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Head of Design

Vanta· Product Design
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RemoteFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Lead the design organization (about 40 designers) at Vanta, shaping AI-native product experiences and building quality systems to enable scalable design. Focus on AI-forward design practice, collaboration with Product and Engineering, and maintaining high design standards across GRC, Trust, Platform, Self-serve, and AI.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of ~40 designers and design directors across GRC, Trust, Platform, Self-serve, and AI — setting org-wide direction and enabling each leader to do their best work
  • Lead the team building the next generation of agentic, AI-native product experiences — defining what great design looks like as Vanta’s products are increasingly shaped by AI
  • Establish an AI-native design practice: evolve agentic UX patterns, redesign team workflows around AI tooling, and define how design engineers and designers collaborate in an AI-first environment
  • Bring a strong point of view to design decisions — engaging deeply on interaction design, visual quality, and product direction, and building the trust that allows design decision-making to scale
  • Set a clear, shared standard for design quality across Vanta — spanning visual design, interaction design, and AI-enabled experiences — and build the systems that hold that bar consistently: design system, definitions of done, and launch review frameworks
  • Drive design as a first mover: shape design direction proactively, establishing the taste and systems that set the pace for the product and the org
  • Build strong partnerships with Product and Engineering, establishing shared quality frameworks embedded in how the whole org ships
  • Recruit and grow the team — develop existing leadership, maintain a high bar for AI fluency and design craft across every hire, and close capability gaps as the org evolves

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of design experience
  • 5+ years leading and scaling large design organizations, with director-level reports
  • Deep fluency in interaction design and visual craft
  • Deep B2B SaaS experience — SMB and enterprise, complex workflows, multi-user products, platform-level design challenges
  • Org-level AI fluency — built AI tooling, workflows, and cultural adoption into a design team’s practice
  • Proven track record building quality systems — design system ownership, definitions of done, launch review processes
  • Experience guiding design through a company inflection point — navigating ambiguity while maintaining quality and momentum
  • Strong xFN leadership — trusted by product and engineering counterparts, capable of aligning exec stakeholders
  • Authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship
  • Willingness to use AI to amplify skills responsibly and improve efficiency

Skills

Required:Design leadershipAI-native designInteraction designVisual design

Benefits

  • Industry-competitive salary and equity
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with employee-only premiums covered for most plans
  • 16 weeks fully-paid Parental Leave
  • Health & wellness stipend
  • Remote workspace, internet, and cellphone stipend
  • Commuter benefits for SF and NYC offices
  • Family planning benefits
  • Matching 401(k) with immediate vesting
  • Flexible PTO plus 80 hours Sick Time
  • 11 company-paid holidays
  • Virtual team activities and company-wide events
Last updated Jul 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Automate compliance, manage risk, and accelerate trust with AI

Vanta automates the complex and time-consuming process of SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001, PCI, and GDPR compliance certification. Automate your security monitoring in weeks instead of months.

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