Fraud Analytics & Product Intelligence Manager

Plaid; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 216,000 - 329,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k)

Equity

Job summary

Plaid in Seattle is seeking a Data Science Manager to lead a team responsible for customer-facing data science and fraud product analytics. You will set the team's roadmap, develop its data scientists, and stay hands-on on analyses and investigations.

You will define product metrics, collaborate with Product, Engineering, GTM, and Customer stakeholders, coach teammates, and apply AI-assisted analysis to deliver measurable fraud improvements while guiding go-to-market efforts.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing, mentoring, and developing high-performing data scientists.
• Deep domain expertise in fraud, risk, or related areas.
• Strong experience in product analytics, metric design, and measuring product performance.
• Experience partnering directly with customers to deliver data-driven insights and solutions.
• Strong technical depth in Python, SQL, statistics, product analytics, and applied modeling.
• Demonstrated ability to set technical direction and deliver complex, high-impact initiatives through a team while remaining hands-on.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills across Product, Engineering, Machine Learning, GTM, and customer stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define how Plaid measures, evaluates, and improves the performance of its Fraud products.
• Apply fraud expertise, product analytics, and customer-facing data science to drive end-to-end product and business impact.
• Translate customer insights and fraud analyses into scalable product capabilities and opportunities for GTM growth.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team while remaining technically hands-on with critical analyses and initiatives.
• Raise the bar for product metrics, analytical rigor, and the data foundations that power decision-making across Fraud.

Skills

Python

SQL

Statistics

Product analytics

Applied modeling

Leadership

Communication

Tools

dbt

Job description

Plaid in Seattle is seeking a Data Science Manager to lead a team responsible for customer-facing data science and fraud product analytics. You will set the team's roadmap, develop its data scientists, and stay hands-on on analyses and investigations.

You will define product metrics, collaborate with Product, Engineering, GTM, and Customer stakeholders, coach teammates, and apply AI-assisted analysis to deliver measurable fraud improvements while guiding go-to-market efforts.