Vice President, Product & Engineering
Job Summary
Job Description
Zeta is a Next-Gen Banking Tech company empowering banks and fintechs with advanced banking products. Founded in 2015, its flagship processing platform, Zeta Tachyon, is a cloud-native, API-enabled stack for issuance, processing, lending, and more, with over 20 million cards issued globally. Zeta operates in multiple global markets, transforming customer experience for large card portfolios. The company has over 1,700 employees across the US, EMEA, and Asia, with a significant focus on R&D. Backed by investors like SoftBank and Mastercard, Zeta raised $330M at a $2B valuation in 2025. The role of VP, Product & Engineering involves leading strategic vision, development, and execution of product and engineering initiatives, building scalable solutions, and driving operational excellence and organizational growth.
Must have:
- Define and execute engineering roadmap
- Drive technical excellence and innovation
- Oversee software architecture and infrastructure
- Optimize engineering efficiency and quality
- Implement automation and DevOps best practices
- Foster engineering discipline (microservices, cloud-native, data security)
- Adopt best-in-class technologies
- Define and own product vision, strategy, and roadmap
- Translate customer needs into product strategies
- Establish robust product development lifecycle
- Champion UX and design thinking
- Monitor and analyze product performance
- Attract, hire, and retain top talent
- Foster a high-performance culture
- Provide mentorship and coaching
- Drive employee engagement and inclusivity
- Implement agile best practices
- Drive cross-functional collaboration
- Align technical and product strategies
- Own key performance indicators (KPIs)
- Ensure regulatory and security compliance
- Represent Zeta in industry forums
- Optimize budgets and resource allocation
- Proven track record of building high-performing teams
- Deep expertise in modern software development
- Strong understanding of fintech/banking industry is a plus
- Translate technical concepts into business value
- 15+ years of technology leadership experience
- Strong stakeholder management skills
- Strong leadership and communication skills
- B.Tech/M.Tech in CS/IT & MBA from Tier 1 school a bonus
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Job Details
About Zeta
Zeta is a Next-Gen Banking Tech company that empowers banks and fintechs to launch banking products for the future. It was founded by Bhavin Turakhia and Ramki Gaddipati in 2015.
Our flagship processing platform - Zeta Tachyon - is the industry’s first modern, cloud-native, and fully API-enabled stack that brings together issuance, processing, lending, core banking, fraud & risk, and many more capabilities as a single-vendor stack. 20M+ cards have been issued on our platform globally.
Zeta is actively working with the largest Banks and Fintechs in multiple global markets transforming customer experience for multi-million card portfolios.
Zeta has over 1,700+ employees across the US, EMEA, and Asia, with 70%+ roles in R&D. Backed by SoftBank, Mastercard, and other investors, we raised $330M at a $2B valuation in 2025.
Role
As the VP, Product and Engineering, you will lead the strategic vision, development, and execution of our product and engineering initiatives. You will be responsible for building scalable, cutting-edge solutions while aligning with business objectives. Additionally, you will play a critical role in general management, driving operational excellence, cross-functional collaboration, and organizational growth.
Responsibilities
Technology & Engineering Leadership:
- Define and execute the engineering roadmap, ensuring alignment with business goals.
- Drive a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement. Oversee software architecture, infrastructure, and security best practices.
- Optimize engineering efficiency, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery.
- Implement automation, DevOps, and scalability best practices to enhance platform reliability.
- Foster a strong engineering discipline with a focus on microservices, cloud-native solutions, and data security.
- Ensure the adoption of best-in-class technologies, tools, and frameworks to drive development efficiency.
Product Strategy & Execution:
- Define and own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap to drive business growth.
- Translate customer needs, market trends, and business objectives into actionable product strategies.
- Establish a robust product development lifecycle, ensuring high-impact, data-driven decision-making.
- Champion UX and design thinking, ensuring seamless, user-friendly experiences across all products.
- Monitor and analyse product performance, making data-driven decisions for iterative improvements.
People & Organizational Leadership:
- Attract, hire, and retain top engineering and product talent.
- Foster a high-performance culture with clear accountability and professional growth opportunities.
- Provide strong mentorship and coaching to engineering and product leaders.
- Drive employee engagement, well-being, and inclusivity in engineering and product functions.
- Implement agile best practices, ensuring high velocity and efficiency in development teams.
General Management & Business Impact:
- Drive cross-functional collaboration between engineering, product, sales, and operations.
- Align technical and product strategies with overall business objectives.
- Own key performance indicators (KPIs) related to product success, engineering efficiency, and business impact.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory, security, and governance standards.
- Represent Zeta in industry forums, thought leadership, and talent branding initiatives.
- Collaborate with finance and operations teams to optimize budgets, resource allocation, and business efficiency.
Skills
- Proven track record of building and scaling high-performing technology teams.
- Deep expertise in modern software development, cloud computing, microservices, and security.
- Strong understanding of fintech, banking, or payments industry is a plus.
- Strong ability to translate technical concepts into business value and strategic impact
Key Qualifications & Experience
- 15+ years of experience in technology leadership roles, with a strong background in engineering and product management.
- Exceptional stakeholder management, leadership, and communication skills.
- Strong understanding of fintech, banking, or payments industry is a plus.
- B.Tech/M. Tech in computer science, information technology, or a related field & MBA from a Tier 1 school would be a bonus
Equal Opportunity
- Zeta is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applicants from all backgrounds, cultures, and communities to apply and believe that a diverse workforce is key to our success
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