DBS Bank

Senior Associate, Product Manager - SME , Small Medium Enterprises

DBS Bank · Mumbai City, Maharashtra, India

Banking · 10,001+ employees

14 h ago
Senior (5-10 yrs) Full-time India
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About the role

The Senior Associate will own the end-to-end product management for SME lending programs, including strategy, credit policy design, and digital journey delivery. They will also manage portfolio governance, regulatory compliance, and collaborate with partners to ensure streamlined customer journeys and effective commercialization.

What they look for

Product Management SME Lending Credit Program Design Digital Lending Portfolio Management Trade Finance Risk Controls Regulatory Compliance Stakeholder Management User Stories Delinquency Management Financial Analysis MS-Word PPT Excel

Requirements

The candidate should have 6-8 years of relevant experience in product management, lending, and digital finance. An MBA in Finance/Marketing or a CA/CFA qualification from a Tier-1 institute is preferred.

Full description

Business Function

SME Product SME customers with a full suite of commercial banking solutions including liabilities, payments & cash management, trade & supply chain finance, working capital, term lending, and FX. The business is expanding in Alternate Lending / Ecosystem-led partnerships to accelerate digital acquisition and embed lending journeys.

Job Purpose

Own end-to-end product management for SME lending programs across Ecosystem-led, co-lending, anchor-led and alternate lending constructs. Drive product strategy, credit program design, SOPs, digital journey delivery, portfolio governance and regulatory compliance.

Key Accountabilities

  • Responsible for overall product management & managing Credit program/policies of SME lending,
  • Design & manage SOPs on E2E lending journey with adequate risk controls
  • Overall portfolio management of the Credit programs including monitoring of triggers & caps
  • Management of adherence of Digital lending guidelines & ensuring applicable program compliance
  • Support in digital implementation of the lending journeys

Job Duties & responsibilities

  • Responsible for devising new credit programs / existing program amendments.
  • Creation of E2E SOP for all lending programs
  • Creation of credit programs foe SME lending and commercialisation of the same
  • Work closely all relevant stakeholders to ensure timely go-live of lending programs under the partnerships.
  • Work with various stakeholders to ensure NPA / ESPORA / ORR / SOP approvals as applicable for the various partnerships
  • Overall manage the portfolio management working with RMG-Credit and CPRAM for portfolio triggers and caps, delinquency management and hygiene it
  • Support in setting up of early warning & other necessary risk controls for Alternate Lending & Co-lending policies
  • Provide portfolio insights partner-wise
  • Work closely with partners for embedded streamlined customer journey, product delivery, close monitoring and governance
  • Collaborate with Product Manager (SFW) to build the digital journeys of these credit programs/partnerships on an on-going basis (i.e. write user stories, modify existing journeys, incorporate partner feedback)
  • Support the coverage team for successful commercialization of partnerships for scale up of asset customers
  • Devise customized training programs for the front line for effective sales & marketing Alternate Lending programs.
  • Build feedback loop with partner/coverage team for improvement.

Requirements

  • The candidate should have 6-8 years’ minimum overall relevant experience.
  • Experience in Product Management, lending spl trade finance and digital is preferred.
  • MBA- Finance/Marketing /CA/CFA – preferred from Tier-1 institute
  • The candidate should be proficient in MS-Word, PPT and Excel

Core Competencies

The job holder needs to possess the following skills:

  • Job Knowledge: The job holder should be fast learner in the job
  • Organising Skills: The job holder needs to be organised so as to enable him to meet the conflicting deadlines.
  • Proactive: To understand the system implementations and grasp the changes faster.
  • Communication Skills: The job holder needs to have effective verbal as well as written communication skills.
  • Interpersonal Skills: The job holder needs to liaise with various stake holders (internal and external)

Work Relationship

To work with:

  • Internal: SME Head, Product Head, Product Team, RMG, GTS, Strategy & Planning, DAH2, SG-Tech
  • External: Ecosystem partners

Location:

Mumbai

Job:

Product Management

Schedule:

Regular

Employee Status:

Full time