Director, Product Management - Zeta Developer Platform
Zeta Global, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
Director, Product Management - Zeta Developer Platform
Zeta Global (NYSE: ZETA) is an AI‑powered marketing cloud that leverages advanced artificial intelligence and trillions of consumer signals to help marketers 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.
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 Lead 1. 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, developer workflows, local development tools, testing frameworks, telemetry, debugging, versioning, deployment, and change‑management systems. Your mandate: create a fast, intuitive, stable, and delightful experience for developers building on ZMP.
AI application SDK
CLI, scaffolding, templates, and developer workflows
Local development tools, testing frameworks, telemetry, and debugging
Versioning, deployment, and change‑management systems
2. API & Modular Capability Fabric You will own the foundational API, Gateway, and capability model that powers all applications and agents, defining the capability vocabulary developers and AI agents use to build modular applications.
Core data and identity capabilities
Intelligence and inference primitives
Activation, workflows, and orchestration capabilities
Cross‑application integration patterns
Predictable, secure application‑level contracts
3. Developer Ecosystem & Community Leadership You will build and scale the developer ecosystem by owning documentation and learning hubs, example apps, templates, reference architectures, partner and integrator enablement, developer certification programs, hackathons, builder events, and community engagement.
Documentation and developer learning hubs
Example apps, templates, and reference architectures
Partner and integrator enablement
Developer certification programs
Hackathons, builder events, and community engagement
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 code, operate safely within developer tooling, and 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.
LLMs read and reason about application primitives
LLMs generate application code, templates, or modules
LLMs operate safely within developer tooling
LLMs validate and optimize app behavior through structured contexts
5. Developer Governance & Reliability Standards You will drive the standards that ensure consistency and integrity across the ecosystem, including API versioning and lifecycle strategy, SDK release cadences and quality bars, security, privacy, isolation boundaries, observability, performance baselines, reliability guarantees, and tooling for debugging, monitoring, and issue resolution.
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
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
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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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 Lead 1. 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, developer workflows, local development tools, testing frameworks, telemetry, debugging, versioning, deployment, and change‑management systems. Your mandate: create a fast, intuitive, stable, and delightful experience for developers building on ZMP.
AI application SDK
CLI, scaffolding, templates, and developer workflows
Local development tools, testing frameworks, telemetry, and debugging
Versioning, deployment, and change‑management systems
2. API & Modular Capability Fabric You will own the foundational API, Gateway, and capability model that powers all applications and agents, defining the capability vocabulary developers and AI agents use to build modular applications.
Core data and identity capabilities
Intelligence and inference primitives
Activation, workflows, and orchestration capabilities
Cross‑application integration patterns
Predictable, secure application‑level contracts
3. Developer Ecosystem & Community Leadership You will build and scale the developer ecosystem by owning documentation and learning hubs, example apps, templates, reference architectures, partner and integrator enablement, developer certification programs, hackathons, builder events, and community engagement.
Documentation and developer learning hubs
Example apps, templates, and reference architectures
Partner and integrator enablement
Developer certification programs
Hackathons, builder events, and community engagement
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 code, operate safely within developer tooling, and 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.
LLMs read and reason about application primitives
LLMs generate application code, templates, or modules
LLMs operate safely within developer tooling
LLMs validate and optimize app behavior through structured contexts
5. Developer Governance & Reliability Standards You will drive the standards that ensure consistency and integrity across the ecosystem, including API versioning and lifecycle strategy, SDK release cadences and quality bars, security, privacy, isolation boundaries, observability, performance baselines, reliability guarantees, and tooling for debugging, monitoring, and issue resolution.
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
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
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
#J-18808-Ljbffr