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Zeta Global

AI-driven marketing platform for enterprises

Lead Senior Business Systems Analyst

Full-TimeUpdated on 10/23/2026
$140k - $155k+ Employee equity
Senior
Bachelor's
San Francisco, CA, USA
In PersonTravel to west coast clients is required on an as-needed basis.
Solution EngineeringImplementation & Technical Account Management

About the job

Requirements
  • Management experience in similar roles.
  • Experience contributing to project documentation, including business requirements documentation, specifications, statements of work, and level-of-effort estimates.
  • Ability to understand and represent end-user needs in a software development environment.
  • Strong consultative and advisory skills.
  • Strong Microsoft Office skills, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
  • Ability to assess and recommend technical requirements in light of marketing and strategic needs.
  • Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Subject-matter expertise and thought leadership, including supporting organizational processes and procedures and implementing a new product or major modifications from start to finish.
  • At least 5 years of experience with software implementation from requirements through design, development, and user acceptance.
  • At least 4 years of experience using Snowflake.
  • A Bachelor's Degree or higher in a technology-related field, or relevant experience implementing software.
  • Willingness to travel.
  • Residence in a Pacific or Mountain time zone.
Responsibilities
  • Lead project scoping by gathering and defining project requirements, understanding client workflows and business goals, eliciting and comprehending use cases, learning existing technical and data infrastructure, conducting gap analysis between the application and stated customer requirements, and setting expectations.
  • Develop strategic solution recommendations by collaborating with architects and developers, estimating project impact in resources and hours, documenting recommended solutions, and supporting the client team with presentations and reviews.
  • Maintain documentation by drafting requirements documents and functional specifications, updating changes throughout the project lifecycle, and authoring and managing tickets for internal communication.
  • Contribute to successful execution and quality assurance by serving as the internal subject-matter expert on the solution, collaborating with development, quality assurance, and production support teams throughout the project lifecycle, proactively identifying and addressing project risks, and supporting quality assurance and user acceptance testing to ensure requirements are met.
  • Become a product expert.
  • Manage multiple competing priorities through effective organization and communication.
  • Recommend and institute best practices, methodologies, and tools.
  • Provide guidance to the client success team on technical capabilities, staffing, and infrastructure needs.
  • Travel to west coast clients on an as-needed basis.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with RESTful APIs and web services is desired.

About the company

Zeta Global provides enterprise-grade marketing technology powered by artificial intelligence to help brands acquire customers, retain them longer, and grow their value. Its core offering, the Zeta Marketing Platform, provides a real-time view of prospects and customers and uses AI to deliver personalized experiences across multiple channels at scale. The platform aggregates real-time data, including behavioral signals and purchase intents, to create intent and churn signals for millions of identities, enabling cross-channel campaign management and measurement. Zeta differentiates itself with a combination of real-time data, a broad identity graph, multi-channel orchestration, and deterministic attribution aimed at delivering measurable marketing outcomes. The goal is to help brands optimize customer acquisition and retention to maximize lifetime value through precise, data-driven marketing at scale.

Company Size

1,001-5,000

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

New York City, New York

Founded

2007

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What believers are saying

  • Q2 2026 revenue hit $443 million, up 44%, and guidance rose to $1.818 billion.
  • Zeta posted $8 million GAAP profit in Q2 2026 and closed a $1 billion credit facility.
  • Athena and the Senso acquisition deepen frontier-model connectivity ahead of Zeta Live October 8, 2026.

What critics are saying

  • Judge Dale Ho denied dismissal July 8, 2026; discovery now targets consent-farm allegations.
  • The August 2026 suit over 240 million opt-ins threatens Zeta's data moat and disclosures.
  • If discovery validates misconduct claims, customer trust and platform economics collapse into existential churn.

What makes Zeta Global unique

  • Zeta's Athena launched March 2026, driving 500% higher voice engagement.
  • Zeta's Data Cloud spans 535 million people, powering deterministic cross-channel targeting.
  • Zeta's partnerships with OpenAI, Snowflake, and Palantir open enterprise AI distribution.

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Benefits

  • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • Health Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Employee Equity and Stock Purchase Plan
  • Employee Discounts
  • Wellness Program
  • Pet Insurance

Growth & Insights and Company News

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

3%

2 year growth

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U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Oct 21st, 2026
424B5

Up to 287,711 Shares of Class A Common Stock Offered by the Selling Stockholders

Yahoo Finance
Oct 8th, 2026
Zeta Global launches AthenaOS enterprise intelligence operating system with custom AI chip in development

Zeta Global has announced AthenaOS, an enterprise intelligence operating system that combines company data with Zeta's market intelligence to drive business decisions. Built on the Zeta Data Cloud, the system dynamically organises around business objectives and learns from outcomes to improve future decisions. The platform includes Athena MCP, a headless solution enabling enterprises to integrate Zeta's intelligence into existing applications and workflows. Zeta is also developing the Athena Inference Model in collaboration with Fireworks, using NVIDIA Nemotron for specialised business use cases. AthenaOS is currently in limited internal beta, with public beta expected later this year and general availability planned for Q1 2027. Zeta has also begun exploring development of a specialised chip with semiconductor partners to deliver faster intelligence through a capital-light approach.

Associated Press
Oct 6th, 2026
Zeta Global acquires Digital Audience to extend AI infrastructure across digital ecosystem

Zeta Global has entered into an agreement to acquire Digital Audience, a data infrastructure company that expands identity and activation capabilities across the digital ecosystem. Already integrated with Zeta, Digital Audience will enhance Zeta's ability to connect customer intelligence to activation across all channels. The acquisition will add an experienced team of data and AI engineers to Zeta's workforce. It will also strengthen Zeta's European presence and add established enterprise relationships in the region. "Enterprise intelligence only creates value when it can be put to work and improve outcomes," said David A. Steinberg, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Zeta Global. Digital Audience will help Zeta clients activate customer data more efficiently and measure impact across channels. Following the transaction close, Zeta will work with the Digital Audience team to ensure continuity for customers.

Yahoo Finance
Oct 5th, 2026
Zeta Global acquires Y Combinator-backed Senso to strengthen AI discovery and frontier-model connectivity

Zeta Global has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Senso, a Y Combinator-backed AI engineering company. Senso's technology already powers Zeta's Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO) offering. The acquisition will bring AI engineering talent in-house and deepen Zeta's connectivity to frontier models including ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Google AI Overviews. Senso will help enterprises optimise how brands reach customers across leading AI platforms and identify who AI-generated answers are reaching. Senso's co-founder and CEO, Saroop Bharwani, will join Zeta along with his team. Bharwani brings over 20 years of experience working with regulated enterprises. He founded Senso as an AI research lab during the early wave of enterprise deep learning. Bharwani will speak at Zeta Live on 8 October 2026 about how GEO is reshaping brand discovery.

Yahoo Finance
Oct 1st, 2026
Zeta Global shares surge 60% in Q3 as Athena AI platform drives 30%+ growth

Zeta Global's share price surged 60.4% in the third quarter, driven by strong performance from its Athena AI platform. Launched in March 2026, Athena is a superintelligent agent that helps enterprise marketing teams convert data into predictive insights and optimise customer engagement across 245 million US individuals. In Wednesday's trading, shares jumped 9.01% after Zeta was added to William Blair's Analyst Conviction List, replacing Twilio. The firm expressed confidence in Zeta's growth strategy following meetings with company management. CEO David Steinberg reported clients using Athena are achieving returns exceeding 600% on marketing spend, with targets set at 1,000%. The company swung to a net income of $8.17 million in the second quarter from a $12.8 million loss the previous year.