Mar 2022 – Nov 2024 · 2 yrs 8 mos · India · Remote

• Responsible for
• On-chain tax platform
• Accounting platform (Accounting book of records)
• Tooling

Mar 2021 – Mar 2022 · 1 yr

• Product head for D2C Subscriptions and Payments at Hotstar.
• Responsible for growing Disney+ Hotstar subscriptions in Indian and SEA. Manage the entire D2C subscriptions funnel from identifying opportunities (ranging from new monetizable levers to better bundling and pricing of existing plans), designing and experimenting with new subscription plans in pursuit of the best product market fit, creating cross platform capabilities for discovery and finally developing the right payments eco-system all localised for the best 'new subscriber' experience.
• I am looking for Product leads for the following teams:
• 1. Payments
• Write to me at rahul.sehijpal@hotstar.com, if any of the above roles interest you.

Jan 2020 – Mar 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Lead Global Payments and Promotions Engine for Disney+ Hotstar across all geographies - India, US, UK, Canada, Indonesia, Singapore
• Complete checkout experience for all platforms - Web, M-Web and Android
• Drive innovations in subscription payments by partnering with Payments Aggregators and other payments bodies such as NPCI, Visa and Mastercard
• Leading promotions charter in driving acquisition and retention

Dec 2018 – Jan 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Managing core payment products for Online and Offline merchants.
• 1. Launched OTP less card payments for Visa cards for Paytm merchants
• 2. Merchant Settlement - Different types of settlement strategies such as T+N, Custom and Instant Settlements.
• 3. Business Funds Transfer / B2B payments - Supported via IMPS, NEFT and RTGS
• 4. Launched UPI intent and push flows for onus and 3P merchants
• 5. Bank Integrations for supporting existing pay modes or introducing new payment methods. E.g.- UPI Collect and Intent, Credit/Debit Cards, NB.

Apr 2018 – Dec 2018 · 8 mos

Jul 2017 – Apr 2018 · 9 mos

• Trained and certified Platform Product Manager of Alipay's Payments Processing Platform. I worked with Alipay and Paytm product and tech teams distributed across India, China and Singapore. Some of my responsibilities include:
• 1. Analysing bank channel routing for Credit/Debit Card and UPI transactions by constant data mining, and implementing algorithmic changes to improve the routing efficiency in terms of cost and success rate.
• 2. Developing new products and improving existing implementations to reduce the transaction processing time and customer drop-out rate.
• 3. Managing end-end integration of new banking channels for processing Credit/Debit card, UPI and Net Banking transactions.
• 4. Optimizing Merchant Settlements - Redesigned the entire merchant settlement system - Automated the new system leading to timely payouts and reduced manual intervention. Newly designed system is capable of processing over 1 lakh payouts/hour.

Nov 2014 – Apr 2016 · 1 yr 5 mos · New Delhi Area, India

• An online platform retailing European semi-luxury women's wear brands from Italy, Spain and France to the Indian clientèle.
• 1. Setup and manage Right2Fashion.com as part of the leadership team
• 2. Managed product development and digital marketing activities
• 3. Oversee sourcing of merchandise and manage supply chain to ensure compliance and quality control
• 4. Liaise with logistics partners and officials from India's customs Department
• 5. Engage in business development activities with established e-tailers
• 6. Oversee periodic financial statements

Jan 2013 – Nov 2014 · 1 yr 10 mos · Noida Area, India

• Developed and maintained software solutions for various personal payments and banking products such as:
• Popmoney - person to person digital money transfer platform
• Transfer Now - secure account to account money transfer platform
• Bank of America Wire Transfer
• Worked on multiple modules such as real-time payments, user authentication & security, web analytics, reconciliation

Apr 2010 – Jan 2013 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Noida

• Participated in all stages of development from concept to launch of the public utilities website, www.uppclonline.com. Some of my responsibilities included:
• Development of custom software solutions for Public Utility Clients using Java based IDE(Integrated Development Environment)
• Development of the online bills payment module and integrated payment gateways of multiple banks such as HDFC, ICICI and AXIS
• Mentoring junior team members and training them on Liferay Portal
• Presenting project demos to clients