Job Title: Senior Associate – Solutions (Interoperability)

Division: Project Delivery

Years of Experience : 2 to 6 years

Education : B.E/B.Tech with Skilled degrees like MBA, MCA or equivalent

Location : Goregaon East, Mumbai

Fulltime Permanent Role Job Responsibilities

Engagement begins with early-stage consultations with internal teams and international partners (IP) to understand requirements related to India outbound cross-border payment flows (UPI-led interoperability- acceptance use cases). The role involves co-designing solutions, defining scope, timelines, and ensuring seamless execution through strong cross-functional coordination. The role holder will own end-to-end delivery of outbound cross-border solutions from India to global markets.

- Drive client and partner discussions for India outbound cross-border interoperability solutions, including UPI-based acceptance use cases.
- Collaborate with internal teams and international partners (IP) to design and implement scalable outbound payment solutions from India to global regions.
- Understand and analyse cross-border payment flows, FX handling, settlement mechanisms, and regulatory requirements specific to India outbound transactions.
- Gather and translate business requirements into structured solution designs for iUPI.
- Identify gaps, risks, and dependencies in the journeys and recommend robust, compliant solutions.
- Build and demonstrate solid understanding of UPI interoperability, APIs, and global payment integrations, with ability to explain technical flows to stakeholders.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams (product, tech, ops, risk, compliance) to ensure alignment and timely delivery of partner solutions.
- Support business growth by identifying new outbound corridors and enabling partner integrations with business development and fintech partnership teams.




- Track implementation progress and monitor performance metrics such as success rates, SLAs, and reconciliation for outbound flows.
- Create and manage solution documentation, presentations, process flows, and project tracking artifacts to support delivery and stakeholder communication.

11.

Create Test

Case/Test Condition documents and Test specification documents.

Skills & Qualifications

- 2 to 6 years of experience in BFSI/payments domain, with strong exposure to the payment’s ecosystem (issuers, acquirers, processors, networks, PSPs, remitters).
- Candidate should have a good understanding of the SDLC and Implementation lifecycle.
- Mandatory experience in UPI and India outbound cross-border payments, including acceptance or interoperability use cases (India → abroad).
- Strong understanding of cross-border payments, FX handling, settlement cycles, and regulatory aspects for outbound transactions.
- Hands-on experience in solutioning, system analysis, and designing payment flows involving APIs and integrations.
- Working knowledge of payment systems such as iUPI, NEFT, RTGS, SWIFT, ISO20022, and reconciliation processes.
- Ability to engage in both business and technical discussions with clients/partners, managing relationships across multiple stakeholders.
- Proven ability to deep dive into technical concepts (especially APIs and integrations) and translate them into business-friendly solutions.
- Strong problem-solving, analytical thinking, and structured solutioning skills with high attention to detail.

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Experience in coordinating cross-functional teams (product, tech, ops, compliance) and managing deliverables independently.

- Excellent communication, presentation, and storytelling skills, with proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel, and documentation tools.
- Good to have ability to use AI capabilities and AI driven insights to drive innovative solutions.

📌 Senior Associate Solutions (Mumbai)
🏢 NPCI
📍 Mumbai