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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 the Senior Product Manager, Design Systems at Vanta, you'll own the product strategy and roadmap for how every team builds Vanta's interface. Your mission is to build the horizontal tooling that lets product, engineering, and design teams create consistent, high-quality user experiences faster, so they can spend more of their time on their customers. To be successful, you’ll need to have a high level of product taste and be able to set and hold the line for high quality and easy to use products. All while working closely with your engineering and design manager partners. You'll be part of Vanta's Platform organization, which builds the foundational primitives and craft layer the rest of the product is built on. This is the first dedicated Design Systems PM role at Vanta, so you'll help shape the function itself, not just the roadmap. It's a high-autonomy, highly cross-functional role at the center of how Vanta looks, feels, and scales. What you’ll do as a Senior Product Manager, Design Systems at Vanta: Own the vision and roadmap for the frontend, spanning the design system and the front-end platform, and ladder durable platform investments to company initiatives so design and engineering can focus on customers. Evolve our design system from a broad component library into smaller, composable building blocks with consistent APIs, including making components first-class for AI and LLM-driven experiences. Drive accessibility and internationalization programs to their committed milestones, including global-scale localization and meeting accessibility standards. Partner with our AI team to enable the agentic patterns product teams need to build the next generation of Vanta experiences. Run go-to-market and adoption for design-system changes, and lead ongoing quality and "paper cuts" triage as the craft team for the entire product. Partner closely with your engineering and design leads as a triad, continuously prioritizing the highest-impact work across a wide surface area. Look 12 to 18 months ahead at how the design system and front-end platform scale with Vanta, including AI-native use. How to be successful in this role: Have 4-8+ years of product management experience, with real ownership of a design system, frontend platform, or developer and design experience that served many teams. Bring craft and taste at scale. You have a clear point of view on quality, you can scale it across many teams, and you earn craft credibility with senior design and product leaders. Have a builder's mindset. You're not an engineer, but you're hands-on: you spin up prototypes and demos and build with the same component building blocks that your team ships. Collaborate horizontally and build trust. You serve every product team as an internal platform, build consensus across the company, and you're the partner other teams are glad to see at their door. Think in systems. You reason about how components, tokens, patterns, and front-end infrastructure fit together and cascade across every product surface. Tell the story. You translate why front-end and design-system investment matters into clear business value for leadership and cross-functional partners. 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. Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for current or future employer sponsorship. 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 paid Parental Leave for all new parents Health & wellness stipend Remote workspace, internet, and cellphone stipend Commuter

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About Vanta
Vanta (YC W18) is the leading automated compliance and trust management platform designed to simplify and centralize compliance and security workflows for organizations of all sizes.

Why YC Startups Need Vanta
As a YC company, proving your security compliance is crucial for hitting new milestones—from finding product market fit, to selling to bigger customers. We would know, we’ve been there—and we’ve helped over 10,000 customers do just that! Vanta's all-in-one solution, combined with expert service partners, helps you quickly and painlessly achieve and maintain compliance with top frameworks—like SOC 2 and ISO 27001—and build a strong security foundation, so you can close bigger deals and scale faster. Learn more at vanta.com.

YC Companies get Exclusive Discounts on Vanta’s packages:
Vanta’s packages for startups are designed to make security and compliance easier, faster, and more cost-effective. Whether you’re closing your first deal or gearing up for growth, our all-in-one solution provides the tools necessary to become compliant quickly, demonstrate your security posture, and build a strong security foundation.

Why Vanta?

Built for startups: Vanta knows startups. We went through YC in 2018 and have since helped thousands of startups, including YC companies Supabase (YC S20), Fern (YC W23), and Newfront (YC W18) achieve and maintain compliance quickly. Startups like Charityvest (YC S20), BreachRX, and Flo Health have gone from zero to SOC 2 Type I or ISO 27001 certification in 10 days or less with Vanta.

Future-proof, feature-rich, automated platform: Vanta’s modular platform is built for the needs of today and tomorrow, including:

35+ frameworks spanning security, privacy, industry, geographic, and custom frameworks
375+ integrations that automate evidence collection for these frameworks
1,200+ automated, hourly tests to ensure real, continuous security—not just at audit time, but all the time
Pre-built policy templates, lightweight agent for security checks, background checks, cyber insurance, cookie consent management, auditor portal, user access reviews, security awareness training, risk assessments, vendor security reviews, managing vulnerabilities, and more
Tailored support for early-stage companies: Vanta offers internal, no-cost Customer Success and GRC (compliance) experts, robust technical support, detailed documentation, and a 24/7 chatbot for frequently asked questions.
(Optional) Purchase Vanta with auditors experienced in your framework and the Vanta platform, or choose from a range of MSP/consulting partners for additional services like penetration tests and virtual CISO support—some at no cost. We don’t force vendor lock-in.
Transparent pricing and promises: Vanta strives to do what it says on the tin: we believe in setting and meeting customer expectations. We offer flexible contracts, fair and transparent pricing, and publish our support metrics. We prefer to focus on helping customers succeed and let them explain why they chose us over others—check out our G2 reviews and customer case studies!

Proven market leader and well-funded: Vanta was founded in 2018 and has raised $350M with over 700 employees. We’ve guided over 10,000 customers through their first or multiple audit cycles for various frameworks. These customer learnings and our funding help drive a fast pace of product development to delight customers and ensure Vanta will be there for you in the future.

Interested in seeing why Upflow (YC W20), Tailor (YC S22), and hundreds of other YC companies trust Vanta to automate compliance so they can focus on scaling? Reach out to our team at [email protected] to get started!

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