Engineering Manager - Customer Trust

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. The Customer Trust team owns the products that help organizations put security assessments on autopilot, and this Engineering Management role leads the squad building it. With 11 engineers across the Trust Center and Questionnaire product, you'll drive two of Vanta's most strategically important roadmaps: fully automating inbound customer assessments make it easy for our customers to project trust transparently to their customers This is an execution-first role in one of Vanta's highest-visibility product areas. The roadmap is defined, product-market fit is proven, and the opportunity is in leading these squads to deliver with urgency and precision, at the intersection of agentic AI innovation and enterprise expansion. Visit our Vanta Engineering Blog to learn more about what our team is working on! What you’ll do as a Engineering Manager at Vanta: Lead two squads to deliver consistently and sustainably against a clear product roadmapSet a high-accountability, high-ownership delivery culture — weekly goal tracking, tech spec reviews, and proactive project visibilityPartner closely with product and design to shape roadmap priorities, make tradeoff decisions, and ensure engineering is a strong voice in what gets built and whyEngage meaningfully in technical decisions — read specs, participate in architecture discussions, and guide your team toward sound engineering choices without needing to write all the code yourselfAttract, grow, and retain strong engineers; manage and uplevel senior ICs and foster an environment where your team does their best workWork cross-functionally with GTM, the AI Platform team, and other partners to identify opportunities, clear blockers, and ship for the businessContribute to Vanta’s engineering culture by helping build the processes, norms, and practices that help the whole organization scale How to be successful in this role: 2+ years of full-time engineering management experience leading teams of 6–8+ engineersTrack record of running high-execution teams with disciplined delivery practices — tech spec reviews, weekly goal tracking, and strong timeline accountabilityExperience managing and upleveling senior individual contributorsProduct engineering background: you’ve led teams building customer-facing software, not primarily infrastructure or platformTechnically engaged and comfortable in architecture discussions, able to read specs critically and make informed tradeoff decisionsProven ability to shape product and long-term technical strategy in close partnership with a PMStrong decision maker who effectively balances ambiguity, available data, speed, and qualityUses AI in day-to-day work to amplify your skills and strengthen your outcomes, applying it across routine workflows, actively building fluency through experimentation, and exercising sound judgment to ensure AI-assisted work meets a high quality bar. What you can expect as a Vanta’n in Canada: Industry-competitive salary and equity100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits with dependents coveragePension contribution16 weeks paid Parental Leave for all new parentsHealth & wellness stipendRemote workspace, internet, and cellphone stipendFlexible work hours and location21 days of Vacation Time and 80 hours of Sick Leave11 company-paid holidaysVirtual team building activities, lunch and learns, and other company-wide events!Offices in SF, NYC, London, Dublin, Tel Aviv, and Sydney 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. Referral Instructions If you are being referred for the role, please contact that person to apply on your behalf.