# Director of Design

**Company:** [Vanta](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/vanta)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Product Design
**Salary:** $275k – $323k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Product Design, B2B SaaS, Enterprise Software, User Research, Journey Mapping, Prototyping, Usability Testing, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Visual Design, Design Systems, Accessibility, Risk Management, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence
**Posted:** 2026-08-25

> Leads the design strategy and product design organization for Vanta’s Risk product area, shaping enterprise and AI-powered workflows for complex risk management. Requires 10+ years of digital product design experience, 4+ years managing designers, and strong systems thinking across B2B SaaS products.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Set the vision and design strategy for Vanta’s Risk product area.
- Lead, mentor, hire, and develop a high-performing team of product designers.
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Research, Content Design, Design Systems, and Go-to-Market teams.
- Translate complex risk management workflows into intuitive, scalable enterprise experiences.
- Design workflows across risks, assets, vendors, controls, tasks, frameworks, owners, approvals, and organizational hierarchies.
- Guide enterprise-grade risk registers, dashboards, reporting experiences, and workflows.
- Lead customer discovery and research, including prototyping and validation with risk and security stakeholders.
- Establish a high bar 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 for effective, consistent design decisions.
- Partner with Design Systems to evolve reusable patterns.
- Define and measure design impact through customer outcomes, adoption, usability, efficiency, and business results.
- Shape AI-powered risk-management experiences with sound judgment around trust, transparency, and responsible AI use.
- Represent Design in leadership discussions, planning, product reviews, and cross-functional forums.
- Contribute to the broader Design organization through mentoring and best-practice sharing.

## Requirements
- 10+ years of experience designing digital products, including significant leadership experience in complex B2B SaaS or enterprise software.
- 4+ years managing and developing product designers, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development.
- Experience setting design direction for a product area and translating company strategy into team priorities and outcomes.
- Track record designing intuitive workflows for complex, data-rich, or highly configurable products.
- Strong product thinking and systems thinking.
- Experience partnering with Product and Engineering leaders on strategy, prioritization, and delivery.
- Customer-centered design experience, including qualitative research, journey mapping, prototyping, usability testing, and iterative development.
- Strong interaction design, information architecture, visual design, and storytelling skills, with a relevant portfolio.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to operate in ambiguity and balance strategic thinking with bias for action.
- Collaborative leadership style and ability to build trust and align teams.
- 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 current or future employer sponsorship.
- Willingness to use AI responsibly to improve efficiency and impact.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience in risk management, cybersecurity, compliance, GRC, IT, infrastructure, financial services, or another complex and regulated domain.
- Familiarity with design systems and scalable design patterns.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Base salary: $275,000–$323,000.
- Industry-competitive equity.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage, with employee-only premiums covered for most medical plans.
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
- Health and wellness stipend.
- Remote workspace, internet, and cellphone stipends.
- Commuter benefits for San Francisco and New York City office reporters.
- Family planning benefits.
- Matching 401(k) contribution with immediate vesting.
- Flexible paid time off, 80 hours of sick time, and 11 company-paid holidays.
- Virtual team activities, lunch and learns, and company-wide events.

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