Category Management- DGM/ GM
Paytm
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaPosted 1 month ago
Skill Required
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Key highlights
- 7-10 years of experience required
- Own end‑to‑end strategy, growth, and P&L of a category
- Design customer‑first financing journeys
- Opportunity to launch and scale new initiatives
- High‑performing, inclusive, and fast‑moving work environment
- Large user and merchant ecosystem (500mn+ users, 25mn+ merchants)
Role overview
Paytm is hiring a Category Lead to own, design, and scale a new financing category from the ground up, driving end‑to‑end strategy, growth, and P&L while building customer‑centric financing journeys and identifying growth opportunities across merchants, D2C brands, SMEs and digital businesses.
Responsibilities
- Own the end‑to‑end strategy, growth, and P&L of the category.
- Design customer‑first financing journeys where interest is charged only on the utilized amount, creating a flexible borrowing experience.
- Identify new customer segments, use cases, and growth opportunities across merchants, D2C brands, SMEs, and digital businesses.
- Drive category performance through data‑led decision making, experimentation, and continuous optimization.
- Monitor portfolio performance, customer adoption, profitability, and key business metrics.
- Work closely with leadership to launch and scale new initiatives as part of Paytm's new venture.
Requirements
- 7-10 years of experience in Category Management, Product Ownership, Business Management, or General Management.
- Strong experience owning and scaling a business category or product with measurable business impact.
- Strong understanding of customer journeys, marketplace ecosystems, supply chain, logistics, merchant platforms, or financial products.
- Demonstrated ability to manage large portfolios, drive business growth, and influence cross‑functional teams.
- Excellent analytical, stakeholder management, and problem‑solving skills.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, zero‑to‑one environment.
Nice to have
- Exposure to D2C ecosystems, managing large scale categories.
- Experience launching new categories or scaling products from inception to growth.
Benefits
- Work with a high‑performing and passionate product, design, and engineering team.
- Shape the future of credit for millions of users.
- Build at scale in one of India's most dynamic and regulated spaces.
- Flexible and inclusive work environment with fast decision‑making and ownership.
Additional details
- About Us : 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.
- If you are the right fit, we believe in creating wealth for you with enviable 500 mn+ registered users, 25 mn+ merchants and depth of data in our ecosystem, we are in a unique position to democratize credit for deserving consumers & merchants - and we are committed to it. India's largest digital lending story is brewing here.