Fraud Data Science Manager: Product Analytics Lead

Plaid; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

401(k) plan

Medical insurance

Dental and vision

Job summary

Plaid is seeking a Data Science Manager to lead the Fraud Data team in San Francisco. You will guide customer analytics, set roadmaps, and oversee data science projects that support fraud product decisions and GTM strategy.

You will mentor data scientists, collaborate with Product, Engineering, ML, and GTM teams, and drive measurable improvements in product health and customer outcomes. This role combines hands-on analytics with strategic leadership.

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

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

dbt

Job description

Plaid is seeking a Data Science Manager to lead the Fraud Data team in San Francisco. You will guide customer analytics, set roadmaps, and oversee data science projects that support fraud product decisions and GTM strategy.

You will mentor data scientists, collaborate with Product, Engineering, ML, and GTM teams, and drive measurable improvements in product health and customer outcomes. This role combines hands-on analytics with strategic leadership.