Security Operations Lead — AI-Driven & Trust-Focused

AI Chopping Block; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Remote workspace stipend

Parental leave (16 weeks)

Comprehensive benefits

Flexible PTO

11 company-paid holidays

Job summary

Vanta seeks an experienced Manager of Security Operations to lead its Security Operations team and partner with cross‑functional groups to advance trust across the platform.

You’ll shape the detection and response strategy, drive incident response as needed, and guide the adoption of AI-powered security practices while ensuring compliance with industry standards in a fast-growing SaaS environment.

Qualifications

• Strong leadership experience in security and ability to lead a global team with transparency and trust.
• Experience in security operations for SaaS/cloud environments.
• Experience crafting detections and observability strategies for security events.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a global security operations team with a focus on AI-first, human-centric security.
• Define strategy for security operations and enable robust security controls against emerging threats.
• Leverage AI to improve efficiency of security processes and maturity of the security program.

Skills

Security leadership

Security operations

Detections & observability

Regulatory compliance

AI in security

Incident response

Risk assessment

Cross-functional collaboration

AI governance

Job description

Vanta seeks an experienced Manager of Security Operations to lead its Security Operations team and partner with cross‑functional groups to advance trust across the platform.

You’ll shape the detection and response strategy, drive incident response as needed, and guide the adoption of AI-powered security practices while ensuring compliance with industry standards in a fast-growing SaaS environment.