Plaid · 2 months ago
Staff Product Manager - AI Foundations
San Francisco
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$203K/yr - $330K/yr
8+ years expPlaid is dedicated to empowering financial transformation by building tools for developers and consumers. As a Product Manager on the AI Foundations team, you will drive Plaid’s AI strategy, collaborating across engineering, data science, and research to develop scalable AI systems that enhance financial experiences.
BankingFinancial ServicesFinTech
Responsibilities
AI Platform Vision: Define the strategy, roadmap, and success metrics for Plaid’s core AI and data foundation, enabling smarter, more adaptive financial products across the ecosystem
System Development: Partner with Engineering and Data Science to design scalable AI systems, from model training and evaluation pipelines to APIs that deliver intelligence at scale
Product Execution: Drive initiatives from concept to production, balancing rapid experimentation with reliability, transparency, and responsible AI practices
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with research, platform, and product teams to embed AI capabilities across Plaid’s products and developer platform
Measurement and Iteration: Use metrics, model performance data, and customer feedback to validate impact, inform prioritization, and continuously improve outcomes
Communication and Alignment: Translate complex AI concepts into clear narratives and tradeoffs for technical and non-technical stakeholders, building shared understanding across teams
Qualification
Required
8+ years of product management experience with direct experience leading AI/ML or applied intelligence products from concept to production with measurable impact
Deep technical fluency in how modern ML systems are trained, evaluated, deployed, and monitored, with the ability to engage confidently with engineers and data scientists
Strategic and executional range. Skilled at defining long-term AI vision while delivering near-term experiments, prototypes, and launches
Platform mindset and experience building scalable developer or data platforms through well-designed primitives, APIs, and frameworks
Strong communicator and influencer who can translate complex AI concepts into clear narratives and decisions for technical and non-technical audiences
Commitment to responsible AI and transparency, especially in regulated or high-trust domains
Preferred
Hands-on experience with LLMs, embeddings, or agentic systems in production
Familiarity with applied AI in regulated or high-trust domains such as fintech, identity, or risk
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
401(k)
Company
Plaid
Plaid develops financial technology infrastructure that enables applications to connect with users' bank accounts and financial data.
501-1000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (41)
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2022 (53)
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2020 (11)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.31BKey Investors
Franklin TempletonAltimeter CapitalGoldman Sachs Investment Partners
2025-04-03Series Unknown· $575M
2025-04-03Secondary Market
2023-10-19Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Zachary Perret
Co-Founder & CEO
Eric Sager
COO
Recent News
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