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VantaVantaUnited States

Senior Manager, Strategic Customer Success

Leads team of CSMs for Vanta's largest customers, driving retention, expansion, and value through strategic GRC expertise, data-driven decisions, and cross-functional influence. Requires 7+ years leading enterprise customer teams.

174k – 205k
Remote7+ YOECustomer Success

About the role

Responsibilities

Lead & Develop a High-Performing Team

  • Hire, mentor, and develop Strategic CSMs, fostering accountability, ownership, and customer obsession.
  • Build operating rhythms, expectations, and success metrics for consistent performance.
  • Coach team to act as trusted advisors on GRC and security programs.

Demonstrate Strategic Ownership

  • Diagnose challenges and design proactive solutions.
  • Evolve upmarket success motion including onboarding, planning, risk identification, and value realization.
  • Operate at multiple altitudes to solve systemic issues and root causes.

Drive Data-Informed Customer Outcomes

  • Use data for portfolio health, risk forecasting, and prioritization.
  • Translate insights into action plans for adoption, expansion, and retention.
  • Partner with RevOps on metrics, dashboards, and performance mechanisms.

Apply GRC Expertise or Learning Agility

  • Advise on complex frameworks, risk programs, and best practices.
  • Demonstrate domain curiosity and rapid learning for customer strategy.

Influence Cross-Functionally

  • Collaborate with Sales, Account Management, Product, and Marketing.
  • Represent strategic customer voice for product roadmap and improvements.
  • Participate in executive customer conversations and roadmap discussions.

Model Leadership Judgment & Resilience

  • Guide team through escalations with clarity and principled decisions.
  • Maintain focus through change, setbacks, and ambiguity.
  • Champion iterative, learning-oriented culture.

Engage Strategically With Customers

  • Travel 25–40% for onsite engagements, executive reviews, and partnership meetings.
  • Strengthen executive alignment and business value communication.

Requirements

Experience & Background

  • 7+ years leading customer-facing or consulting teams for Enterprise/Strategic accounts.
  • Expertise in GRC or security compliance, or proven rapid domain mastery.
  • Track record of owning strategic problems and driving scalable outcomes.

Leadership Capabilities

  • Strategic ownership, data literacy, business acumen, leadership judgment.
  • Strong communication, influence, resilience, iteration speed.
  • GRC fluency or learning agility.

Skills & Attributes

  • Exceptional critical thinking, structured problem-solving, situational awareness.
  • Comfort leading through uncertainty and change.
  • Strong executive presence and high-stakes conversation experience.
  • Open to using AI responsibly to amplify skills.

Compensation & Benefits

  • Industry-competitive salary and equity.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision (100% employee-only premiums covered for most plans).
  • 16 weeks fully-paid Parental Leave.
  • Health & wellness, remote workspace, internet, cellphone stipends.
  • Commuter benefits for SF/NYC offices.
  • Family planning, 401(k) matching, flexible PTO, 11 holidays.

Skills

GRCCustomer SuccessData AnalysisStrategic PlanningLeadershipRisk ManagementCompliance FrameworksAI ToolsExecutive CommunicationRevops
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