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Head-Payments(ASM)

Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

0 - 0 years

Bengaluru

Posted: 25/08/2025

Job Description

  1. POSITION DESCRIPTION





JOB TITLE

Head-Payments(ASM)

GRADE

VP -1





DEPARTMENT

IT

LOCATION

HO





SUB-DEPARTMENT

ASM

TYPE OF POSITION

Full-time





REPORTS TO

Head- ASM

REPORTING INTO

Senior Manager – ASM

Manager - ASM







  1. ROLE PURPOSE & OBJECTIVE


The role will be required to provide leadership to the IT Service Management team managing Channels Applications in running support functions of all business functions, L1&L2 teams, incident management. It involves the production management, post production service delivery, end user management, supporting delivery of software projects, operational planning & improvement and technology adoption initiatives across various Industry verticals and geographies in Digital and Business Enterprise Applications.



  1. SIZE OF THE ROLE


FINANCIAL SIZE

NON-FINANCIAL SIZE


  • Manage 10 to 15 Vendor and Ujjivan team members

  • Ensure no failure in Payment transactions

  • Manage third party vendors



  1. KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ROLE

Primary

  • Expertise in people management, stake holder management and leadership skills

  • Should be hands on in managing Payments application (NEFT, RTGS, UPI, IMPS, ATM, POS and other third-party products – customer facing applications in the Bank environment

  • In-depth knowledge in all payment applications and other integrated applications like CBS, Internet and Mobile banking.

  • Mastery of ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) principles and beset practices of ITSM (IT Service Management)

  • In-depth knowledge of escalation procedures, incident management, and other disciplines related to service delivery

  • Ensure high quality deliverables, handle complicated escalations, and ensure highest customer experience.

  • Taking ownership of critical incidents, coordinating with resolution parties, resolving all the incidents & service requests within established TAT and SLAs, establishing effective communication between stakeholders for post-incident reviews

  • Ensure high availability of the Payment application Applications and technical decline is less than 0.5%.

  • Maintaining high performance levels for service-related processes, and implementing improvement activities wherever necessary

  • Ensuring regular DR drill is done with less RTO.

  • Developing a deep understanding of projects to gain insights into the scope of service delivery

  • Accountable for service delivery performance, meeting business / end user expectations, and driving future demand

  • Analyze third-party as well as internal processes, and creating strategies for service delivery optimization

  • Recommending methods of improvement and seeing that actions are implemented on time for service delivery upgrades

  • Providing accurate and regular reports to the management on performance of the service delivery

  • Leading personnel management, including staff recruitment, performance assessment, training, and mentoring

  • Building strong relationships with teams and stakeholders to enable effective dialogue exchange between departments




Compliance / Regulatory

  • Facilitate all business verticals and IT infra teams across all verticals to carry out BCP simulation / DR drills as per approved schedule

  • Ensure compliance to all regulatory norms/guidelines issues on regular basis at Bank level by providing guidance, checks & evaluation of the findings to bring them to the closure and reviewing the impact of implementation of the compliance obligations of the regulatory guidelines

  • Maintain an MIS of all the incidents & service requests raised by end users, branches with RCA findings on incidents, provide consolidated review findings on S1 & S2 incidents

  • Appraise all the stake holders & functional heads the level of compliance and failures, if any, so that prompt/corrective action is taken

  • Conduct weekly & monthly reviews with vendor support teams on implementation of the required service improvement measures in internal procedures as formulated from time to time

  • Submit the report on breaches/non-compliances immediately to the vertical heads

  • Conduct timely follow-up, documentation and status of action plans, open issues identified during service quality assessments with respective vendor support teams

  • Maintain a database of incidents raised and fixes given with RCAs

Customer

  • Accountable for service delivery excellence, meeting business / end-user expectations and driving future demand

  • Building strong relationships with teams and stakeholders to enable effective dialogue exchange between departments

  • Responsible for the Test of Design and Test of Operating Effectiveness through IFC testing.


Internal Process

  • Experience in dealing with third-party-provided services

  • Operational ability in a diverse, large-scale environment

  • Exceptional end user management skills

  • Strong organizational skills

  • Ability to manage and prioritize tasks efficiently

  • Solid resource planning and problem solving skills

  • Readiness to demonstrate a proactive attitude

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills


Learning & Innovation

  • Updates self with prevailing regulations, notification, circulars and guidelines of the regulators and statutory bodies, and disseminate the information regarding new regulatory developments

  • Conduct appropriate trainings/workshops pertaining to IT Service Management relating to Channels Applications.

  • Ensure adherence to training man-days/ mandatory training programs for self.

  • Capacity to train and guide junior team members

  • Ensure goal-setting, mid-year review and annual appraisal process happens within specified timelines for self and team



  1. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS




Educational

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master' Degree



Experience

  • Should have min.15+ years of exp. In Bank IT service management vertical



Certifications

  • As appropriate



Functional Skills

  • Sound knowledge of Payment application & the evolving practices for the management of service delivery and Knowledge of ITSM best practices

  • Knowledge of Payment Applications services offered by Bank branches and Business; end user relationship management,

  • Knowledge of RBI polices and guidelines relevant to SFB

  • Compliance and VAPT.



Behavioral Skills

  • Good team player

  • Ability to work with cross functional teams to deliver desired outcome

  • Good analytical skills

  • About Company

    Ujjivan SFB provides banking services to the unbanked and underbanked population in India. It offers savings, loans, insurance, and digital banking tailored for low-income segments. The bank promotes financial inclusion through a wide network of branches.

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