Plaid

Strategic Initiatives

Plaid$130K — $180K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of total experience, with a strong foundation in consulting and operating roles (BizOps, Strategy & Ops, Finance, Chief of Staff, etc.)
  • Proven ability to identify problems and deliver results with minimal guidance
  • Demonstrated high agency and ownership with a hands-on approach
  • Strong relationship-building skills to mobilize cross-functional teams
  • Excellent analytical capabilities to convert ambiguity into actionable frameworks and decisions
  • Experience leading high-performing teams
  • Familiarity with AI tools to streamline workflows is a plus
  • Knowledge of SQL and Tableau preferred
  • Experience in fintech, payments, or high-growth SaaS environments is advantageous

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with leaders across various teams to tackle complex, ambiguous problems
  • Identify and drive high-impact opportunities that lack ownership within the business
  • Work across diverse domains including strategy, GTM, operations, and product
  • Lead high-performing teams, either directly or indirectly
  • Leverage AI tools and automation in daily operations for enhanced efficiency

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • 401(k) plan
  • Additional forms of compensation such as equity and commission
  • Dynamic work environment with opportunities for innovation and growth
Full Job Description
Responsibilities:
  • Work directly with leaders across Plaid on the company's most important and least-defined problems, particularly those at the seams of multiple teams or functions
  • Identify unowned, high-leverage opportunities across the business and driving them to clean outcomes
  • Operate across a wide aperture (strategy, GTM, operations, product, etc.) without being boxed into a single lane
  • Lead (directly or indirectly) high performing teams
  • Use AI tools and agents as a default part of how you work - not as an experiment, but as a force multiplier
Qualifications:
  • 10+ years of total experience, with meaningful time in consulting as well as direct operating roles (BizOps, Strategy & Ops, Finance, Chief of Staff, etc.
  • A track record of independently identifying problems and driving them to outcomes with limited top-down direction
  • High agency, sense of ownership, and willingness to roll up your sleeves
  • Ability to build relationships at all levels and drive cross-functional teams to action
  • Strong analytical and structured-thinking skills; comfort translating ambiguity into frameworks, plans, and decisions
  • Experience directly managing high-performing teams
  • Familiarity with AI tools and agents to accelerate workflows is a plus
  • Knowledge of SQL and Tableau preferred
  • Experience in fintech, payments, or high-growth SaaS preferred
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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