Associate Project Manager

Network People Services Technologies Ltd.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Network People Services Technologies Ltd. in Bengaluru is seeking an Associate Project Manager to coordinate and monitor project execution across banking and digital payment systems, working with internal teams, banks, NPCI, and external partners.

You will track milestones, manage risks and dependencies, drive approvals, UAT sign-offs, and production deployments, and prepare status reports for timely delivery. The role requires 2–6 years IT project experience and strong stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of IT project management or coordination experience.
• Familiarity with SDLC, Agile, SIT/UAT, release planning and production deployment.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and monitor project execution across banking and digital payment systems.
• Track milestones, timelines, risks, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Prepare status reports and escalate critical issues.
• Coordinate SIT, UAT, implementation and go-live activities.
• Facilitate project meetings and document key decisions.
• Maintain project plans, minutes, and dashboards for visibility.

Skills

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

SDLC

Agile methodologies

Risk management

Tools

Jira

MS Project

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

India has witnessed a journey of Innovation in Digital Payments and today it leads the world with over 45% of the Global digital transaction volume. At NPST, we believe that our decade long journey has carved an opportunity for building future roadmap for the world to follow.

We are determined to contribute immensely to nation’s growth story with our vision “to provide digital technology across financial value chain” and our mission to create leadership position in digital payment space.

Founded in 2013, NPST is a leading fintech firm in India, part of the Make in India initiative and listed on BSE and National Stock Exchange. We specialize in Digital Payments operating as Technology Service Provider to Regulated entities and providing Payment Platform to Industry – empowered by payment processing engine, Financial Super app, Risk Intelligence engine and digital merchant solution.

While we drive 3% of global digital transaction volume for over 100+ clients, we aim to increase our market share by 5X in next five years through innovation and industry first initiatives.

What will you do

As an Associate Project Manager at NPST, you will coordinate and monitor project execution across banking and digital payment systems, working closely with internal teams, banks, NPCI, and external partners. You will track project milestones, timelines, risks, dependencies, and deliverables while driving follow-ups on approvals, UAT sign-offs, change requests, and production deployments. You will also prepare project status reports and elevate critical issues to ensure timely delivery and effective stakeholder coordination.

Job Responsibilities

• Track project plans, milestones, timelines, dependencies, and delivery commitments to ensure timely project execution.
• Coordinate with internal teams, bank stakeholders, NPCI, and external partners to align project requirements, deliverables, and timelines.
• Monitor project risks, issues, resource requirements, and dependencies, driving timely resolution and escalating critical blockers.
• Follow up on pending approvals, UAT sign-offs, and deliverables to ensure progress across project stages.
• Coordinate change requests, release planning, and production deployments with relevant business and technology teams.
• Prepare and maintain project status reports, trackers, dashboards, and management updates on progress, risks, and critical issues.
• Coordinate SIT, UAT, implementation, and go-live activities with relevant stakeholders to ensure project readiness.
• Facilitate project meetings, document key decisions, track action items, and drive timely closure through stakeholder follow-ups.
• Maintain project plans, meeting minutes, and other documentation to ensure visibility, accountability, and adherence to project processes.

What are we looking for

• 2–5 years of experience in IT project management, project coordination, or project delivery, preferably within the banking, payments, fintech, or technology sector.
• Understanding of digital payment systems and banking platforms, particularly UPI, IMPS, and Mobile Banking, would be an added advantage.
• Knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Agile methodologies, SIT, UAT, release planning, and production deployment processes.
• Strong planning, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to track multiple activities and timelines.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to coordinate effectively with internal teams, banks, NPCI, and external partners.
• Proficiency in MS Excel, PowerPoint, and project management tools such as Jira and MS Project.
• Ability to monitor project risks, manage dependencies, drive follow-ups, and escalated critical issues in a timely manner.
• Strong attention to detail, accountability, and ownership of assigned responsibilities.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, manage changing priorities, and build positive working relationships across teams.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to identify improvement opportunities, take initiative, and drive tasks to closure.

Total Experience

2–6 years

Industry

IT / Software / BFSI / Banking / Fintech

What do we offer

An organization where we strongly believe in one organization, one goal.

A fun workplace which compels us to challenge industry leaders and ourselves.

Benefits that resonate ‘We Care’, building meaningful impact in society.

Opportunity to shape the future of digital payment technologies and room to go beyond traditionally designed principles of digital payments.

An environment of challenging the status quo and existing industry payment principles and being a trend setter in bringing in future.