About the role

Engineering Manager leading two squads building Vanta’s customer trust products. Driving automated security assessments for a trust management platform.

Responsibilities

Lead two squads of 11 engineers across the Trust Center and Questionnaire products
Deliver consistently and sustainably against a clear product roadmap
Set a high-accountability, high-ownership delivery culture through weekly goal tracking, tech spec reviews, and proactive project visibility
Partner with product and design to shape roadmap priorities, make tradeoff decisions, and ensure engineering has a strong voice in what gets built and why
Engage in technical decisions, read specifications, participate in architecture discussions, and guide sound engineering choices
Attract, grow, and retain strong engineers; manage and uplevel senior individual contributors
Work cross-functionally with GTM, the AI Platform team, and other partners to identify opportunities, clear blockers, and ship for the business
Contribute to Vanta’s engineering culture by building scalable processes, norms, and practices
Lead roadmaps for automating inbound customer assessments and helping customers project trust transparently to their customers

2+ years of full-time engineering management experience leading teams of 6–8+ engineers
Track record of running high-execution teams with disciplined delivery practices — tech spec reviews, weekly goal tracking, and strong timeline accountability
Experience managing and upleveling senior individual contributors
Product engineering background: experience leading teams building customer-facing software, not primarily infrastructure or platform
Technically engaged and comfortable in architecture discussions, able to read specs critically and make informed tradeoff decisions
Proven ability to shape product and long-term technical strategy in close partnership with a PM
Strong decision-making ability balancing ambiguity, available data, speed, and quality
Uses AI in day-to-day work to amplify skills and strengthen outcomes, applying it across routine workflows, building fluency through experimentation, and exercising sound judgment to ensure AI-assisted work meets a high quality bar
Must be legally authorized to work in the location where this role is based
Must indicate whether visa sponsorship is required now or in the future

Industry-competitive salary and equity
100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits with dependents coverage
Pension contribution
16 weeks paid Parental Leave for all new parents
Health & wellness stipend
Remote workspace, internet, and cellphone stipend
Flexible work hours and location
21 days of Vacation Time and 80 hours of Sick Leave
11 company-paid holidays
Virtual team building activities, lunch and learns, and other company-wide events