Senior Director of Design

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

📋 Description

• Provide leadership for the agentic direction of Governance & Compliance.

• Enhance existing agents, outline future capabilities, and foster collaboration between individuals and agents.

• Take ownership of design quality within the Governance & Compliance sector.

• Establish design standards and promote consistency from initial concept to final launch.

• Guide decisions regarding scoping, segmentation, organizational units, permissions, and multi-entity audits.

• Integrate AI into team workflows utilizing Vanta’s design harness.

• Assist designers in prototyping and delivering solutions more efficiently while upholding high craft quality.

• Cultivate design leaders and senior individual contributors.

• Create a high-trust environment and expand the team as the pillar develops.

• Collaborate with product and engineering leadership as an equal partner to jointly oversee outcomes and quality.

• Report directly to the Head of Design.

• Lead a team comprising senior, staff, and principal designers, with senior managers and directors reporting to this role.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in delivering agentic or AI-driven products, with a perspective on designing for non-deterministic outputs.

• Practical experience using AI in the design process, including prototyping, harness integration, or coding.

• Extensive background in enterprise B2B SaaS.

• Knowledge of custom configurations, multi-org workflows, and large-scale deployments.

• Strong systems thinking capabilities, including the design of object models and patterns across various surfaces.

• Comfort in collaborating closely with engineers in a technical, domain-centric field such as GRC.

• Experience in leading teams of 12 or more, including design directors, design managers, and staff individual contributors.

• A portfolio that demonstrates the ability to simplify complex products and showcases shipped AI-driven experiences; required for interview consideration.

• Authorization to work in the U.S. without current or future employer sponsorship.

• Accountability for safeguarding Vanta and customer data.

• Regular use of AI in everyday tasks, emphasizing experimentation, skill development, and sound judgment to uphold quality.

• A required portfolio, LinkedIn profile, resume, and responses to application questions.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity package within the industry.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance, with 100% coverage for employee-only premiums on most medical plans.

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

• Health and wellness stipend.

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

• Commuter benefits for team members working in the SF and NYC offices.

• Family planning benefits.

• Matching 401(k) contributions with immediate vesting.

• Flexible Paid Time Off policy, in addition to 80 hours of Sick Time.

• 11 company-paid holidays.

• Opportunities for virtual team building, lunch and learns, and other company-wide events.