Vanta is hiring a
Subject Matter Expert

Summary

The job is for a Subject Matter Expert, GRC at Vanta, responsible for representing the company's Trust Management Platform to prospects and customers, collaborating with internal teams to improve product features, and advising customers on compliance frameworks. The role requires experience working with security and privacy frameworks, C-level customer contacts, and technical teams.

Requirements

• 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 working and interfacing with C-level customer contacts
• Technical expertise to understand and explain security and GRC concepts
• Familiarity with Cloud Infrastructure, Version Control Systems, Risk Management, Vulnerabilities, and their related security processes
• Experience in building productive relationships and driving collaboration with both technical and non-technical teams
• Knowledge of the cybersecurity about 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 to enable faster and more seamless experiences for our 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 prospect questions about Vanta’s own security and compliance practices
• Answer questions for internal stakeholders about security and compliance

Preferred Qualifications

• Public accounting experience preferred, but not required
• Security compliance management experience within a SaaS environment preferred, but not required
• Sales Engineering or Technical Support experience preferred, but not required
• Security certifications (e.g. CISA, CISSP, CIPP/E) and/or formal education preferred, but not required

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