Senior Product Design Manager, GRC - job 1 of 2

At Vanta, our mission is to secure the internet and protect consumer data. We believe that security should be monitored and verified continuously, and we empower companies to practice better security and prove it with ease. Vanta has a kind and talented team, and while some have prior security experience, many have been successful at Vanta without it. 

As a Product Design Manager, at Vanta, you’ll lead a growing design team that’s responsible for maturing our Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) product, including redesigning existing products and launching new products.

Vanta’s design team is warm, collaborative, talented, and ambitious. We love digging into user needs, sorting out complex problems, and designing solutions that help the whole Vanta product work better together. While some of us have prior security experience, it’s by no means required. 

You will thrive at Vanta if you are passionate about building both teams and products, and if you embrace ambiguity, complexity, and the autonomy to shape our experience strategy and how we work as a team. We expect you to play an integral role as a thought leader, shaping our design practice as we continue to scale rapidly.

What you’ll do as a Design Manager at Vanta:

• You will be responsible for managing and growing a team of designers working across multiple EPD squads. 

• Your focus will be bringing new capabilities to the Vanta platform that help us better meet the needs of a wide range of customers: from small startups who value speed, to large companies with complex requirements. 

• Ensure that our efforts across multiple teams fit together to form a coherent product, from design system details, to workflows, all the way up to mental models. 

• Coach and mentor a growing team of Product Designers, providing the expertise, direction, and support needed for high performance.

• Build a best-in-class team, maintaining high standards for customer experience, design quality, and team cohesion.

• Establish strong partnerships with Product and Engineering teams, fostering a sense of joint ownership and effective collaboration, and work cross-functional with partners in GTM.

• Contribute to the product strategy and roadmap, working with Engineering and Product partners, and create the design vision for your domain, aligning it with our business strategy, advocating for customer outcomes and world-class user experience.

How to be successful in this role:

• Have 10+ years of product design experience, with deep experience working on complex B2B and B2C SaaS products and 3+ years of successfully building and managing design teams.

• Evidence of getting into the details to uphold a high standard of B2B design quality (UX and UI) and craftsmanship in your team’s work.

• Proven track record of producing designs that impact the business – by digging in yourself, leading through others, and influencing internal stakeholders.

• Deep experience partnering well with product management and engineering counterparts.

• Passion for leading, coaching, and building an inspired team through setting vision, unlocking potential, and driving compassionate accountability. Ability to establish a vibrant, opinionated, and inclusive design culture. 

• Deep curiosity about AI and cybersecurity. Prior experience in security is helpful but not required. We’ve found that leaders with strong design skills in technically complex areas can bring fresh perspectives to create great experiences for our users.

• As part of the interview, we require a portfolio that demonstrates work produced by your teams that has impacted the business, and operational practices you have implemented which have led to a higher functioning team.

What you can expect as a Vantan:

• Industry-competitive salary and equity

• 100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits with dependents coverage

• 16 weeks fully-paid parental Leave for all new parents

• Health & wellness and remote workplace stipends

• Family planning benefits through Carrot Fertility

• 401(k) matching

• Flexible work hours and location

• Open PTO policy

• 11 paid holidays in the US

• Offices in SF, NYC, Dublin, and Sydney. (While we are fully-remote EPD team, you are welcome to work from our offices)

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar-stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors and may vary based on candidate location, skills, depth of work experience, and relevant licenses/credentials.

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At Vanta, we are committed to hiring diverse talent of different backgrounds and as such, it is important to us to provide an inclusive work environment for all. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender identity, age, religion, sexual orientation, veteran or disability status, or any other protected class. As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage and welcome people of all backgrounds to apply.

About Vanta

We started in 2018, in the wake of several high-profile data breaches. Online security was only becoming more important, but we knew firsthand how hard it could be for fast-growing companies to invest the time and manpower it takes to build a solid security foundation. Vanta was inspired by a vision to restore trust in internet businesses by enabling companies to improve and prove their security.From our early days automating security monitoring for compliance standards like SOC 2, HIPAA and ISO 27001 to creating the world's leading Trust Management Platform, our vision remains unchanged. 

Now more than ever, making security continuous—not just a point-in-time check— is essential. Thousands of companies rely on Vanta to build, maintain and demonstrate their trust— all in a way that's real-time and transparent.