Product Lead, Account Verification & Open Banking

SupportFinity™; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 215,000 - 366,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Commission

Job summary

Plaid is seeking a Product Lead for Account Verification to own the evolution of our verification platform across Auth, Balance, and Identity Match. You will partner with engineering, design, and go-to-market to expand verification methods across open banking, ML, and traditional systems while maintaining security and trust.

You thrive as a high-ownership builder in ambiguity, setting vision, driving execution, and balancing customer empathy with bold strategy as you scale one of Plaid’s most

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience, including 5+ in product management or equivalent founder/operator roles.
• Proven success building and scaling B2B or infrastructure products, ideally in fintech or payments.
• Strong mix of strategic vision and executional drive; able to see the big picture while sweating the details.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills across technical and business audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in ambiguous, high-growth environments and lead with conviction.
• Track record of cross-functional impact, influencing design, engineering, and GTM teams to deliver results.
• Hands-on comfort with data and AI tools for writing, analysis, prototyping, and experimentation.

Responsibilities

• Own the Account Verification strategy and roadmap, from long-term vision to near-term priorities, grounded in customer and business outcomes.
• Reimagine the Auth experience to unlock new use cases (recurring payments, e-commerce, account funding) through modern, flexible verification flows.
• Expand verification capabilities across a growing set of methodologies: open banking, database auth, microdeposits, and beyond.
• Drive self-serve, experimentation, and orchestration tools that empower developers and operators to configure and optimize verification paths without code.
• Partner across Plaid to create cohesive experiences across account setup, risk management, and money movement.
• Represent Plaid internally and externally as a product thought leader, shaping how customers, partners, and the industry view account verification.
• Operate like an owner. Move quickly, make bold decisions, and bring creative energy to scaling one of Plaid’s most essential products.

Skills

Product management

Fintech domain knowledge

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

AI tooling familiarity

Job description

Plaid is seeking a Product Lead for Account Verification to own the evolution of our verification platform across Auth, Balance, and Identity Match. You will partner with engineering, design, and go-to-market to expand verification methods across open banking, ML, and traditional systems while maintaining security and trust.

You thrive as a high-ownership builder in ambiguity, setting vision, driving execution, and balancing customer empathy with bold strategy as you scale one of Plaid’s most