Lead - Education Loan/Senior Lead - Education Loan
Bajaj Finserv · Pune Division
- Experience5–8 yrs
- SalaryNot disclosed
- Work modeonsite
- Posted3 Oct 2026
About Bajaj Finserv
Bajaj Finserv is hiring in Pune Division in financial services. This role looks for around 5+ years of experience.
Skills
- Program management
- Analytics and MIS
- Process re-engineering
- BRD
- UAT
- Technology coordination
- Governance
- Microsoft Excel
The role
A lending business capability lead at a financial services company. Builds education loan capabilities through program management, analytics and MIS, and process re-engineering. Also develops BRDs and UAT plans and coordinates technology improvements.
Full job description
Location Name: Pune Corporate Office - HO
Job Purpose
Build scalable capabilities, analytics, governance and technology-enabled process improvements for the Education Loan business.
Duties And Responsibilities
Own portfolio MIS, dashboards and management insights. Coordinate annual planning, capability roadmaps and transformation initiatives. Maintain university, course, country and operating master governance. Gather requirements, prepare BRDs/user stories and support testing. Monitor production issues, adoption and process bottlenecks. Drive automation, API enablement and workflow improvements. Run governance forums and maintain project risks, decisions and audit evidence. Set functional direction and operating rhythm. Own governance, resource priorities and capability building. Sponsor policy, process and technology interventions.
Key Decisions / Dimensions
Make day-to-day decisions within approved policy, process, budget and delegated authority. Escalate policy deviations, material customer impact, fraud indicators, compliance concerns and unresolved cross-functional dependencies. Numeric sanction, commercial, hiring and budget authorities are to be defined in the approved delegation matrix.
Key interactions
Internal Sales, Product, Credit/Underwriting, Risk, Operations, RCU/Fraud Control, Collections, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Technology, HR and COE, as relevant.
External Students, co-applicants, universities, education consultants, DSAs, verification agencies, valuers, legal partners, technology/service partners and other approved vendors, as relevant.
Major Challenges
Balancing growth, customer experience, turnaround time and portfolio quality. Managing incomplete or inconsistent customer, academic, financial and collateral information. Coordinating multiple stakeholders and technology/process dependencies across the loan lifecycle. Maintaining control discipline during policy, market and process changes.
Required Qualifications And Experience
Postgraduate or equivalent professional qualification preferred, with substantial leadership experience in lending or the stated function.
Critical skills and knowledge
Program management Analytics and MIS Process re-engineering BRD and UAT Technology coordination Governance Excel / presentation / business MIS capability appropriate to the role High standards of integrity, customer confidentiality and control discipline