Growth Marketing Lead - Tech, Insights & AI

ZS; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

ZS is seeking a Growth Marketing Lead to guide technology, analytics and AI-focused marketing strategy. You will partner with business leaders and marketing teams to translate priorities into clear positioning, narratives and sales enablement, while guiding portfolio direction and go-to-market plans.

The role emphasizes independent thinking, stakeholder influence and data-driven decision making, with a hybrid work model and travel opportunities to engage clients and teams.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of experience in marketing strategy, portfolio strategy, commercial strategy, consulting or related advisory roles.
• Strong experience developing recommendations, business cases, value propositions, positioning, messaging or executive-ready materials.
• Strong analytical skills and comfort integrating multiple data sources into a cohesive story.
• Ability to translate complex technology, insights, analytics and AI topics into clear decisions, actions and strategic narratives.

Responsibilities

• Develop a deep understanding of ZS’s technology, insights, analytics and AI capabilities, including market opportunities and customer needs.
• Lead market opportunity assessments and growth analyses to identify new business opportunities.
• Translate business priorities and client needs into portfolio strategy recommendations and market narratives.
• Contribute to annual marketing plans, quarterly reviews, launch planning and portfolio evolution for supported areas.
• Identify new opportunity areas or marketing claims that deliver competitive advantage.
• Develop business and stakeholder messaging aligned to brand and priorities.
• Create positioning frameworks, value propositions and executive-ready narratives.
• Collaborate on strategic narratives and thought leadership planning to identify differentiated viewpoints.
• Lead creative processes to identify novel solutions.
• Partner with leaders to develop market-backed artifacts and sales enablement materials.
• Support documentation of strategies and outcomes to inform future planning.

Skills

Marketing strategy

Portfolio strategy

Commercial strategy

Analytical skills

English fluency

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

ZS is seeking a Growth Marketing Lead to guide technology, analytics and AI-focused marketing strategy. You will partner with business leaders and marketing teams to translate priorities into clear positioning, narratives and sales enablement, while guiding portfolio direction and go-to-market plans.

The role emphasizes independent thinking, stakeholder influence and data-driven decision making, with a hybrid work model and travel opportunities to engage clients and teams.