Own the end-to-end product roadmap for UPI fraud prevention, risk control, and transaction security.
- Design and implement real-time fraud detection systems, rule engines, velocity checks, and anomaly monitoring.
- Analyze UPI transaction data to identify fraud patterns, emerging MO trends, mule accounts, and behavioral anomalies.
- Work with data science to build or refine risk scoring models, fraud signals, and machine-learning based detection.
- Drive root-cause analysis on fraud incidents and implement corrective product solutions to reduce fraud losses.
- Ensure product compliance with NPCI guidelines, RBI instructions, UPI safety frameworks, and partner bank requirements.
- Collaborate closely with engineering, operations, risk teams, and banks to deliver scalable fraud-control features.
- Deliver PRDs/BRDs, dashboards, and performance insights for fraud KPIs such as Fraud Rate, Loss %, and False Positives.
- Prioritize feature development based on fraud risk impact, user experience, and business goals.
- Monitor post-launch impact of fraud-control features and iterate rapidly using data-driven insights.
Skills and Strong understanding of UPI systems, PSP/TPAP workflows, NPCI APIs, and digital payments architecture.
- Experience in fraud prevention, AML, transaction monitoring, risk management, and financial crime systems.
- Ability to analyze large transaction datasets using SQL, dashboards (Redash), and fraud-analytics tools.
- Working knowledge of risk scoring models, rule engines, behavioral biometrics, device binding and velocity checks.
- Ability to write clear PRDs, workflows, risk rules, and detailed product specifications.
- Strong product sense with the ability to balance risk control, customer experience, and business impact.
- Excellent problem-solving, stakeholder management, and decision-making skills in high-ambiguity environments.
- Technical familiarity with APIs, data pipelines, microservices, and real-time event processing systems.
- Strong communication skills with a detail-oriented, risk-first mindset and a bias for execution.
Experience & Educational 3-5 years experience for PM role & 5-8 years experience for SPM role
- Experience in fast-paced startup environment.
- B.Tech/ B.E / MCA from tier 1 / tier 2 institutes.
- MBA optional.
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