WhatsApp is looking for a full-time contract to lead its Operation in India, its biggest market globally.
The individual will lead the organization'sopeartions in India, "including products for individuals and businesses alongside our enthusiasm for peer to peer payments," A Job advertisment published on WhatsApp's website.
WhatsApp has more than one billion users globally. India is the biggest market for the organization with more than 200 million monthly active users as of February 2017. "This is a senior leadership position that requires product experience and a reputation of accomplishment sucessfull associations and business development in India. This leader should construct a close association with product and engineering teams to influnce direction and to adequately represent WhatsApp's long term strategy," it included.
The development comes when WhatsApp is revealing its Unified Payments Interface (UPI)- based installments benefit in India. UPI enables clients to make intra-bank transfers effectively utilizing a virtual ID.
WhatsApp's payment servicet has been scrutinized by rival Paytm, whose founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma had claimed that the Facebook-possessed organization's platform has security dangers for buyers and isn't in consistence with the rules. There have likewise been worries around protection of client data, following the global data breach at its parent organization.
WhatsApp has, however, guarded itself, saying it gathers next to no information and that each and every message is end-to-end encoded. Aside from being a "substantial client of WhatsApp's items", WhatsApp is searching for a competitor with more than 15 years of involvement in item determined organizations and over 5 years of involvement with installment advancements in India.
The position is situated in Mumbai and the picked official will answer to WhatsApp's head working officer in California. A key obligation, as per the post, will be to lead organization endeavors in showcase, "going about as a cross practical pioneer crosswise over WhatsApp and Facebook groups".
Furthermore, WhatsApp is likewise searching for interchanges supervisor in India, who can make and actualize a long haul correspondences procedure for India to help the brand and also the development of the application among customers and organizations.
