Director of Product, Governance & Compliance
Vanta is hiring a Director of Product, Governance & Compliance for a remote role open to applicants in United States. It pays $286k-$336k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Vanta.
Level's read on this job
- Level rates this role Works on AI ●●●○: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- This is listed as a remote role.
- The posting mentions LLMs, AI agents and product management among its tools and skills.
- Level classes it as an executive role.
- Vanta has 77 other open roles on Level.
AI in this role
Drive the product vision and roadmap for AI-powered autonomous audit agents and trust management workflows at Vanta.
At Vanta, our mission is to help businesses earn and prove trust. 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.
Vanta is the AI-powered Trust Management platform redefining how businesses earn and prove trust. As a Director of Product, you will lead Vanta’s expansion of agentic workflows, focused on audit and proof outcomes. You will own the strategy and vision for how agentic features and products can accelerate and simplify earning trust through audits, trust centers, questionnaires and more. You will drive an opinionated vision for how LLMs and agentic workflows are natively embedded into enterprise software and own the product strategy and deliver key capabilities that enable Vanta’s GRC product to meet the needs of our largest enterprise customers.
You will drive company-wide initiatives requiring deep partnerships across PMM, engineering, design, and go-to-market teams. You will help scale Vanta’s capabilities alongside our rapidly growing customer base and shape the culture and processes of the product team, all while growing the talented PMs you lead. This role reports directly to the VP of Product for Governance and Compliance.
What you’ll do as a Director of Product at Vanta:
Set the vision and product roadmap for autonomous audit agents—transforming manual internal/external audit workflows into automated workflows, powered by AI
Own Questionnaire Automation and Trust Centers, turning customer security postures into a competitive growth driver while partnering directly with EPD and GTM leadership to unblock enterprise deals.
Architect the multi-entity, multi-region, and complex organizational structures (business units, divisions, subsidiaries) required to support Fortune 500-level enterprise deployments.
Own the product strategy and roadmap for across trust, audit, and segmentation
Inherit, lead and grow a product team: Hire and mentor product managers while establishing strong product thinking and execution.
Evolve your area’s product strategy to an AI-first approach, enabling agentic workflows within the product and with the outside ecosystem
Be accountable for critical business metrics, including:
Revenue from products and add-ons under your purview.
Enterprise customer adoption and satisfaction metrics.
Collaborate cross-functionally to define a vision and roadmap that balances innovation, scalability, and customer impact.
How to be successful in this role:
12+ years of Product Management experience with deep enterprise product instincts, having built for complex organization structures and B2B workflows.
5+ years of experience hiring, managing, and growing high-performing teams.
A passion for scaling B2B SaaS products that serve SMB and enterprise customers alike.
A track record of setting clear product vision and business strategies for complex product areas.
Proven experience in a high-growth environment similar to Vanta’s size or larger; if coming from a large enterprise incumbent, must have experience leading a fast-moving business unit.
A bias toward shipping and learning quickly
A deep commitment to building high-quality products and fostering that culture across the organization.
Strong decision-making skills, effectively balancing ambiguity, data, speed, and iteration.
Experience with security or compliance products is helpful but not required.
What you can expect as a Vanta’n:
Industry-competitive salary and equity
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, with 100% of employee-only benefit premiums covered for most medical plans
16 weeks fully-paid Parental Leave for all new parents
Health & wellness stipend
Remote workspace, internet, and cellphone stipend
Commuter benefits for team members who report to the SF and NYC office
Family planning benefits
Matching 401(k) contribution with immediate vesting
Flexible PTO policy, plus 80 hours of Sick Time
11 company-paid holidays
Virtual team building activities, lunch and learns, and other company-wide events!
Offices in SF, NYC, London, Dublin, Tel Aviv, and Sydney
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.
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How we rate this
Director of Product, Governance & Compliance at Vanta rates 70 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.
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- How do you decide when an AI agent can act on its own versus asking for approval first?
- Tell me about a project where product management was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where agentic workflows was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where compliance was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where strategy was part of your work. What did you do?
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- List these exact terms on your resume: AI agents, Product Management, Agentic Workflows, Compliance, and Strategy. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
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- Show where AI is part of your daily process, not a one-off project. This role expects it to be a running habit.
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