Associate Director - Legal

About Us

Build the future of banking.

Zeta is a next-generation banking technology company providing cloud-native, fully stackable processing and core banking platforms for issuers. With a focus on scalability, compliance, and innovation, Zeta empowers financial institutions to modernize their technology infrastructure and deliver secure, seamless digital banking experiences.

 Our Impact and Growth

Our impact runs at real-world scale. Today, over 25 million cards are live on Zeta-powered platforms across 7 countries, supported by a passionate team of 1,700+ Zetanauts across India, the US, EMEA, and Asia. Backed by SoftBank Vision Fund, Mastercard, and other reputed strategic investors, we reached a valuation of $2 billion in Jan 1, 2025.

 Our Product Lines

Our focus is on establishing product lines that focus on key outcomes by addressing real customer pain points, modernizing legacy systems, and strengthening core fundamentals. As a result, our systems and platforms support a wide range of banking and payments capabilities, including:   1. Tachyon, our cloud-native banking stack built for population-scale systems 2. Cipher, our unified authentication platform for secure, high-volume banking environments 3. Digital Credit as a Service, enabling banks to launch credit lines on UPI 4. Elena, our intelligent and conversational AI platform for banking 5. Pixel, India’s first digital-native credit card, launched in partnership with HDFC Bank, for whom we also revamped their PayZapp mobile app: Winner of the Celent Model Bank Award for Payments Innovation 2024 6. Sparrow, the leading card experience for non-prime cardholders in the US …and more across cards, payments, lending, and core banking.

 Our Culture and Values

We are an engineering-first organization that values ownership, bias for action, and long-term thinking. Together, we solve some of the hardest problems in banking tech. Our culture is built around trust, collaboration, and creating the conditions for you to drive impact proportionate to your potential. Reinforcing our commitment to creating an inclusive and supportive workplace, we have been consistently recognized as a Great Place to Work.

If you want to build cutting-edge banking tech that enables banks to serve millions reliably, securely, and at a population scale, Zeta is your playground.

Learn More About Zeta

If you would like to learn more about how we have grown and evolved over the years, watch our journey here. You can also explore our website and follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram,YouTube, and X.

About the Role

Zeta is seeking an Associate Director – Legal to serve as a strategic advisor within its legal team. The role supports the company's technology business, including its SaaS platforms for banks and financial institutions, as it scales across India, the US, the UK, and other global markets.This is a high-impact, product-facing role for a seasoned lawyer with deep expertise in technology contracts and a strong understanding of the banking and financial services sector that Zeta's platforms serve.   The role involves making sure Zeta's products, partnerships, and client engagements are structured and delivered in a legally sound way. Reporting to Zeta's India legal leadership, the Associate Director will work closely with the Product, Sales, Engineering, Compliance, and Information Security teams, with significant autonomy and visibility. The ideal candidate will own matters end to end, negotiate directly with clients, financial institutions, and technology partners, and lead a team of capable lawyers. They will also help shape the legal function of a fast-growing global technology company.