Director, Product (Mobile)

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 . THE ROLE Zeta is building its mobile capabilities into a core CPaaS (Communications Platform as a Service) vertical as part of a broader shift toward Athena-powered, AI-driven conversational engagement. The Mobile Conversational Messaging Product Lead will define and scale Zeta’s strategy across SMS, RCS, WhatsApp, and Mobile Push, while leading the buildout of a next-generation Conversational Messaging Platform—natively powered by Athena as the intelligence layer and integrated into Zeta’s unified “one brain” infrastructure and identity spine. This leader operates at the intersection of product strategy, platform development, and go-to-market execution, partnering with Product, Engineering, Activations, Sales, and Marketing to drive both product innovation and enterprise adoption. Positioning CPaaS not as a channel set, but as an intelligent, identity-driven engagement system orchestrated by Athena. Platform Strategy: Define the long term vision for Zeta’s Conversational Messaging Platform, aligning messaging channels, AI capabilities, and enterprise marketing use cases Vertical Leadership: Lead the transformation of mobile messaging into a scalable product vertical within the Vertical Applications team Product Packaging Monetization: Define how mobile and conversational capabilities are packaged, positioned, and monetized across Zeta's enterprise client base Go-To-Market Strategy: Partner with Sales, Product Marketing, and Customer teams to create repeatable adoption frameworks, vertical use cases, and enterprise deployment models Client Market Feedback Loop: Work directly with strategic clients and internal teams to translate market demand into roadmap priorities RESPONSIBILITIES Product Platform Own the roadmap for Zeta's mobile and conversational messaging capabilities Drive integration across SMS, RCS, WhatsApp, Mobile Push Athena Align messaging platform capabilities with Athena-powered AI workflows Cross-Functional Execution Partner with Product Engineering to accelerate platform development Collaborate with Activations and Customer teams to drive client adoption Work with Product Marketing and Sales to translate capabilities into market-ready offerings Market Client Engagement Validate enterprise messaging use cases with strategic clients Identify opportunities for verticalized messaging solutions Support product demos, pilots, and strategic client deployments REQUIREMENTS Experience 10+ years in Product Management, Platform Strategy, or Product-Led GTM Track record building or scaling messaging, engagement, or martech platforms (CPaaS) Backgrounds That Translate Well Mobile engagement or conversational messaging platforms Martech / Adtech infrastructure or Customer Engagement Platforms (CEP) Messaging infrastructure providers or enterprise SaaS with product-led GTM Key Skills Platform product development and monetization strategy Messaging protocols and ecosystems: SMS, RCS, WhatsApp, Push Conversational UX and AI-driven engagement models Product-led GTM, enterprise solution positioning, and client adoption framewor ... (truncated, view full listing at source)