Director, Fraud Data Partnerships

Plaid; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Plaid in San Francisco seeks a senior leader to own data partner strategy for its Fraud product area, spanning IDV, Monitor, Layer, and Protect. You will manage critical data partnerships and align internal stakeholders across Finance, BizOps, Commercial, Legal, and Risk.

You will collaborate with product leaders to define data sources, optimize unit economics, and ensure robust provider redundancy. You will represent Plaid externally, building relationships with top data partners to support

Qualifications

• Strong familiarity with Plaid's IDV/Fraud stack and related markets.
• 5–7+ years of IDV/Fraud strategy experience with strong relationships.
• Experience with data/product partnerships for fraud/IDV.
• Proven ability to lead complex deals end-to-end (product/data flows, liability, performance).
• Entrepreneurial, cross-functional, autonomous collaboration across teams.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product leadership to operationalize data partners for all fraud products.
• Define source data ecosystem for IDV and Protect with data science teams.
• Maintain optimal unit economics and redundancies with providers; align with legal/risk/finance.
• Represent Plaid externally, cultivating top partnerships to meet current and future needs.

Skills

IDV/Fraud stack familiarity

Strategy consulting

Data partnerships

Deal acumen

Cross-functional skills

Entrepreneurial mindset

Job description

Plaid in San Francisco seeks a senior leader to own data partner strategy for its Fraud product area, spanning IDV, Monitor, Layer, and Protect. You will manage critical data partnerships and align internal stakeholders across Finance, BizOps, Commercial, Legal, and Risk.

You will collaborate with product leaders to define data sources, optimize unit economics, and ensure robust provider redundancy. You will represent Plaid externally, building relationships with top data partners to support