presence and expertise to make a real impact. Find out more at www.payu.com

Our Commitment to Building A Diverse and Inclusive Workforce

As a global and multi-cultural organization with varied ethnicities thriving across locations, we realize that our responsibility towards fulfilling the D&I commitment is huge. Therefore, we continuously strive to create a diverse, inclusive, and safe environment, for all our people, communities, and customers. Our leaders are committed to create an inclusive work culture which enables transparency, flexibility, and unbiased attention to every PayUneer so they can succeed, irrespective of gender, color, or personal faith. An environment where every person feels they belong, that they are listened to, and where they are empowered to speak up. At PayU we have zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice whether a specific race, ethnicity, or of persons with disabilities, or the LGBTQ communities.

About us:  

At PayU, we are a global fintech investor and our vision is to build a world without financial borders where everyone can prosper. We give people in high-growth markets the financial services and products they need to thrive. Our expertise in 18 high-growth markets enables us to extend the reach of financial services. This drives everything we do, from investing in technology entrepreneurs, to offering credit to underserved individuals, to helping merchants buy, sell and operate online. Being part of Prosus, one of the largest technology investors in the world, gives us the presence and expertise to make a real impact. Find out more www.payu.com 

Our Commitment To Building A Diverse And Inclusive Workforce 

As a global and multi-cultural organization with varied ethnicities thriving across locations, we realize that our responsibility towards fulfilling the D&I commitment is huge. Therefore, we continuously strive to create a diverse, inclusive and safe environment, for all of our people, communities and customers. Our leaders are committed to create an inclusive work culture which enables transparency, flexibility and unbiased attention to each and every PayUneer so they can succeed, irrespective of gender, color or personal faith. An environment where every person feels they belong, that they are listened to, and where they are empowered to speak up. At PayU we have zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice whether a specific race, ethnicity, or of persons with disabilities or the LGBTQ communities.