# Staff Product Manager - AI & Data Foundations at Plaid

- Company: Plaid
- What the company does: Plaid helps all companies build fintech solutions by making it easy, safe and reliable for people to connect their financial data to apps and services. Backed by Index, Kleiner Perkins and NEA.
- Company website: http://plaid.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco HQ
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $208K to $340K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-29
- Apply by: 2026-11-23
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/plaid/f1e8a2ca-d4cc-4b00-9548-c73bce9cf069?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/plaid-staff-product-manager-ai-and-data-foundations/

## About the role

AI & Data Foundations Strategy: Define the vision, roadmap, and success metrics for the shared platforms that power data and AI development across Plaid. Platform Development : Partner with data, ML, and platform engineers to design and ship foundational capabilities spanning AI infrastructure, developer tooling, data platforms, pipelines, quality, and governance. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years of product management experience including direct experience building AI/ML platform systems, applied intelligence products, or other data infrastructure from concept to production
- Demonstrated success operating in ambiguous, early-stage environments, turning loosely defined problems into decisions, shipped capabilities, and measurable adoption or impact
- Ability to operate in a fast-paced startup environment
- Platform mindset and experience building scalable developer or data platforms through well-designed primitives, APIs, and frameworks
- Strategic and executional range. Skilled at setting the long-term vision while also delivering near-term experiments, specs, prototypes, and launches
- Strong communicator and cross-functional leader who can translate complex technical concepts into clear narratives to drive decisions for technical and non-technical stakeholders

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