Product Manager, Privacy & Data Governance
San Francisco · 3+ years experience · Full-time · Hybrid · Posted Sep 29, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 3+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- San Francisco
About the role
- Data Governance builds the infrastructure that ensures Plaid responsibly manages sensitive consumer financial data.
- This includes identifying and managing PII, enforcing consent and other data use limitations, upholding data minimization, and anonymizing data, while unblocking velocity for internal teams.
Responsibilities
- Own the product strategy and execution for privacy, data governance, and responsible data use across Plaid’s platform
- Ensure Plaid’s products and internal systems handle consumer data in ways that are compliant, transparent, secure, and aligned with Plaid’s values and commitments
- Serve as the connective PM between Legal, Security, Data, Engineering, and Product teams to operationalize privacy requirements into scalable product solutions
- Define and drive the roadmap for privacy-related platform capabilities (e.g., consent, data minimization, retention, deletion, access controls)
- Translate evolving regulatory requirements into clear product requirements and system designs
- Partner with Legal, Policy, and GTM to proactively identify privacy risks and opportunities in new and existing products
- Work closely with Engineering to design privacy-by-default and privacy-by-design architectures
- Balance strong privacy protections with usability and performance for customers and developers
Requirements
- 3+ years of product management or equivalent experience in a B2B environment
- Ability to influence and collaborate with cross-functional partners in Legal, Engineering, Policy, and Compliance to balance risk with product innovation
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal; able to simplify complex concepts for diverse audiences
- Experience working on platform, infrastructure, or highly regulated products
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with design and implementation of privacy initiatives to deliver best-in-class privacy practices
- Experience with data protection domains such as data lifecycle management, access control, or automated policy enforcement
- Experience in fintech or API-driven B2B products
- Experience in data management, observability, or quality
Benefits
- equity
- commission
- medical
- dental
- vision
- 401(k)
