Associate Technical Program Manager

Razorpay Software Pvt Ltd; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,400,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Razorpay is seeking an Associate Technical Program Manager to join our Bengaluru engineering team. The role focuses on initiating, planning, and executing intermediate to large-scale cross-functional programs, owning processes, tools, and trade-offs to deliver product development across Razorpay products.

You will lead program plans, define scoping, and manage schedules while surfacing risks and progress to stakeholders. Strong communication and agile execution are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Total 2–5 years in a technical role and 6+ months as a project/program manager in software.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field; MBA is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead programming planning and execution for multiple projects ensuring success factors.
• Define program scope, plan deliverables, and manage an integrated schedule.
• Update stakeholders weekly with status for senior executives.
• Identify solutions to deadlocks and resolve constraints with sound judgment.
• Drive process improvements to increase efficiency and scale.
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to remove roadblocks.
• Prioritize projects using data-driven decisions and clear trade-offs.
• Deliver outcomes aligned to customer needs and strategic goals.
• Mentor others to effectively deliver program objectives.

Skills

Program management

Technical collaboration

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering

MBA (PGDM) would be a big plus

Job description

Associate Technical Program Manager Razorpay is one of India’s leading full-stack financial technology companies, powering the way businesses move, manage, and grow money. Founded in 2014 by Harshil Mathur and Shashank Kumar with a simple vision - to simplify payments for Indian businesses - we’ve since grown into a fintech powerhouse driving India’s digital payment revolution. Razorpay powers millions of businesses with a smarter, scalable stack that goes beyond transactions to help them truly build and grow. From building AI-native agentic payments, to AI-assisted fraud detection and real-time risk intelligence to automated reconciliation, smart payouts, and predictive financial insights, we are embedding intelligence across our stack to make money movement faster, safer, and more efficient. In close collaboration with ecosystem partners - including banks, networks, regulators - we are pioneering industry-first solutions that are shaping the next era of fintech Across India, Singapore and Malaysia, our products span everything from seamless checkouts to payroll automation - powering a fintech ecosystem that’s redefining how money moves across Asia. Today, that ecosystem supports everyone from early-stage startups to some of India’s largest enterprises, enabling them to accept, process, and disburse payments at scale while expanding into new ways of managing money more efficiently. Our scale speaks volumes: Razorpay processes $180+ billion in annualized transactions, powering leading businesses like Airbnb, Facebook, WhatsApp, Airtel, CRED, BookmyShow, Zomato, Swiggy, Lenskart, Mirae Asset Capital markets, Indian Oil, National Pension Scheme - and over 100 of India’s unicorns. With strong roots in India and growing operations in Southeast Asia, we are shaping the next chapter of financial technology across the region. We are backed by global investors including GIC, Peak XV Partners (formerly Sequoia Capital India & SEA), Tiger Global, Ribbit Capital, Matrix Partners, MasterCard, and Salesforce Ventures, having raised over $740 million to date. Strategic acquisitions - including Ezetap (POS and offline payments), Curlec (Malaysia expansion), BillMe (digital invoicing), and POP (rewards-first UPI) - along with earlier moves in fraud prevention, payroll, and lending, have further strengthened our platform and widened our footprint across Asia. But what truly sets Razorpay apart is our culture. At Razorpay, ownership is our oxygen - you own what you build, with no micromanagement or red tape, just the runway to make your ideas fly. Learning is a lifestyle - if you’re curious, you’ll feel at home here. People > Pedigree - we hire for attitude, hustle, and hunger more than degrees. Transparency thrives over titles - this is where interns question CXOs and CXOs say “thank you.” Guided by our values of Customer First, Autonomy & Ownership, Agility with Integrity, Transparency, Challenging the status quo and a strong belief that Razorpay grows with Razors, you’ll be part of a 3000+ strong team building not just products, but the financial infrastructure of the future.

The Role:

Razorpay is looking for an Associate Technical Program Manager to join our engineering team. At Razorpay, the Associate TPM is a diversified and important role. It includes initiating, planning, and executing intermediate to large scale, cross-functional programs. The Associate TPM will be responsible for the processes, tools, & techniques to lead engineering product development programs across Razorpay products. As an Associate TPM, you will independently lead programs, contributing to the roadmap priorities and technical direction across teams. You will work with stakeholders across the organization and own the communication regarding the program, including surfacing risks and progress towards the goal. You will help the team with technical solutions and help them make trade-off decisions. You will drive program management best practices across the team and mentor others to effectively deliver on their program objectives.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Lead program planning, and execution of assigned program(s), which constitute multiple projects, ensuring critical success factors are defined and monitored and the technical objectives are achieved.
• Drive program definition and scoping, own the program plan and the deliverables required for the program’s success.
• Develop and manage an integrated program schedule, and monitor & report on progress.
• Update stakeholders on program(s) status on a weekly basis to senior executives.
• At the heart of this role is delivery. You will be a problem solver on the team, identifying innovative solutions to project deadlocks and resolving issues and constraints through consensus and sound judgment.
• Be responsible for making project decisions, and achieving tactical goals while retaining a strategic focus.
• Prioritize projects, leveraging data to drive decisions.
• Define, refine, and continuously improve processes and practices to drive efficiency and scale.
• Establish excellent working relations with all internal and external partners, with an emphasis on removing roadblocks to program success.

Qualifications:

• Total 2-5 years, with 2+ years in a technical role and 6 months+ working as a project manager or program manager in software or related industries.
• A Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Engineering, or a related field.
• PGDM/ MBA would be a big plus.
• Strong verbal & written communication and presentation skills with a high degree of comfort speaking with executives, product and technical leaders, external partners, and developers.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt to new environments and new technologies and learn quickly.
• Possess an in-depth technical understanding of the agile software development lifecycle.
• Ability to traverse both vertically and horizontally in a large organization.
• Ability to define programs and implement them across a team focused on delivering outcomes that meet rapidly evolving customer needs.
• Ability to bring clarity to ambiguous situations.
• Ability to handle competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to interact with diverse technical and non-technical groups, spanning across organizational levels.
• Knowledge of project management elements, life cycles, tools, and reporting.

Location: Bengaluru, India

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