Senior Director, GRC Engineering

Company: Vanta
Location: Washington
Posted on: January 10, 2026

Job Description:

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 growing quickly and were continually moving upmarket, dealing with sophisticated customers with complex security and compliance environments and needs. Our Security team uses our own Vanta product to power our security program and functions as an innovative and forward thinking GRC team. As a Senior Director of GRC, you will be a highly visible leader within Vanta’s Security team, responsible for running our Governance, Risk, and Compliance efforts. If this sounds like you, and youre excited to use your capabilities to power the next evolution of the Vanta GRC team, we’d love to hear from you. What you’ll do as a Senior Director of GRC Engineering at Vanta: • Oversee the work of our governance, risk, and compliance functions that include Vendor Risk Management, Risk Management, Policy Management, Training and Awareness, and Customer Trust. • Ensure ongoing compliance to our SOC II and ISO certifications. • Drive the next evolution of our program to meet FedRAMP Authorization (Moderate 20x and Moderate Rev 5). • 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. • Drive concepts of GRC Engineering throughout your organization and lean into automated compliance strategies to show ongoing commitment to security. • Shape the next evolution of internal GRC strategy internally and be an active voice externally. • 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 Engineering and Operations teams. • Track the team’s performance and report goals and objectives to leaders outside of the security team • Partner with the Vantas Sales and Customer Success teams to represent Vanta’s Trust Management Platform to prospects and customers • Become an expert on the security features available for customers to deploy within Vanta, including best practices for implementation. • Serve as Vanta customer zero by testing and implementing all Vanta capabilities within our own GRC program. • Coordinate with cross-functional teams to provide customers with meaningful updates on features and programs How to be successful in this role: • 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 SOC II, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, and FedRAMP. • Demonstrable expertise in SOC II, ISO 27001, NIST 800-53 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, Policy Management, Security Training and Awareness, 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 audit process and experience owning SOC2, ISO, and FedRAMP audits. • 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 you can expect as a Vantan: • Industry-competitive compensation • 100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits with dependents coverage • 16 weeks fully-paid parental Leave for all new parents • Health & wellness and remote workplace stipends • Family planning benefits through Carrot Fertility • 401(k) matching • Flexible work hours and location • Open PTO policy • 11 paid holidays in the US • Offices in SF, NYC, London, Dublin, and Sydney

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