Strategic Initiatives

The role

This person will work with leaders on important and undefined problems across multiple teams or functions. They will identify high-leverage opportunities and lead high performing teams using AI tools as a force multiplier.

What you will do

• Work directly with leaders across Plaid on the company's most important and least-defined problems
• Identify unowned, high-leverage opportunities across the business and driving them to clean outcomes
• Operate across strategy, GTM, operations, product, etc.
• Lead high performing teams directly or indirectly
• Use AI tools and agents as a default part of how you work

Required 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

Nice to have

• Familiarity with AI tools and agents to accelerate workflows
• Knowledge of SQL and Tableau
• Experience in fintech, payments, or high-growth SaaS

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• 401(k)

About the company

Plaid builds tools and experiences that thousands of developers use to create products. The company's network covers 12,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, UK and Europe.