Senior Platform PM: AI & Data Foundations

Plaid; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vibrant offices in SF, NYC, and RTP

Health benefits and parental leave

Home office stipends and commuting aid

Job summary

Plaid is seeking an experienced Platform Product Manager who thrives at the intersection of data infrastructure and AI. You will turn emerging capabilities into reliable platforms, primitives, and tools that teams can build on, guiding the future of Plaid’s AI foundations.

Own the vision, roadmap, and metrics for shared platforms supporting data and AI development, working with data, ML, and platform engineers to ship foundational capabilities across infrastructure, tooling, and governance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of product management including building AI/ML platforms or data infrastructure from concept to production.
• Experience building AI developer tooling in production is a plus.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, embeddings, or agentic systems in production.
• Strong communicator and cross-functional leader who translates complex tech concepts for stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define the vision, roadmap, and success metrics for shared platforms powering data and AI development across Plaid.
• Partner with data, ML, and platform engineers to design and ship AI infrastructure, tooling, data platforms, pipelines, and governance.
• Build platforms that Plaid teams choose to use; remove friction from workflows and measure adoption and reliability.
• Balance immediate product needs with long-term platform investments, standardizing and building shared primitives.

Skills

AI/ML platform development

Cross-functional leadership

LLMs & embeddings

AI developer tooling

Regulated/fintech domain familiarity

Technical storytelling

Data infrastructure fluency

Tools

APIs

Data platforms

Job description

Plaid is seeking an experienced Platform Product Manager who thrives at the intersection of data infrastructure and AI. You will turn emerging capabilities into reliable platforms, primitives, and tools that teams can build on, guiding the future of Plaid’s AI foundations.

Own the vision, roadmap, and metrics for shared platforms supporting data and AI development, working with data, ML, and platform engineers to ship foundational capabilities across infrastructure, tooling, and governance.