Compensation Lead, Vanta
$188-221k
+ Equity
AI trust management platform
Open for applications
AI trust management platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$188-221k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help businesses earn and prove trust.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of experience in compensation, with at least 3 years in a leadership role
- Strong analytical and modeling skills, with proven ability to build, maintain, and simplify complex models in Excel/Google Sheets
- Deep familiarity with core compensation data sources and how they map jobs, particularly Radford and Pave
- Experience with executive compensation and deep familiarity with current executive compensation methodologies and data sources
- Great communication and stakeholder management skills, with a demonstrated ability to build trust with senior business leaders
What the job involves
- As Vanta’s Compensation Lead, you’ll be responsible for driving our execution around compensation for all Vanta’ns, and, with our Head of People Operations and Chief People and Legal Officer, own our overall compensation strategy
- You’ll work closely with our People Operations, People Business Partner, and Finance Teams to make sure that all Vanta’ns are compensated in accordance with our compensation strategy, and that the strategy and execution remain competitive with market trends
- This role reports to Vanta’s Head of People Operations
- Partner with Head of People Ops & Chief People Officer to manage and iterate on our compensation philosophy and strategy across all levels and jobs at Vanta, focused on attracting and retaining the best talent in tech
- Execute on and improve our existing compensation processes, particularly our fine-grained job matching and compensation process, our regular compensation band refresh against market data, and our regular compensation cycles for our team
- Provide thought leadership and market data across all of the various aspects of core compensation, including new hire salary and equity, ongoing salary and equity compensation, and incentive plans
- Develop recommendations to change and improve our compensation programs as the business grows and the market changes
- Assist in administering our executive compensation programs, including benchmarking and strategy
- Own and iterate on our existing compensation tech stack and workflows
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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