Director of GRC, Vanta
Subject Matter Expert
$246-289k
OTE
+ Equity
AI trust management platform
Job no longer available
AI trust management platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$246-289k
OTE
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help businesses earn and prove trust.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience working in the Governance, Risk, and Compliance industry
- Strong leadership experience and an ability to lead a team from a foundation of transparency and trust
- Experience working with security and privacy frameworks, including SOC2, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, FedRAMP, HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA
- Demonstrable expertise in SOC 2 or ISO 27001 at minimum
- Experience managing a large team of people (10+)
- Experience working and interfacing with C-level customer contacts
- Technical expertise to understand and explain security and GRC concepts
- Familiarity with Cloud Infrastructure, Risk Management, Vendor Risk Management, Vulnerabilities Management, and their related security processes
- Experience in building productive relationships and driving collaboration with both technical and non-technical teams
- Knowledge of the cybersecurity audit process
- Public accounting experience preferred, but not required
- Security compliance management experience within a SaaS environment preferred, but not required
- Professional customer facing experience preferred, but not required
- Security certifications (e.g. CISA, CISSP) and/or formal education strongly preferred, but not required
What the job involves
- As a Director of GRC Subject Matter Expert, you will be a highly visible, customer-facing leader within Vanta’s Security team, responsible for representing Vanta’s Trust Management Platform to prospects and customers, as well as having a role in collaborating with internal teams to help drive and implement new features in the product
- Oversee the work of two primary teams. One customer facing GRC Subject Matter Expert team and one internal facing GRC Subject Matter Expert team
- Lead and grow a team of the best security professionals in the world, with a view of security that is forward thinking, human-centric, and trust-based
- Help define the strategy for future offerings to Vanta customers from subject matter expert teams
- Provide, both individually and through your teams, expert feedback to Vanta’s Engineering, Product and Design teams on our product offerings and serve as a strong customer voice in product development
- Represent Vanta’s products, vision, and voice as a trusted security thought leader in public security forums
- Participate within the CISO leadership team and collaborate extensively with other leaders within the Security and Enterprise Engineering teams
- Track the team’s performance and report goals and objectives to leaders outside of the security team
- Partner with the Vanta's Sales and Customer Success teams to represent Vanta’s Trust Management Platform to prospects and customers
- Engage with executives at prospect and customer organizations to establish relationships with customers’ Security and Compliance points of contact
- Become an expert on the security features available for customers to deploy within Vanta, including best practices for implementation
- Use your expert knowledge of compliance frameworks like SOC 2 and ISO 27001 to advise customers regarding questions about scoping, policy creation, detailed control requirements and security best practices
- Leverage your knowledge of running Governance, Risk, and Compliance programs to help our customers navigate this function and meet their compliance goals
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams to provide customers with meaningful updates on features and programs
Our take
The security auditing process is usually very time-consuming, taking hours to complete, and it is often difficult for startups 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 startups 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's latest $150M raise, boosting its valuation to $4.15B, highlights the company's rapid growth and strong market position. With AI-driven automation, expanding government partnerships, and strategic acquisitions on the horizon, Vanta is scaling quickly while solving real customer problems. Backed by a talented leadership team and a growing customer base, the company looks set to continue its upward trajectory and build a lasting, sustainable business.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jul 2025
$150m
SERIES D
Jul 2024
$150m
SERIES C
Total funding: $500.2m
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 HQ
Civic Center, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Christina Cacioppo
(Founder & CEO)Prior to co-founding Vanta in 2017, Christina worked in Product Management for Dropbox. She was also a Professor at the School of Visual Arts and worked on the Investment Team at Union Square Ventures.
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