Remote Director, GRC Subject Matter Expert

Summary

Join Vanta's Security team as a Director of GRC Subject Matter Expert, a highly visible, customer-facing role. You will lead two teams (customer-facing and internal), define future offerings, provide expert feedback to internal teams, and represent Vanta as a security thought leader. This position requires 10+ years of GRC experience, strong leadership skills, and expertise in security and privacy frameworks. Vanta offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits (including 100% covered medical, dental, and vision, 16 weeks of parental leave, and 401k matching), flexible work arrangements, and a supportive team environment.

Requirements

• 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 SOC2, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, FedRAMP, HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA
• Demonstrable expertise in SOC 2 or ISO 27001 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, 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 cybersecurity audit process

Responsibilities

• Oversee the work of two primary teams. One customer facing GRC Subject Matter Expert team and one internal facing GRC Subject Matter Expert team
• 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
• Help define the strategy for future offerings to Vanta customers from subject matter expert teams
• 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 and Enterprise Engineering teams
• Track the team’s performance and report goals and objectives to leaders outside of the security team
• Partner with the Vanta's Sales and Customer Success teams to represent Vanta’s Trust Management Platform to prospects and customers
• Engage with executives at prospect and customer organizations to establish relationships with customers’ Security and Compliance points of contact
• Become an expert on the security features available for customers to deploy within Vanta, including best practices for implementation
• Use your expert knowledge of compliance frameworks like SOC 2 and ISO 27001 to advise customers regarding questions about scoping, policy creation, detailed control requirements and security best practices
• Leverage your knowledge of running Governance, Risk, and Compliance programs to help our customers navigate this function and meet their compliance goals
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to provide customers with meaningful updates on features and programs

Preferred Qualifications

• Public accounting experience
• Security compliance management experience within a SaaS environment
• Professional customer facing experience
• Security certifications (e.g. CISA, CISSP) and/or formal education

Benefits

• 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, Dublin, and Sydney