Associate Vice President of Data Science & Analytics, Zeta Global
$175-200k
+ Equity
The AI marketing cloud
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The AI marketing cloud
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$175-200k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To enable brands to build repeatable and scalable programs that accelerate business growth, efficiently, and effectively, and drive higher ROI on their marketing investments.
Role
Who you are
- 12+ years of experience in advanced analytics or data science, with at least 5 years supporting financial institutions or insurance
- Knowledge of financial services regulations related to modeling including fair lending and fair banking, ECOA, etc
- Demonstrated expertise in predictive modeling and recommendation systems
- Proven ability to influence C-level stakeholders and translate analytics into strategic business outcomes
- Strong technical fluency across modeling frameworks, validation techniques, and documentation best practices
- Exceptional communication skills, able to simplify complex concepts, and build executive confidence
What the job involves
- Zeta is seeking an Associate Vice President, Data Science & Analytics to lead one of our most strategic financial institution partnerships. This leader will serve as the primary analytics executive responsible for driving client success through advanced modeling, real-time marketing optimization, and data-driven product recommendations within a highly regulated financial services environment
- This is a high-visibility, client-facing role that requires a rare combination of strategic acumen, technical expertise, and regulatory fluency. The ideal candidate brings a deep understanding of predictive modeling and marketing analytics along with hands-on experience navigating the compliance expectations of large banks and financial institutions
- Lead a Strategic Financial Institution Partnership
- Serve as the senior analytics lead and primary advisor to senior and executive stakeholders within a major financial institution client
- Translate complex business needs into advanced analytics solutions that drive measurable improvements in acquisition, engagement, and retention
- Define and evolve the client’s analytics roadmap, introducing enhanced modeling approaches, refined data strategies, and real-time decisioning capabilities that support compliant, high-impact marketing execution
- Ensure Analytical Excellence and Compliance
- Oversee the full analytics lifecycle, including data preparation, model development, validation, deployment, scoring, activation, attribution, and reporting
- Monitor predictive and recommendation model performance, reviewing outputs, dashboards, and KPIs to confirm targets are met, identify gaps, and recommend data-driven improvements
- Ensure adherence to financial-industry requirements, including fair lending, model governance, audit, and data-privacy standards
- Deliver clear, executive-level insights and recommendations grounded in model performance and customer behavior
- Drive Innovation and Optimization
- Advance the analytics function by introducing improved methodologies, tools, and processes
- Identify and recommend new predictive and prescriptive modeling approaches that strengthen precision and return on investment
- Lead documentation, testing, and monitoring practices that align with enterprise governance and risk expectations
- Partner with cross-functional teams to implement real-time marketing solutions and continuously refine model performance
- Develop and Lead High-Performing Teams
- Manage and mentor analytics managers and data scientists working on the financial institution portfolio
- Ensure projects are executed on time, within scope, and at a consistently high standard of quality
- Foster a culture of accountability, innovation, and compliance discipline
Our take
Zeta Global is a cloud-based AI marketing platform helping companies acquire, grow and retain customers more efficiently. Its flagship Zeta Marketing Platform (ZMP) combines identity resolution, consumer intelligence, and omnichannel activation into a single platform. Using one of the industry's largest proprietary database and advanced AI, Zeta makes personalized marketing simple for enterprise brands worldwide.
Its platform is particularly valuable in today's privacy-first, data-driven marketing environment. It helps brands understand individual customers and deliver relevant experience across every channel, from email and SMS ot digital and social. Serving top advertisers and Fortune 500 companies, Zeta turns complex data into actionable insights, so markets have a deeper relationship with their customers and drive measurable results in a competitive landscape.
Recently, Zeta expanded its capabilities with acquisition of Marigold's enterprise software business, adding over 100 enterprise clients and new loyalty and engagement tools. This strenghten's Zeta's "One Zeta" model, creates cross-selling opportunities, and extends its footpirnt in EMEA and APAC. Also backed by strong AI investments, a massive proprietary identity graph, and consistent revenue growth, Zeta is in a good position to help brands deliver smarter, more personalized marketing at scale for years to come.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
11% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Apr 2017
$115m
SERIES F
Jul 2015
$125m
LATE VC
Total funding: $310m
Company HQ
Midtown South, New York, NY
Leadership
David A Steinberg
(Co-Founder, CEO & Chairman of the Board)Prior to founding Zeta and CAIVIS, they founded InPhonic, the largest seller of wireless phones and communications products and services on the Internet. InPhonic was #1 on Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies in 2004
John Sculley
(Co-Founder, Vice Chairman of ther Board & Investor)Former CEO of Apple Computer. They joined Apple in 1983 when the Company had $600 million in revenues; by the time they left, Apple's revenues exceeded $8 billion.
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