Director of Design

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Assist organizations in building and demonstrating trust through ongoing security monitoring and verification.

• Establish the vision and design strategy for Vanta’s Risk product domain.

• Lead, mentor, and cultivate a high-performing team of product designers.

• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Research, Content Design, Design Systems, and Go-to-Market teams.

• Convert intricate risk management workflows into user-friendly, scalable experiences.

• Define experiences for identifying, assessing, treating, monitoring, communicating, and reporting on risk.

• Create interconnected workflows across risks, assets, vendors, controls, tasks, frameworks, owners, approvals, and organizational hierarchies.

• Oversee enterprise-grade risk registers, dashboards, reporting experiences, and workflows.

• Lead customer-focused discovery and research with risk managers, security leaders, compliance professionals, and clients.

• Set a high standard for interaction design, visual design, information architecture, accessibility, content, and product quality.

• Influence product strategy and roadmap decisions through design perspectives, customer insights, prototypes, and narratives.

• Develop frameworks and processes that promote effective decision-making, speed, and consistency.

• Collaborate with Design Systems to enhance reusable patterns.

• Align cross-functional teams around a unified customer experience vision.

• Define and assess design impact through customer outcomes, product adoption, usability, efficiency, and business results.

• Shape responsible AI-driven risk management experiences.

• Represent Design in leadership dialogues, planning sessions, product reviews, and cross-functional forums.

• Contribute to the wider Design organization by sharing best practices and mentoring others.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in designing digital products, with substantial experience in leading product design for complex B2B SaaS or enterprise software.

• More than 4 years of experience in managing and developing product designers, encompassing hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development.

• Proven ability to set design direction for a product area and translate company strategy into clear team priorities and outcomes.

• History of designing intuitive workflows for complex, data-intensive, or highly configurable products.

• Strong product thinking and systems thinking abilities.

• Experience working closely with Product and Engineering leaders to shape strategy, prioritize investments, and deliver high-caliber products.

• In-depth understanding of customer-centered design practices, including qualitative research, journey mapping, prototyping, usability testing, and iterative product development.

• Proficient in interaction design, information architecture, visual design, and storytelling, with a portfolio that showcases thoughtful and high-quality work.

• Experience in designing products within risk management, cybersecurity, compliance, GRC, IT, infrastructure, financial services, or another complex and regulated sector is advantageous.

• Familiarity with design systems and experience in creating scalable patterns.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and making decisions with incomplete information.

• Collaborative leadership style with a proven ability to build trust, support diverse perspectives, and unite teams around a common vision.

• Commitment to Vanta’s principles.

• Required: Bachelor’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Psychology, Computer Science, or a related field.

• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the necessity for current or future employer sponsorship.

• Responsible for safeguarding Vanta and customer data.

• Open to utilizing AI to enhance skills and improve work, while exercising sound judgment in applying AI responsibly.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity package within the industry.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, with 100% of employee-only benefit premiums covered for most medical options.

• 16 weeks of paid Parental Leave for all new parents.

• Health & wellness stipend.

• Stipend for remote workspace, internet, and cellphone expenses.

• Commuter benefits for team members who work from the SF and NYC offices.

• Family planning benefits.

• Matching 401(k) contribution with immediate vesting.

• Flexible PTO policy, along with 80 hours of Sick Time.

• 11 company-paid holidays.

• Virtual team-building activities, lunch and learns, and other company-wide events.