We are looking for a proactive and detail-oriented individual to support strategic initiatives across the digital payments ecosystem. The role involves working closely with banks, internal product teams, business stakeholders, and ecosystem partners to track project progress, drive partner enablement, monitor business performance, and generate actionable insights.
This position offers a unique opportunity to work on high-impact initiatives across UPI, merchant acceptance, acquiring banks, and emerging payment products while combining project management responsibilities with business analytics and reporting.
Role Mix:
- 60% Program & Stakeholder Management
- 40% Business Intelligence, Reporting & Revenue Analytics
Project Management & Stakeholder Coordination (60%)
Project Tracking & Execution
- Support end-to-end execution of payment ecosystem initiatives across UPI, RuPay, IMPS, Credit Card on UPI, Credit Line on UPI, and other NPCI products.
- Track project milestones, implementation timelines, certifications, and production readiness across banking partners.
- Maintain project trackers, identify delays, and coordinate with stakeholders to drive timely resolution.
- Follow up on action items and ensure closure through regular governance calls and reviews.
- Work closely with NPCI Business teams, Product teams, commercial banks, acquiring banks, payment aggregators, fintechs, and merchants.
- Support merchant acceptance and acquiring enablement programs by collaborating with product, business, and banking teams.
- Monitor implementation progress of strategic initiatives and identify operational or execution gaps.
- Coordinate with Relationship Managers and partner banks to drive adoption and business growth.
Support ecosystem readiness and scale-up initiatives related to:
- UPI
- Credit Card on UPI
- Credit Line on UPI
- Merchant Acceptance Programs
- UPI Tap & Pay
- UPI Lite
- UPI AutoPay
- Contextual EMI
- RuPay Acceptance
- Merchant Refund Programs
- Organize review meetings, workshops, and industry forums.
- Prepare meeting notes, action trackers, and status updates.
- Support compliance tracking and implementation of business and operational mandates.
- Coordinate with internal Product, Technology, Operations, and Business teams.
Business Reporting
- Prepare periodic business reports and dashboards for management and business teams.
- Support reporting across various NPCI product categories and banking partners.
- Consolidate business data from multiple sources and generate meaningful insights.
- Track revenue and business performance across partner banks.
- Monitor achievement against business targets and key performance indicators.
- Assist in the preparation of monthly and quarterly business reviews.
- Identify opportunities and trends to support business growth.
- Maintain and enhance management dashboards and performance trackers.
- Support CRM reporting and review mechanisms for Relationship Management teams.
- Generate reports on meetings, engagements, and business activities.
- Analyze adoption trends, transaction metrics, and product performance.
- Support business teams with data-driven insights for decision-making.
- Prepare presentations and summary reports for leadership reviews.
- BE/B.Tech
- MBA/PGDM preferred but not mandatory.
- AI certified candidates preferred
Required
3-6 years of experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Banking
- Digital Payments
- Fintech
- Merchant Acquiring
- Business Analytics
- Program Management
- Product Operations
- Business Development
- UPI ecosystem
- Merchant Acquiring
- Cards and Payments
- Banking Operations
- Payment Networks
- Payment Gateway or Aggregator Ecosystem
- Business Reporting and Analytics
Program Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Project Coordination
- Program Tracking
- Governance Reviews
- Cross-functional Coordination
- Follow-up & Execution Management
- Advanced Excel
- Power BI (Preferred)
- Dashboard Creation
- Data Analysis
- Business Reporting
- Revenue Tracking
- MIS Reporting
- Digital Payments
- UPI
- Merchant Acceptance
- Banking Operations
- Acquiring Business
- Payment Ecosystem
- Strong ownership and execution mindset
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Ability to coordinate with multiple stakeholders
- Strong analytical and problem-solving approach
- Comfortable working with data and reports
- High attention to detail
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Timely tracking and completion of strategic projects
- Improved stakeholder coordination across banks and internal teams
- Accurate and insightful business reporting
- Better visibility into business performance and revenue trends
- Increased adoption of key payment products and initiatives
Skills Required
- BE or B.Tech degree
- 3-6 years of experience in banking, digital payments, fintech, merchant acquiring, business analytics, program management, product operations, or business development
- Stakeholder management and project coordination experience
- Program tracking, governance reviews, and cross-functional coordination experience
- Advanced Excel skills
- Dashboard creation, data analysis, business reporting, revenue tracking, or MIS reporting experience
- Knowledge of digital payments, UPI, merchant acceptance, banking operations, acquiring business, or payment ecosystems
- MBA or PGDM
- Power BI experience
- Experience with UPI, merchant acquiring, cards and payments, banking operations, payment networks, payment gateways, or aggregators
- AI certification
What We Do
NPCI is an umbrella organisation for all retail payment systems in India. It was set up with the support & guidance from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) & Indian Banks Association (IBA). A registered company under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013. Watch the NPCI Corporate AV - https://youtu.be/RGl9YQ6CB20 Products & Services Unified Payments Interface Unique payment solution which empowers a recipient to initiate the payment request from a smartphone. It facilitates 'virtual payment address' as a payment identifier for sending & collecting money & works on single click 2 factor authentication. Immediate Payment Service A 24X7, real time, cost effective, independent channel, retail payment service, introduced by NPCI, empowering customers to transfer money instantly with banks & RBI authorised PPIs across India. RuPay Robust card scheme designed to offer payment products with superior features & processes specifically designed to cater to diverse consumer needs. *99# USSD based mobile banking platform that makes banking services accessible to all the bank account holders on their mobile phones. National Automated Clearing House Centralised payment system developed with an aim to consolidate multiple ECS systems running across the country & provide a framework for the removal of local barriers/inhibitors. Aadhaar Enabled Payment System Bank led model which allows online financial inclusion transactions at micro-ATMs through the business correspondent of any bank using the Aadhaar authentication. e-KYC Electronic way of conducting authentic & real time KYC of a customer using Aadhaar authentication. Cheque Truncation System Electronic image of the cheque is transmitted to the drawee bank by the clearing house, along with relevant information. National Financial Switch Facilitates routing of ATM transactions through inter-connectivity between its member institutions thereby enabling the citizens of the country to utilise any ATM of a connected entity
