Product Management - Director - Risk (Data Privacy & Protection)

About Paytm:

Paytm is India's leading mobile payments and financial services distribution company. Pioneer of the mobile QR payments revolution in India, Paytm builds technologies that help small businesses with payments and commerce. Paytm's mission is to serve half a billion Indians and bring them to the mainstream economy with the help of technology.

About the Role:

As a Director of Product for Central Data Platforms you play a pivotal role in establishing a robust data engine catering to both internal as well as external stakeholders covering multiple technologies, products and systems. You will collaborate with leadership and cross-functional partners in driving the conceptual and technical development of business/customer facing capabilities and use cases within the fin tech domain. As a key member of the Data Platform Product Management team, you'll collaborate closely with a talented troop of Developers, Product Designers, Technical Architects along with various Business, Product, and Analytics stakeholders within Paytm. The role will focus on the data privacy and compliance requirements and will be responsible for building capabilities and improving existing platforms to ensure all data privacy requirements are covered.

Expectations/Requirements:

Define and own the privacy-first product strategy and roadmap

Translate regulatory requirements into product features and guardrails

Leverage prior implementation experience

Work with technology platforms and architects

Establish a privacy-first product lifecycle

Conduct ongoing stakeholder engagement

Benchmark and monitor global privacy regulations

Champion data stewardship and reusability

Drive metrics & accountability

Be the voice of innovation in privacy

Superpowers/Skills that will help you succeed in this role:

Bachelor's/Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Management, or related field, with 1012 years of product management experience.

Deep expertise in GDPR, India's DPDPA,

Proven track record of building privacy-first products consent management, data minimization, retention/erasure, cross-border transfer controls.

Strong technical understanding of cloud-native and microservices platforms, with working knowledge of data governance, security, and encryption practices.

Ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into simple, scalable product solutions.

Excellent strategic and analytical thinking, with a data-driven approach to prioritization and measuring success.

Strong collaboration and influence skills able to align legal, engineering, compliance, and business stakeholders.

Exceptional communication and presentation skills, simplifying complex privacy topics for technical and executive audiences.

Highly motivated self-starter with a bias for action, accountability, and innovation.

Payments/Fintech industry exposure is a strong plus.

Why join us

A collaborative output driven program that brings cohesiveness across businesses through technology

Improve the average revenue per use by increasing the cross-sell opportunities

A solid 360 feedback from your peer teams on your support of their goals

Respect, that is earned, not demanded from your peers and manager

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