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Director, Product Management - Zeta Developer Platform

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190K-210K Annually
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Lead the development of the AthenaOS Developer Platform, shaping developer experience, API infrastructure, and community engagement to support AI-driven application building.
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WHO WE ARE 

Zeta Global (NYSE: ZETA) is the AI-Powered Marketing Cloud that leverages advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and trillions of consumer signals to make it easier for marketers to acquire, grow, and retain customers more efficiently. Through the Zeta Marketing Platform (ZMP), our vision is to make sophisticated marketing simple by unifying identity, intelligence, and omnichannel activation into a single platform – powered by one of the industry’s largest proprietary databases and AI. Our enterprise customers across multiple verticals are empowered to personalize experiences with consumers at an individual level across every channel, delivering better results for marketing programs. Zeta was founded in 2007 by David A. Steinberg and John Sculley and is headquartered in New York City with offices around the world. To learn more, go to www.zetaglobal.com.

Zeta’s Athena vision represents a shift toward AI-orchestrated, modular enterprise applications running natively within the platform. To unlock the full potential of this AI-powered ecosystem, we are building a next-generation developer platform and SDK that enable developers - and increasingly AI agents - to build applications rapidly and safely.

We are seeking a Director of Product Management to lead the Developer Platform, including the SDK, developer tooling, capability fabric, and the broader ecosystem that supports internal teams, partners, integrators, and future AI-driven builders.

What You Will Lead1. Developer Platform & SDK Strategy

You will define and drive the vision for a world-class developer experience, including:

  • The AI application SDK

  • CLI, scaffolding, templates, and developer workflows

  • Local development tools, testing frameworks, telemetry, and debugging

  • Versioning, deployment, and change-management systems

Your mandate: create a fast, intuitive, stable, and delightful experience for developers building on ZMP.

2. API & Modular Capability Fabric

You will own the foundational API, Gateway and capability model that powers all applications and agents:

  • Core data and identity capabilities

  • Intelligence and inference primitives

  • Activation, workflows, and orchestration capabilities

  • Cross-application integration patterns

  • Predictable, secure application-level contracts

You define the “capability vocabulary” developers and AI agents use to build modular applications.

3. Developer Ecosystem & Community Leadership

You will build and scale the developer ecosystem by owning:

  • Documentation and developer learning hubs

  • Example apps, templates, and reference architectures

  • Partner and integrator enablement

  • Developer certification programs

  • Hackathons, builder events, and community engagement

You will help create a thriving, self-sustaining network of builders.

4. AI-Augmented Development & Model Context Protocol Integration

Partnering with Athena AI teams, you will help define how LLMs:

  • Read and reason about application primitives

  • Generate application code, templates, or modules

  • Operate safely within the developer tooling

  • Validate and optimize app behavior through structured contexts

You will establish the Model Context Protocol layers that allow AI to participate directly in building and modifying applications.

5. Developer Governance & Reliability Standards

You will drive the standards that ensure consistency and integrity across the ecosystem:

  • API versioning and lifecycle strategy

  • SDK release cadences and quality bars

  • Security, privacy, and isolation boundaries

  • Observability, performance baselines, reliability guarantees

  • Tooling for debugging, monitoring, and issue resolution

You will ensure applications built are scalable, secure, and enterprise-grade.

6. Cross-Functional Leadership

You will work closely with engineering, design systems, AI research, platform architecture, and security leaders to build a cohesive developer platform that empowers both human developers and AI agents.

What You Bring
  • 10+ years of Product Management with deep experience in developer tools, SDKs, APIs, or ecosystem platforms

  • Strong technical grounding with modern frameworks, cloud-native development, and secure software architecture

  • Experience driving adoption and growth of developer ecosystems

  • Passion for simplifying complex systems for developers

  • Understanding of AI-assisted or agentic development workflows

  • Exceptional cross-functional leadership and communication skills

Why This Role Matters

This role defines the platform, tools, and ecosystem that will empower thousands of developers - and Athena itself - to build high-impact, AI-native enterprise applications. You will shape the developer foundation for Zeta’s “Impossible Products”.

BENEFITS & PERKS

  • Unlimited PTO
  • Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Employee Equity
  • Employee Discounts, Virtual Wellness Classes, and Pet Insurance And more!!

SALARY RANGE

The salary range for this role is $190,000 - $210,000, depending on location and experience. 

PEOPLE & CULTURE AT ZETA

Zeta considers applicants for employment without regard to, and does not discriminate on the basis of an individual’s sex, race, color, religion, age, disability, status as a veteran, or national or ethnic origin; nor does Zeta discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.  

We’re committed to building a workplace culture of trust and belonging, so everyone feels invited to bring their whole selves to work. We provide a forum for employees to celebrate, support and advocate for one another. Learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion here:  https://zetaglobal.com/blog/a-look-into-zetas-ergs/ 

ZETA IN THE NEWS!

https://zetaglobal.com/press/?cat=press-releases 


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Top Skills

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Cloud-Native Development
Sdk

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