Staff Product Manager, Risk Platform

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Define and prioritize the DS/MLE roadmap for network-health detection, articulating model investment needs and precision/recall trade-offs
• ▹Build and own the data-driven framework for real-time block-vs-allow decisions
• ▹Aggregate requirements across risk engineering, fraud & abuse operations, and data partners into one prioritized roadmap
• ▹Define and own the team's OKRs (risky-traffic detection/step-up, ATO reduction, authentication correctness)
• ▹Define Plaid's risk-versus-conversion posture with company leadership, setting clear data-backed thresholds
• ▹Get hands-on with data: run light investigations, pull signals, ground product decisions in evidence

Requirements

• ▹6+ years in product management, ideally on internal risk, trust & safety, fraud, or identity platforms
• ▹Hands-on technical depth: detection signals, precision/recall trade-offs, light data analysis/investigation
• ▹Proven partnership with Data Science/MLE teams on risk models
• ▹Experience with risk decisioning, KYC, synthetic/stolen-identity detection, or ATO
• ▹Clear product requirements and strong cross-functional alignment

Nice to have

• ▹Experience in a sophisticated internal risk org at a large fintech/bank/marketplace
• ▹Former risk analyst/DS/investigator who moved into PM; familiarity with bank data/open finance

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Additional compensation in the form of equity and/or commission
• ▹Comprehensive benefits: medical, dental, vision, and 401(k)

About the company

Plaid powers the connections between financial accounts and apps for thousands of companies and 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK, and Europe. Founded in 2013, headquartered in San Francisco.