Director, Vanta for Government Partnerships

At Vanta, our mission is to help businesses earn and prove trust. We believe that security should be monitored and verified continuously, and we empower companies to practice better security and prove it with ease. Vanta has a kind and talented team, and while some have prior security experience, many have been successful at Vanta without it. As a Director of Product on our Governance & Compliance team, you will own the product strategy and deliver key capabilities that enable Vanta’s GRC product to meet the needs of our largest enterprise customers. You will drive company-wide initiatives requiring deep partnerships across PMM, engineering, design, and go-to-market teams. You will help scale Vanta’s capabilities alongside our rapidly growing customer base and shape the culture and processes of the product team, all while growing the talented PMs you lead. This role reports directly to the VP of Product for Governance and Compliance. What you’ll do as a Director of Product at Vanta: Own the product strategy and roadmap for across trust, audit, and segmentation Inherit, lead and grow a product team: Hire and mentor product managers while establishing strong product thinking and execution. Evolve your area’s product strategy to an AI-first approach, enabling agentic workflows within the product and with the outside ecosystem Be accountable for critical business metrics, including: Revenue from products and add-ons under your purview. Enterprise customer adoption and satisfaction metrics. Collaborate cross-functionally to define a vision and roadmap that balances innovation, scalability, and customer impact. How to be successful in this role: 12+ years of product management experience in high-growth and complex environments. 5+ years of experience hiring, managing, and growing high-performing teams. A passion for scaling B2B SaaS products that serve SMB and enterprise customers alike. A track record of setting clear product vision and business strategies for comple

What you’ll do Execute weekly system-level exploratory testing across the scanner and supporting software; log and triage issues with clear reproduction steps. Work with engineering to debug root cause and validate fixes. Help maintain the DHF and traceability between user needs, design requirements, tests, and results. Own practical test execution logistics (fixtures, test data, environments, calibration artifacts) and keep things repeatable. Help build the continuous testing strategy: automated tests where feasible, plus structured manual and system tests. Support V&V activities, including coordination with external partners as needed. What we’re looking for Strong hands-on testing instincts for complex electromechanical systems with substantial software. Ability to write clear bug reports and communicate risk/impact. Experience building and maintaining test plans/protocols; comfort operating lab equipment and debugging across layers. Useful experience Experience testing complex systems end-to-end (automation where it pays off, plus hands-on hardware/instrumentation). Medical device or other safety-critical environments and comfort translating risk into practical test coverage.