Staff Product Manager, Scoping & Segmentation at Vanta

Role Overview

As a Staff Product Manager at Vanta, you'll be at the forefront of shaping how businesses manage their complex compliance programs. You'll own the vision and strategy for our Scoping & Segmentation tools, which help customers organize and automate their compliance efforts across multiple frameworks and business units. This role is crucial for enabling Vanta to scale and meet the needs of larger, more sophisticated companies. You will drive the use of AI within our products to help our customers manage millions of assets, simplify setup, recommend next steps, and surface insights to prevent issues before they arise. Your work will directly impact how our customers manage their compliance work across teams, track progress, and stay audit-ready with less manual effort.

A Day in the Life

Your day will be a mix of strategic planning, customer interaction, and collaboration with cross-functional teams. You might start by analyzing customer feedback to identify pain points and opportunities for improvement. Then, you could work with designers and engineers to refine product specifications and prioritize features. You’ll also spend time collaborating with Sales, Marketing, and Customer Service to ensure a seamless customer journey. A portion of your day will be dedicated to exploring and integrating AI solutions into our products. This could involve prompt engineering for LLMs, evaluating the performance of AI models, and iterating on designs based on data and user feedback. You will also be responsible for communicating the product vision and roadmap to stakeholders across the company and ensuring alignment.

Why Location: Remote U.S.

This position is remote within the United States, offering you the flexibility to work from anywhere within the country. Vanta values a distributed workforce and believes that talent can be found anywhere. Being remote allows you to optimize your work environment for productivity and maintain a healthy work-life balance. Vanta ensures remote employees are fully integrated into the team through regular virtual meetings, collaboration tools, and opportunities for in-person gatherings.

Career Path

At Vanta, we're invested in your growth. As a Staff Product Manager, Scoping & Segmentation, you have several potential career paths. You could grow into a Principal Product Manager, leading a larger team and influencing the overall product strategy. Another option is to specialize further within the GRC space, becoming a subject matter expert and driving innovation in specific areas of compliance. Vanta also supports transitions into other product areas or even different departments based on your interests and skills. We provide mentorship, training, and opportunities to expand your knowledge and expertise.

Salary & Benefits

Vanta offers a competitive salary and benefits package. While the exact salary will depend on your experience and qualifications, you can expect an industry-competitive offer along with equity in the company. Our comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, with 100% of employee-only benefit premiums covered for most medical plans. We also offer 16 weeks of fully-paid parental leave for all new parents, a flexible work environment, generous paid time off, company-sponsored events, an employee assistance program, wellness programs, commuter benefits, and a retirement plan with company match.

Security Culture

At Vanta, security is not just a product; it's ingrained in our culture. We believe that security should be monitored and verified continuously. Every Vanta'n plays a role in maintaining our security posture. We provide regular security training and encourage employees to be vigilant about potential threats. We foster a culture of transparency and accountability, where everyone feels empowered to report security concerns. By joining Vanta, you'll be part of a team that is passionate about building and maintaining a secure environment for our customers and ourselves.

How to Apply

If you're excited about the opportunity to shape the future of compliance and make a real impact on businesses around the world, we encourage you to apply. Please submit your resume and a cover letter highlighting your relevant experience and why you're a good fit for this role. We're looking for candidates who are passionate about product management, have a strong understanding of SaaS and B2B markets, and are eager to leverage AI to solve complex problems. We review applications on a rolling basis and will contact you if we'd like to schedule an interview.

FAQ

1. What is Vanta's mission?

   Vanta's mission is to help businesses earn and prove trust by making security monitoring and verification continuous and empowering companies to practice better security with ease.

2. What does the Scoping & Segmentation team do?

   The Scoping & Segmentation team builds tools that help customers manage complex compliance programs as their organizations grow, defining what's in scope for each area of their business.

3. How will AI be used in this role?

   You will shape how Vanta uses AI to help customers manage millions of assets, simplify setup, recommend next steps, and surface insights that help customers prevent issues before they happen.

4. What are the key responsibilities of this role?

   Key responsibilities include owning the vision and strategy for Scoping & Segmentation, identifying opportunities to leverage AI, distilling complex problems into prioritized goals, and delivering high-quality products.

5. What qualifications are needed for this role?

   Qualifications include 10+ years of product management experience, experience shipping AI-powered products, a customer-focused mindset, strong analytical skills, and excellent communication skills.

6. What benefits does Vanta offer?

   Vanta offers a competitive salary and equity, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, fully-paid parental leave, a flexible work environment, and generous paid time off.

7. What is the career path for this role?

   Potential career paths include growing into a Principal Product Manager or specializing further within the GRC space. Vanta also supports transitions into other product areas or departments.

8. How does Vanta ensure remote employees are integrated?

   Vanta ensures remote employees are fully integrated through regular virtual meetings, collaboration tools, and opportunities for in-person gatherings.

9. What is Vanta's security culture like?

   Security is ingrained in Vanta's culture. We foster a culture of transparency and accountability, where everyone feels empowered to report security concerns.

10. How can I apply for this role?

    Please submit your resume and a cover letter highlighting your relevant experience and why you're a good fit for this role via the application link on the Vanta careers page.