Leadership Recruiter

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 our first Leadership Recruiter at Vanta, you’ll help shape the future of our leadership team and build a scalable leadership recruiting function.

This is a high-impact role for someone who’s excited to partner directly with C-suite and VP-level leaders to define roles, influence hiring strategy, and bring in high-impact talent across both technical and non-technical functions. You’ll elevate how leadership recruiting operates at Vanta - introducing structure where needed, leveraging data and market intelligence to guide decisions, and closing complex, competitive hires that meaningfully shape the company’s trajectory.

What you’ll do as a Leadership Recruiter at Vanta:

• Own full-cycle recruiting for leadership roles across technical and non-technical functions

• Partner directly with C-suite and VP+ level leaders to define hiring strategy and role scope

• Lead executive-level search strategy, market mapping, and complex offer negotiations

• Build and scale executive recruiting best practices, frameworks, and reporting
Maintain strong relationships with executive talent and investor talent teams

• Step in as a utility player on high-priority searches or special projects as needed

How to be successful in this role:

• 8+ years of experience in recruiting with at least 3+ years working on leadership level roles

• Executive Closing - Proven ability to handle complex compensation scenarios and close against top talent competitors for both technical and non-technical leadership roles

• Executive Client Management - Prior experience working directly with and maintaining strong relationships with C-Level executives and founders.

• Sourcing / Market Intelligence - Strong business acumen across a variety of tech industries and companies. Expert at understanding the leadership talent landscape across multiple functions. Builds high-quality pipelines for hard-to-fill leadership roles

• Autonomy & Growth Minded - Able to handle and distill ambiguity, influencing and driving developing leadership roles from scratch. Strong sense of perseverance, resilience, and self-awareness; always growth minded.

• Critical Thinking / Intellectual Curiosity - Data driven and analytical mindset and operating style. Constantly seeks to improve and learn; asks to understand and learns patterns quickly; applies insights across different functional areas.

• Open to using AI to amplify their skills and strengthen their work - demonstrating curiosity, a willingness to learn, and sound judgment in applying AI responsibly to improve efficiency and impact.

What you can expect as a Vanta’n:

• Industry-competitive salary and equity

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, with 100% of employee-only benefit premiums covered for most medical plans

• 16 weeks fully-paid Parental Leave for all new parents

• Health & wellness stipend

• Remote workspace, internet, and cellphone stipend

• Commuter benefits for team members who report to the SF and NYC office

• Family planning benefits

• Matching 401(k) contribution with immediate vesting

• Flexible PTO policy, plus 80 hours of Sick Time

• 11 company-paid holidays

• Virtual team building activities, lunch and learns, and other company-wide events!

• Offices in SF, NYC, London, Dublin, Tel Aviv, and Sydney

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state. We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on function, level, and country location, benchmarked against similar-stage growth companies. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors and may vary based on candidate location, skills, depth of work experience, and relevant licenses/credentials.

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At Vanta, we are committed to hiring diverse talent of different backgrounds and as such, it is important to us to provide an inclusive work environment for all. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender identity, age, religion, sexual orientation, veteran or disability status, or any other protected class. As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage and welcome people of all backgrounds to apply.

About Vanta

We started in 2018, in the wake of several high-profile data breaches. Online security was only becoming more important, but we knew firsthand how hard it could be for fast-growing companies to invest the time and manpower it takes to build a solid security foundation. Vanta was inspired by a vision to restore trust in internet businesses by enabling companies to improve and prove their security. From our early days automating security monitoring for compliance standards like SOC 2, HIPAA and ISO 27001 to creating the world's leading Trust Management Platform, our vision remains unchanged. 

Now more than ever, making security continuous—not just a point-in-time check— is essential. Thousands of companies rely on Vanta to build, maintain and demonstrate their trust— all in a way that's real-time and transparent.