Senior Director, Governance & Compliance Design

Vanta; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary & equity

Comprehensive benefits

Remote work stipend

Office locations

401(k) matching

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Vanta is seeking a Senior Director of Design for Governance & Compliance to set the agentic direction across the pillar and partner with product and engineering leadership to scale AI-enabled workflows.

You will lead senior, staff, and principal designers, own design quality from concept to ship, and drive cross-surface decisions for complex multi-entity configurations and enterprise deployments, ensuring a coherent user experience at scale.

Qualifications

• Shipped agentic or AI-forward products and can discuss non-deterministic outputs.
• Deep enterprise B2B SaaS experience with multi-org workflows.
• Portfolio showing how you simplified complex products and shipped AI-forward experiences (required for interview).
• Authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Lead the agentic direction for Governance & Compliance and shape collaboration with customers and teams.
• Own design quality across the pillar, setting standards from concept to ship.
• Design for enterprise complexity with cross-cutting decisions on scoping, permissions, and multi-entity audits.
• Influence how AI is integrated into teamwork and production harnesses.
• Develop and grow design leaders and managers, balancing strategy and execution.
• Partner with product and engineering as a peer to co-own outcomes.

Skills

Team leadership

AI-forward design

Design systems

Enterprise SaaS

Job description

Vanta is seeking a Senior Director of Design for Governance & Compliance to set the agentic direction across the pillar and partner with product and engineering leadership to scale AI-enabled workflows.

You will lead senior, staff, and principal designers, own design quality from concept to ship, and drive cross-surface decisions for complex multi-entity configurations and enterprise deployments, ensuring a coherent user experience at scale.