Senior Technical Program Leader, Data & ML Platforms

Plaid; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401(k)

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Job summary

Plaid is hiring a Technical Program Manager in San Francisco to lead high-impact, cross-functional initiatives across engineering, product, data, and security teams. You will drive planning, execution, and delivery of complex programs that improve data governance and platform capabilities.

You will partner with diverse stakeholders to accelerate trusted data, ML infrastructure, and developer productivity improvements while ensuring programs stay on time and scale.

Qualifications

• 6+ years leading complex technical programs.
• Strong understanding of software architecture and engineering systems.
• Experience driving cross-functional programs involving multiple engineering teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
• Experience with data platforms, infrastructure, ML platforms, or developer productivity is a strong plus.
• Prior experience in fintech or another highly regulated environment is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, cross-functional programs that deliver high-impact technical initiatives across the organization.
• Drive end-to-end program execution by managing plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder communication across engineering and product organizations.
• Partner with engineering, product, data, legal, privacy, and business teams to align on priorities, scope, and success metrics.
• Enable the adoption of standardized processes and best practices for data governance, platform modernization, and trusted data management.
• Remove execution blockers, monitor progress against program goals, and provide regular updates to leadership.
• Foster collaboration across multiple organizations to deliver scalable solutions that improve data quality, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Communicate progress to technical and executive stakeholders.
• Improve execution frameworks and program health.

Skills

Program management

Software architecture understanding

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Ambiguity tolerance

Data platforms / ML platforms

Fintech/regulatory context

Job description

Plaid is hiring a Technical Program Manager in San Francisco to lead high-impact, cross-functional initiatives across engineering, product, data, and security teams. You will drive planning, execution, and delivery of complex programs that improve data governance and platform capabilities.

You will partner with diverse stakeholders to accelerate trusted data, ML infrastructure, and developer productivity improvements while ensuring programs stay on time and scale.