Plaid
Data Science Manager - Fraud
$216K–$329K
New York City Office +2 · Hybrid · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 12, 2026
- Location
- New York City Office
Seattle Office
San Francisco HQ
About the job
Leads a team delivering customer-facing fraud data science and product analytics, translating customer insights into measurable product improvements and scalable fraud capabilities.
What you'll do
- Set the team roadmap and define fraud product metrics, data foundations, reporting, and evaluation practices.
- Lead customer analyses and proofs of concept, identifying recurring fraud signals and product opportunities.
- Develop data scientists while reviewing technical work and contributing to critical investigations.
What they ask for
- Experience managing, mentoring, and developing data scientists.
- Deep expertise in fraud, risk, or related areas, with strong product analytics and metric-design experience.
- Experience partnering directly with customers to deliver data-driven insights and solutions.
- Strong technical depth in Python, SQL, statistics, product analytics, and applied modeling.
Nice to have
- Experience with graph-based data or systems, causal inference, or model interpretability.
- Experience with dbt or similar data transformation and analytics engineering tools.
Pay
$216K – $329.4K (USD, base salary)
Tools
Python, SQL, dbt
AI focus
Use AI-assisted analysis and development tools where useful, with results reviewed before they inform customer recommendations or product decisions.
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