Project Manager – Custom Fintech Solutions

Project Manager – Custom Fintech Solutions Job Category: Information Technology Job Type: Full Time Job Location: Mumbai Experience: 10+ Years (Fintech / Financial Services Domain Mandatory) Team Size: 8+Member Cross-Functional Engineering Team Reporting To: Chief Technology Officer (CTO) / Chief Delivery Officer (CDO) About Finlabs India Finlabs India is a next-generation BFSI-focused fintech company headquartered in Mumbai, operating at the intersection of wealth management technology, investor education, and enterprise learning. Our flagship platforms – FinAware (IAP Management), Finexa / Finexa GenNext (Wealth Management Stack), and LearnGenie (LMS) are trusted by leading institutions including AMCs, NBFCs, Wealth Firms, Banks & Pension Firms. We are a team of builders, thinkers, and domain specialists who believe technology can fundamentally transform how India engages with financial markets. If you are driven by complexity, energized by ambiguity, and committed to excellence this is your stage. The Role We are seeking an exceptional Project Manager – Custom Fintech Solutions to own end-to-end delivery of bespoke financial technology products across our wealth management, bond markets, and investor platform verticals. This is not a coordination role it is a delivery leadership position for someone who has operated at the confluence of financial domain expertise and modern software engineering. You will lead a cross-functional team of 8+ members, orchestrating frontend engineers, backend engineers, Flutter developers, QA specialists, and a Business Analysts translating complex financial requirements into production-grade, scalable solutions on time and within scope. Key Responsibilities Project Leadership & Delivery : • Own the full project lifecycle — from requirements gathering and sprint planning through UAT, deployment, and post-go-live stabilisation for custom fintech builds. • Drive delivery of bespoke wealth management platforms, bond market solutions, and investor-facing digital products with zero ambiguity on timelines and accountability. • Manage parallel workstreams across multiple clients and product lines simultaneously, maintaining delivery integrity without compromise. • Establish and enforce milestone governance, sprint cadence, and release readiness checkpoints in high-stakes financial environments. Business Requirements & Documentation : • Lead BRD (Business Requirements Document) and FRD/SRS authoring in collaboration with Business Analysts, translating client and stakeholder intent into precise technical specifications. • Conduct deep-dive discovery workshops with BFSI clients to extract, validate, and prioritize requirements for regulatory-compliant, market-ready solutions. • Maintain living documentation that bridges the business–technology divide, ensuring all stakeholders share a single source of truth throughout the project. Team Management (8-Member Cross-Functional Team) : • Lead BRD (Business Requirements Document) and FRD/SRS authoring in collaboration with Business Analysts, translating client and stakeholder intent into precise technical specifications. • Conduct deep-dive discovery workshops with BFSI clients to extract, validate, and prioritize requirements for regulatory-compliant, market-ready solutions. • Maintain living documentation that bridges the business–technology divide, ensuring all stakeholders share a single source of truth throughout the project. Team Management (8-Member Cross-Functional Team) : • Lead and mentor a team comprising Frontend Developers, Backend Developers, Flutter (Mobile) Developers, QA Engineers, and a Business Analyst. • Allocate resources intelligently across sprints, manage capacity constraints proactively, and resolve blockers before they become escalations. • Build a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and technical excellence within the team. • Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and structured retrospectives to raise team capability and delivery velocity over time. Stakeholder & Client Management : • Serve as the primary interface between Finlabs’ internal leadership, engineering teams, and external BFSI clients — translating both directions with clarity. • Manage client expectations with transparency: proactively flag risks, communicate trade-offs, and maintain confidence through disciplined delivery updates. • Deliver executive-level status reporting, structured project dashboards, and escalation protocols as needed. Process, Quality & Governance : • Champion Agile/Scrum methodologies: run sprint planning, daily standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives with precision. • Ensure QA cycles, regression testing, and UAT are built into delivery timelines — not bolted on at the end. • Own JIRA project boards end-to-end: epics, stories, task decomposition, sprint velocity tracking, and burndown analysis. • Enforce change management protocols and scope governance discipline, particularly in bespoke-build engagements with evolving client requirements. Skills, Tools & Technology Domain Expertise : • Deep understanding of BFSI — particularly wealth management platforms, bond markets, mutual fund ecosystems, and regulatory compliance frameworks (SEBI, RBI, AMFI). • Familiarity with financial product lifecycles: portfolio management, fixed income instruments, IAP/investor education mandates, and digital distribution channels. Project Management Tools : • JIRA (Advanced): Epic/story management, sprint velocity, Kanban boards, burndown/burnup charts, release planning, and custom dashboards. • Confluence: Living documentation, BRD wikis, sprint retrospectives, and cross-team knowledge management. • Monday.com / Asana / ClickUp: Cross-functional visibility dashboards and non-engineering stakeholdermanagement. • Notion: Internal SOPs, project templates, and team knowledge bases. • Microsoft Project / Smartsheet: For milestone-heavy client delivery timelines and resource planning. • Slack / Microsoft Teams: Structured async communication, sprint channel discipline, and stakeholder status updates. • Miro / Figma (Collaboration): Journey mapping, wireframe reviews, and workshop facilitation with design and product teams. Engineering & Technical Acumen: • Solid understanding of modern tech stacks — frontend (React.js, Angular), backend (Node.js, Python, Java/Spring Boot), mobile (Flutter/Dart), cloud (AWS / Azure / GCP). • Ability to review technical architecture proposals, challenge assumptions, and make informed delivery trade-offs with engineering leads. • Knowledge of REST APIs, microservices architecture, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices as they relate to release and deployment governance. • Exposure to AI/ML integration in fintech products is a distinct advantage — particularly LLM-powered advisory or analytics layers. • Understanding of data privacy, DPDP Act compliance, cybersecurity fundamentals, and BFSI-specific regulatory constraints. Methodologies & Frameworks : • Certified in PMP, PRINCE2, PMI-ACP, CSM, or equivalent — at least one certification is required; multiple are valued. • Hands-on Agile/Scrum practitioner. Knowledge of SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) for multi-team program coordination is a strong plus. • Strong command over SDLC disciplines: requirement elicitation, sprint planning, story pointing, UAT, release management, and hypercare. What You Bring • 10+ years of overall experience, with a minimum of 5 years in BFSI / fintech environments delivering custom software solutions. • Demonstrated track record of delivering complex, multi-stakeholder financial technology projects end to-end — on time, on budget, on scope. • Experience managing cross-functional engineering teams of 6–10 members, with direct line accountability for delivery performance. • Strong BRD/SRS authoring experience — you are equally comfortable in a client workshop and a JIRA backlog grooming session.