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    National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)

    Financial Services & Payments

    Senior Lead Product Management

    Hyderabad, IndiaOn-SiteFull-time8–15 yrs experiencePosted 3d ago
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    Job description

    We are building next-generation digital market infrastructure powered by Unified Markets Interface (UMI) - asset tokenization platform to tokenize financial assets, unlock liquidity, enable programmable finance, and reimagine how financial assets are issued, traded, and financed. As a Product Manager, you will define and drive products at the intersection of: - Blockchain / DLT systems - Capital markets infrastructure - Digital public infrastructure (DPI) - Regulated financial ecosystems (RBI, SEBI, etc.) This is a 0→1 and 1→N role, requiring both strategic thinking and hands-on execution. Key Responsibilities

    • Define product vision for UMI-based protocol architecture enabling interoperability across financial ecosystems
    • Drive roadmap for tokenized assets (e.g., bonds, mutual funds, invoices, gold, deposits)
    • Identify high-impact use cases (credit, collateralization, repo, fractional ownership)
    • Translate business requirements into protocol-level specifications
    • Define Asset lifecycle (issuance, custody, transfer, redemption), smart contract / token standards, Interoperability across institutions (banks, custodians, exchanges)
    • Work closely with engineering on DLT architecture, APIs, and scalability
    • Ecosystem Development - collaborate with Banks, NBFCs, custodians, Regulators and industry bodies, Fintechs and ecosystem partners
    • Build network effects for UMI adoption
    • Execution & Delivery - Drive usecase/product lifecycle from concept → MVP → scale
    • Define PRDs, user stories, and success metrics
    • Work in agile setups with engineering, design, and data teams Skills & Qualifications
    • 8–15 years in Product Management / FinTech / Platform roles
    • Experience in blockchain / tokenization / CBDC / DeFi
    • Strong understanding of Capital markets (equities, debt, repo, custody), Digital Assets/Tokenization, CBDC/Digital payments and financial infrastructure
    • Experience with APIs and platform products and complex multi-stakeholder ecosystems
    • Strong grasp of: Smart contracts, Token standards, Distributed systems design Key Skills
    • Strategic thinking + execution rigor
    • Systems thinking (protocol vs product mindset)
    • Stakeholder management (regulators, banks, tech teams)
    • Ability to operate in ambiguity (early-stage ecosystem building) What Makes This Role Unique
    • Opportunity to shape India’s next-generation financial market infrastructure
    • Work on UMI as a protocol layer (similar to how UPI transformed payments)
    • Build products that could define global standards in tokenization

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    National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)

    NPCI operates India's retail payment and settlement systems, providing infrastructure for digital transactions and financial services.

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