Staff Product Manager, Third-Party Risk Management

Summary

Join Vanta's Vendor Risk team as a Staff Product Manager to lead the development of a next-generation, AI-powered vendor risk management solution. You will define and execute product strategy, conduct customer research, build continuous monitoring capabilities, and oversee the entire product lifecycle. Collaboration with engineering, design, and GTM teams is crucial. Success requires 8+ years in product management within B2B SaaS environments, strong customer empathy, and experience in 0-to-1 product development. Vanta offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, flexible work arrangements, and a supportive team culture.

Requirements

• 8+ Years in Product Management: Proven experience leading product strategy and managing teams in high-growth, B2B SaaS environments
• Customer Empathy and Discovery Skills: A deeply customer-centric approach, with a proactive attitude toward understanding user needs and market gaps
• Framework and 0-1 Product Thinking: Strong ability to navigate ambiguity and make structured decisions to balance complex trade-offs. Experience with building products from scratch is highly valued
• Project Execution and Prioritization: A track record of delivering results and maintaining team focus on execution
• Interest in Security and AI/ML: Familiarity with or enthusiasm for the security space and a desire to explore how AI/ML can power vendor risk management solutions

Responsibilities

• Define and Execute Product Strategy: Develop and implement a strategy and roadmap for the VRM team, prioritizing features that address core customer needs and allow for scalable, continuous risk monitoring
• Customer-Focused Discovery: Lead research initiatives to understand the challenges our customers face in risk management. Gather insights from direct outreach and build solutions that address their most pressing issues
• Build Continuous Monitoring Capabilities: Define and deliver Vanta’s vision for ongoing vendor risk assessment, considering what to build, buy, or partner on to provide the most robust, up-to-date insights
• 0-to-1 Product Development: Oversee the full product lifecycle, from initial ideation through launch. Balance immediate needs with long-term strategic goals and navigate complex trade-offs
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner with Engineering, Design, and GTM teams to ensure solutions are valuable, feasible, and user-friendly
• Market Expansion and AI Strategy: Explore and integrate relevant data sources and AI/ML capabilities to enable more proactive, automated risk management

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
• 401(k) matching
• Flexible work hours and location
• Open PTO policy
• 9 paid holidays in the US
• Offices in SF, NYC, Dublin, and Sydney