Senior Analyst, R&D Strategy & Operations
Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
Zscaler
Compensation
$105,000 - $150,000/year
Job Description
About Zscaler
Zscaler is a pioneer and global leader in zero trust security. The world’s largest businesses, critical infrastructure organizations, and government agencies rely on Zscaler to secure users, branches, applications, data & devices, and to accelerate digital transformation initiatives. Distributed across more than 160 data centers globally, the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange platform combined with advanced AI combats billions of cyber threats and policy violations every day and unlocks productivity gains for modern enterprises by reducing costs and complexity.
Here, impact in your role matters more than title and trust is built on results. We believe in transparency and value constructive, honest debate—we’re focused on getting to the best ideas, faster. We build high-performing teams that can make an impact quickly and with high quality. To do this, we are building a culture of execution centered on customer obsession, collaboration, ownership and accountability.
We champion an “AI Forward, People First” philosophy to help us accelerate and innovate, empowering our people to embrace their potential. If you’re driven by purpose, thrive on solving complex challenges and want to make a positive difference on a global scale, we invite you to bring your talents to Zscaler to help shape the future of cybersecurity.
Role
We are looking for an experienced Senior Analyst, R&D Strategy & Operations to join our R&D Analytics & Insights team. This role is hybrid and based in our San Jose, CA or Bellevue, WA office three days a week, reporting to the Sr. Manager, Engineering Strategy, Planning & Analytics. Our Engineering team built the world’s largest cloud security platform from the ground up, and we continue to scale. You will bring your vision and passion to a team of experts who are enabling organizations worldwide to harness speed and agility with a cloud-first strategy.
What you’ll do (Role Expectations)
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Evaluate engineering operations, identify excellence metrics, and deliver executive-ready, actionable insights to engineering leadership to produce business results
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Lead R&D business operations including headcount planning, budget allocation, SaaS spend tracking and optimization, and scenario modeling
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Analyze investment asks and new initiatives by building governance around success metrics and developing ROI frameworks to drive measurement at scale
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Perform structured analysis across the Software Development LifeCycle to generate insights, pinpoint process bottlenecks, and enable Engineering Systems to drive measurable improvements
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Partner with engineering leaders to evaluate key metrics, proactively identify risks, and recommend strategic changes to ensure successful outcomes
Who You Are (Success Profile)
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You thrive in ambiguity. You're comfortable building the path as you walk it. You thrive in a dynamic environment, seeing ambiguity not as a hindrance, but as the raw material to build something meaningful.
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You act like an owner. Your passion for the mission fuels your bias for action. You operate with integrity because you genuinely care about the outcome. True ownership involves leveraging dynamic range: the ability to navigate seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
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You are a problem-solver. You love running towards the challenges because you are laser-focused on finding the solution, knowing that solving the hard problems delivers the biggest impact.