Director of Engineering, Vanta
GRC Core
$285-335k
Offers Equity
Automated compliance and security provider
Be an early applicant
Automated compliance and security provider
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$285-335k
Offers Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To secure the internet and protect consumer data.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of engineering leadership experience, with deep experience working on complex products in a high growth environment
- Passion for leading, coaching and building an inspired team through setting vision, unlocking potential, and driving compassionate accountability
- Business acumen paired with an understanding of how to drive step change results through product innovation
- Strong decision maker who effectively balances ambiguity, available data, speed, and quality
- Effective communicator and story-teller. Able to influence cross functional stakeholders and at all levels
- Operates at multiple altitudes, from developing vision and strategy to driving execution
What the job involves
- Our Director of Engineering will set strategies that deliver significant value to our customers and business and will lead high-performing teams to execute against them
- As a Director of Engineering, you will lead and grow a dynamic engineering organization focused on maturing our Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) product
- You will have a pivotal role in driving innovation for Vanta’s customers and business, scaling high-performing teams, and shaping the technical future of our products
- Lead multiple teams to deliver results consistently and sustainably while holding a high bar for execution and quality
- Independently identify and realize strategies that deliver significant value to our customers and business
- Guide technical strategy, ensuring that your teams are delivering long-term value aligned with Vanta’s business priorities
- Partner closely with your respective Design, Product and GTM counterparts to build best in class products and bring them to market
- Build a best-in-class engineering team. Coach, mentor and create an environment where your team can do their best work and deliver for the business
- Play an integral role in influencing and shaping Vanta’s engineering culture and strategy
Our take
The security auditing process is usually very time-consuming, taking hours to complete, and it is often difficult for start-ups to invest time into such a process. Yet, the benefits of security accreditation are enormous, mainly as many such businesses are working globally and need ways to demonstrate security compliance to one another. Vanta works specifically with start-ups to help them complete and pass security audits such as SOC 2 and ISO 27001.
The company is a compliance portal and security monitoring platform that businesses use to assess their risk levels. Vanta carries out a pre-audit of a company's digital security and highlights areas that need to be worked on before a full analysis of all threats is carried out. Other businesses such as Datadog or PagerDuty offer similar security monitoring services, but Vanta monitors its customers throughout the year, allowing any issues to be identified and addressed early on.
Vanta has found a valuable cybersecurity niche within the giant SaaS market. Companies such as Lattice, Clubhouse, and Calm are all customers, demonstrating a growing trend for companies to manage their cybersecurity proactively, which Vanta should be able to take advantage of to further grow and develop into the future.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
38% female employees
20% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jul 2024
$150m
SERIES C
Sep 2022
$40m
SERIES B
Total funding: $353m
Company benefits
- Health & Wellness: Vanta values the health and well-being of our teammates and offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for teammates and dependents. Vanta is excited to provide an additional range of benefits that holistically support your physical, emotional, and financial wellbeing
- Work Your Way: Enjoy a remote-first setup if you're in the US, or go hybrid at our international offices
- Paid Parental Leave: Industry competitive paid parental leave for all parents
- Time Away: Industry competitive and generous PTO policy
- 401K Plan: 401k matching contribution plan
Company values
- Put customers first: We center our customers and their needs in our work, and invest in long-term relationships with them
- Presume good intent: We naturally support and uplift our teammates and partners. We are kind to and respectful of Vanta’ns, partners, customers, and even competitors - and we presume good intent, especially with teammates.
- Bias for action: We make decisions and act quickly even in the face of uncertainty. When we get new information, we’re comfortable with reversing decisions as long as we move quickly so we can iterate and learn
- Lead with resilience: We don’t let day-to-day volatility knock us off course - we operate with resilience and fortitude. We see rapid change as an opportunity to continue redefining an industry in service of our customers
- Decide with frameworks: We develop and use frameworks to evaluate alternatives neutrally, focus requests for feedback, explain the “why” behind decisions, and ensure that similar decisions in the future are made consistently
- Do what it says on the tin: We hold ourselves to the highest standards, and are truthful, humble, and accountable, especially when we (inevitably) make mistakes along the way
Company HQ
Civic Center, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Christina Cacioppo
(CEO)Worked in Investment at Union Square Ventures, before becoming a Professor at the School of Visual Arts. Co-founded Nebula Labs, and worked in Product Management at Dropbox.
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