Grc Subject Matter Expert

Summary

Join Vanta, a company dedicated to securing the internet and protecting consumer data, as a GRC Subject Matter Expert. You will be a customer-facing leader, representing Vanta's Trust Management Platform to prospects and customers. This role involves collaborating with internal teams to improve the product and working with sales and customer success teams. You will leverage your expertise in security and compliance frameworks like SOC 2 and ISO 27001 to advise customers. Success in this role requires experience with security and privacy frameworks and excellent communication skills. Vanta offers a competitive salary, benefits, and a remote-friendly work environment.

Requirements

• Experience working with security and privacy frameworks and regulations, including SOC2, ISO 27001, ISO 27701, GDPR, DORA, NIS2, TISAX, etc
• Demonstrable expertise in SOC 2 or ISO 27001 at minimum
• Experience communicating with C-level customer contacts
• Technical expertise to understand and explain security and GRC concepts
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, version control systems, risk management, vulnerability 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

• Partner with the Vanta's Sales and Customer Success teams to represent Vanta’s Trust Management Platform to prospects and customers
• Engage with executives and sr. staff at prospect and customer organizations to establish relationships with customer's 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
• Collaborate with Vanta’s GTM team to improve processes and enable faster and more seamless experiences for our customers
• Develop publicly-available marketing and education content for customers
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to provide customers with meaningful updates on features and programs
• Identify requirements that would enable additional customer use cases and drive implementation of customer requirements with relevant stakeholders
• Provide input and feedback on the development of security and GRC product features for Vanta’s customers
• Answer questions for internal and external stakeholders about security and compliance

Preferred Qualifications

• Security compliance management experience within a SaaS environment
• Sales Engineering or Technical Support experience
• Security certifications (e.g. CISA, CISSP, CIPP/E) and/or formal education

Benefits

• Industry-competitive salary and equity
• 100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits with dependents coverage
• 16 weeks paid parental leave for all new parents (birthing, non-birthing, and adoptive)
• Health & wellness stipend
• Remote workspace stipend
• Commuter benefits for team members who attend the office
• Pension matching
• 25 days of PTO per year and unlimited sick time
• 8 company paid holidays
• Virtual team building activities, lunch and learns, and other company-wide events!