Plaid

Product Manager, Privacy & Data Governance

Plaid • $130K — $155K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of product management or equivalent experience in a B2B environment
  • Strong collaborative skills to work with Legal, Engineering, Policy, and Compliance teams
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication abilities
  • Experience with regulated products or platform infrastructure

Responsibilities

  • Own the strategy and execution for privacy and data governance across Plaid's platform
  • Ensure compliant and transparent handling of consumer data in products and systems
  • Connect Legal, Security, Data, Engineering, and Product teams to operationalize privacy requirements
  • Define and manage the roadmap for privacy-related platform capabilities
  • Translate regulatory requirements into actionable product guidelines
  • Proactively identify privacy risks and opportunities in collaboration with Legal and Policy
  • Design systems with a focus on privacy-by-default and privacy-by-design

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
  • 401(k) retirement plan
  • Equity or commission-based additional compensation
  • Support for diversity in hiring and encouragement for unique candidates
  • Opportunities to work in a mission-driven company focused on equitable financial practices
Full Job Description
Data Governance builds the infrastructure that ensures Plaid responsibly manages sensitive consumer financial data. This includes identifying and managing PII (including deletions), enforcing consent and other data use limitations, upholding data minimization, and anonymizing data, while unblocking velocity for internal teams.

Responsibilities
  • Own the product strategy and execution for privacy, data governance, and responsible data use across Plaid's platform
  • Ensure Plaid's products and internal systems handle consumer data in ways that are compliant, transparent, secure, and aligned with Plaid's values and commitments
  • Serve as the connective PM between Legal, Security, Data, Engineering, and Product teams to operationalize privacy requirements into scalable product solutions
  • Define and drive the roadmap for privacy-related platform capabilities (e.g., consent, data minimization, retention, deletion, access controls)
  • Translate evolving regulatory requirements into clear product requirements and system designs
  • Partner with Legal, Policy, and GTM to proactively identify privacy risks and opportunities in new and existing products
  • Work closely with Engineering to design privacy-by-default and privacy-by-design architectures
  • Balance strong privacy protections with usability and performance for customers and developers

Qualifications
  • 3+ years of product management or equivalent experience in a B2B environment
  • Ability to influence and collaborate with cross-functional partners in Legal, Engineering, Policy, and Compliance to balance risk with product innovation
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal; able to simplify complex concepts for diverse audiences
  • Experience working on platform, infrastructure, or highly regulated products


Nice to Have
  • Experience with design and implementation of privacy initiatives to deliver best-in-class privacy practices,
  • Experience with data protection domains such as data lifecycle management, access control, or automated policy enforcement.
  • Experience in fintech or API-driven B2B products
  • Experience in data management, observability, or quality

Our mission at Plaid is to unlock financial freedom for everyone. To support that mission, we seek to build a diverse team of driven individuals who care deeply about making the financial ecosystem more equitable. We recognize that strong qualifications can come from both prior work experiences and lived experiences. We encourage you to apply to a role even if your experience doesn't fully match the job description. We are always looking for team members that will bring something unique to Plaid!

Additional compensation in the form(s) of equity and/or commission are dependent on the position offered. Plaid provides a comprehensive benefit plan, including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k). Pay is based on factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience and skillset, and location. Pay and benefits are subject to change at any time, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefit plans.

About Plaid

Plaid is a financial services company based in New York City. The company builds a technology platform, which enables applications to connect with users' bank accounts. Plaid focuses on enabling consumers and businesses to interact with their bank accounts, check balances, and make payments through financial technology applications. The company was founded in 2013 by Zach Perret and William Hockey. In January 2020, Visa announced that it would acquire Plaid for $5.3 billion. The acquisition was completed in January 2021.
Learn more about Plaid
Size
600 employees
Industry
Founded
2011

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