Senior Product Manager-Credit Cards

IDFC FIRST Bank
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Job Requirements

Role – Senior Manager – Portfolio Management

Function/Department – Credit Card

Location - Mumbai

Job Purpose:

Own portfolio P&L and unit economics; drive lifecycle levers; design affluent collections with Risk; govern benefit costs and migrations; and deliver disciplined MIS, forecasting and reviews.

  • Portfolio P&L stewardship and unit-economics governance
  • Lifecycle growth levers (activation, usage, spend deepening, attrition reduction)
  • Risk partnership and affluent collections strategy
  • Inorganic actions (migrations, transitions, sunsets)
  • MIS, dashboards, forecasts and budgeting cadence

Primary Responsibilities:

  • P&L & Unit Economics
  • Build unit-level metrics and P&L with Finance
  • Prepare monthly portfolio MIS (spends, activation, attrition)
  • Ensure timely monthly budgeting and provisioning
  • Track partner-led product costs and profitability (e.g., Maharaja Points)
  • Rewards economics and breakage modelling with periodic ROI reviews and benefit rationalization cycles (quarterly/annual).
  • Formal EWS (early warning) and behaviour scorecards for affluent cohorts; playbooks for pre‑emptive line controls and treatment paths.
  • UPI‑on‑Credit adoption tracking, MCC/category controls, and merchant/category stimulus strategy.
  • Formal dormancy and high‑value retention programs.
  • Growth & Lifecycle
  • Develop acquisition plans and run acquisition campaigns
  • Design and execute portfolio growth campaigns to increase activation and usage
  • Analyse attrition, upgrades, lifecycle and execute actions
  • Plan and execute merchant/platform-led offers
  • Disputes & chargeback analytics with TAT governance; systematic fee/interest reversal rules for billing errors; root‑cause loops to other relevant teams
  • Analytics & Reporting
  • Build and maintain dashboards
  • Run forecasts and impact analysis for portfolio changes
  • Develop new reports and dashboards to enhance visibility
  • Risk & Collections
  • Design and manage affluent-specific collections process
  • Partner with Risk to monitor credit performance
  • Inorganic & Transitions
  • Design and execute migration plans (e.g., Vistara)

Secondary Responsibilities :

  • P&L fluency & unit-economics
  • Experimentation & measurement
  • Analytical skills (SQL/Excel), dashboarding
  • Cross-functional orchestration
  • Risk/collections literacy (roll, flow, cure strategies) for premium books.
  • Understanding of chargeback regimes (Visa/Mastercard) and issuer dispute ops.
  • Regulatory knowhow: RBI card conduct (consent for CLI/closures/billing).
  • Executive communication: crisp BRDs/PRDs, monthly business reviews, and escalation notes.

Managerial & Leadership Responsibilities

  • Positive, collaborative attitude, Prolific communicator
  • Ability to evaluate potential business opportunities, structure the team’s thinking, and reach insightful answers
  • Experience in managing multiple cross-functional opportunities and projects in parallel
  • Ambitious team player with the ability to manage the internal & external partners requirements and tasks in time sensitive situations

Qualifications: MBA Marketing / Finance / Graduate

Industries : Banking, Fintech

Experience:

  • 7–10 years in portfolio mgmt/risk/analytics
  • Hands-on MIS/reporting & P&L ownership
  • Ability to translate insights into targeted actions

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