Product Operations Specialist

Plaid

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Francisco, CANew York, NY
Salary
$130,800–$163,200 / yr
Posted
1 day ago
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Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $181k
This role $147k
$120k most similar roles pay here $231k

This role pays less than 79% of similar roles. Most pay $150,000–$211,218 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $147k versus about $181k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Plaid

Plaid is a financial technology company that builds a data network powering digital finance applications, enabling consumers to securely connect their financial accounts to apps and services. Industry: Financial Technology & Data Infrastructure

Plaid currently has 70 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $190,800–$262,800 across 70 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Product Operations Specialist

As a Product Operations Specialist within the Customer Engineering and Support team, you will serve as a trusted technical partner owning a suite of products end-to-end. You will drive product launch readiness by identifying documentation and tooling gaps, creating troubleshooting workflows for internal teams, and translating frontline customer feedback into actionable data for product managers to shape the roadmap. Your daily work involves optimizing cross-functional workflows and defining support strategies from testing through general availability. To succeed, you must possess strong technical communication skills, proficiency in SQL for analyzing operational metrics, and a background in technical support or solutions engineering. You will solve complex problems within the fintech domain, specifically addressing challenges related to credit, payments, and fraud prevention while ensuring seamless product rollouts for developers building financial services applications.

What you'll do

  • Identify and resolve documentation, tooling, and process gaps before new features launch.
  • Create step-by-step guides, troubleshooting workflows, and training materials for customer-facing teams.
  • Analyze frontline feedback using SQL to quantify pain points and influence the product roadmap.
  • Fix tooling and process bottlenecks across departments to improve cross-functional efficiency.
  • Define end-to-end support strategies for assigned products from testing through general availability.
  • Act as a technical partner to ensure engineering teams act on critical customer feedback.

What we're looking for

  • Ability to write clear, structured documentation for technical partners and senior decision-makers.
  • Proficiency with SQL to pull, join, and analyze operational metrics independently.
  • Proven track record in customer-facing technical work such as technical support, solutions engineering, implementation, or product enablement.
  • Ability to operate independently in ambiguous environments and identify high-impact work.
  • Ability to build cross-functional relationships and influence change using data and reasoning.

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