Product Manager, Privacy & Data Governance

The role

This person will own the product strategy and execution for privacy, data governance, and responsible data use across Plaid's platform. They will work to ensure products and internal systems handle consumer data in a compliant, transparent, and secure way.

What you will do

• 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
• 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

Required 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

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.