Product Manager (Data Supply Health and Traffic)

Plaid Inc.; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Catered meals

Health benefits

Fertility support

Mental health support

Parental leave

Home office stipend

Daycare support

Commuting benefits

Job summary

Plaid is seeking a Product Manager for Data Supply Health and Traffic. You will define how Plaid allocates provider capacity, scales traffic, and manages paid data access economics to improve end-user experiences.

You’ll own the strategy, partner with engineering/data teams, and translate constraints into clear internal priorities. In the first year, you’ll build the operating framework for traffic allocation, cost efficiency, and metrics to guide the area, collaborating across product and data

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience, including 5+ in product management or equivalent founder/operator roles.
• Demonstrated analytical rigor and comfort with data, cost models, and metrics.
• Able to lead across engineering, data, and product teams and influence without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Define and own Plaid’s strategy and roadmap for data-supply, traffic, health, and cost efficiency.
• Build and prioritize traffic-optimization initiatives leveraging ML and provider negotiations.
• Bridge data-provider relationships with internal product teams and translate constraints into priorities.
• Partner with engineering and data teams to understand system behavior and drive data-driven decisions.
• Establish and track core metrics; identify risks and measure progress.

Skills

Cross-functional

Analytical rigor

Leadership

Stakeholder influence

Technical fluency

Platform thinking

Job description

• As the Product Manager for Data Supply Health and Traffic, you will establish and lead a new product area at the foundation of every Plaid product. You will define how Plaid allocates constrained provider capacity, scales traffic across products, and manages the economics of paid data access
• You will also optimize for data freshness, balancing timeliness with provider capacity and cost so Plaid’s products can deliver better experiences to end users. You will own the strategy and roadmap, partner closely with engineering and data-provider teams, and turn technical, contractual, and commercial constraints into clear product priorities
• This is a highly analytical and cross-functional role for someone who enjoys creating structure where no established playbook exists. In your first year, you will build the operating framework for traffic allocation and fairness, develop a clear view of paid-access cost and efficiency, and establish the metrics Plaid uses to run and improve this area
• Define and own Plaid’s strategy and roadmap for data-supply traffic, health, and cost efficiency
• Build and prioritize traffic-optimization initiatives, including opportunities created by evolving machine-learning models and strategic concessions negotiated with providers
• Serve as the bridge between Plaid’s data-provider relationship teams and internal product teams, translating provider constraints into internal priorities and product demand into clear asks of providers
• Partner deeply with engineering and data teams to understand system behavior, evaluate technical trade-offs, and turn analysis into decisions
• Establish and track the core traffic and cost metrics needed to operate the area, identify risks, and measure progress

Benefits

• Vibrant offices in SF, NYC, and Raleigh-Durham— with catered meals, happy hours, and clubs to keep you connected
• Competitive pay, comprehensive health benefits, and support for fertility, mental health, and parental leave
• Lifestyle perks including home office stipends, daycare support, and commuting benefits like CitiBike and Lyft

Leadership, stakeholder influence, and communication :You should be comfortable working cross-functionally (engineering, data, product) and influencing without direct authority. You must be able to explain complex technical ideas to non-technical stakeholders, drive alignment, and make trade-offs crystal clearDeep technical fluency: You can reason about large-scale systems, load management, API platforms, and machine-learning models and engage engineers as a close product partnerPlatform & systems thinking mindset: You think in systems, and design for reuse and the long term8+ years of experience, including 5+ in product management or equivalent founder/operator rolesAnalytical rigor: You are comfortable working directly with data, cost models, and operational metrics to make and defend complex decisionsWe encourage you to apply to a role even if your experience doesn’t fully match the job description. We are always looking for team members that will bring something unique to Plaid!