Is the Engineering Manager, Customer Trust role remote?

Yes — Vanta lists this as a fully remote position.

How much experience is required?

At least 2 years of relevant experience for this Engineering Manager, Customer Trust role.

What seniority level is this role?

Vanta targets lead candidates for this position.

Is this full-time or contract?

Full-time for this Engineering Manager, Customer Trust role at Vanta.

Engineering Manager, Customer Trust at Vanta

Joblaze summary

The Engineering Manager for Customer Trust at Vanta leads two squads focused on automating security assessments, ensuring that teams deliver on a well-defined product roadmap. This role requires a strong background in product engineering, with an emphasis on managing high-execution teams and engaging in technical discussions. Ideal candidates will have at least two years of engineering management experience and a track record of fostering accountability and ownership within their teams. Vanta's culture emphasizes collaboration across functions, particularly with product and design, to drive impactful outcomes.

Joblaze insights

Listed yesterday — first seen on Joblaze October 4, 2026. Last confirmed on Vanta's careers page October 4, 2026.

Quick facts

Is the Engineering Manager, Customer Trust role remote?: Yes — Vanta lists this as a fully remote position.
How much experience is required?: At least 2 years of relevant experience for this Engineering Manager, Customer Trust role.
What seniority level is this role?: Vanta targets lead candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?: Full-time for this Engineering Manager, Customer Trust role at Vanta.

From the original posting

The Customer Trust team owns the products that help organizations put security assessments on autopilot, and this Engineering Management role leads the squad building it. With 11 engineers across the Trust Center and Questionnaire product, you'll drive two of Vanta's most strategically important roadmaps: fully automating inbound customer assessments make it easy for our customers to project trust transparently to their customers

This is an execution-first role in one of Vanta's highest-visibility product areas. The roadmap is defined, product-market fit is proven, and the opportunity is in leading these squads to deliver with urgency and precision, at the intersection of agentic AI innovation and enterprise expansion.

Visit our Vanta Engineering Blog to learn more about what our team is working on!

What you’ll do as a Engineering Manager at Vanta:

Lead two squads to deliver consistently and sustainably against a clear product roadmap
Set a high-accountability, high-ownership delivery culture — weekly goal tracking, tech spec reviews, and proactive project visibility
Partner closely with product and design to shape roadmap priorities, make tradeoff decisions, and ensure engineering is a strong voice in what gets built and why
Engage meaningfully in technical decisions — read specs, participate in architecture discussions, and guide your team toward sound engineering choices without needing to write all the code yourself
Attract, grow, and retain strong engineers; manage and uplevel senior ICs and foster an environment where your team does their best work
Work cross-functionally with GTM, the AI Platform team, and other partners to identify opportunities, clear blockers, and ship for the business
Contribute to Vanta’s engineering culture by helping build the processes, norms, and practices that help the whole organization scale

How to be successful in this role:

2+ years of full-time engineering management experience leading teams of 6–8+ engineers
Track record of running high-execution teams with disciplined delivery practices — tech spec reviews, weekly goal tracking, and strong timeline accountability
Experience managing and upleveling senior individual contributors
Product engineering background: you’ve led teams building customer-facing software, not primarily infrastructure or platform
Technically engaged and comfortable in architecture discussions, able to read specs critically and make informed tradeoff decisions
Proven ability to shape product and long-term technical strategy in close partnership with a PM
Strong decision maker who effectively balances ambiguity, available data, speed, and quality
Uses AI in day-to-day work to amplify your skills and strengthen your outcomes, applying it across routine workflows, actively building fluency through experimentation, and exercising sound judgment to ensure AI-assisted work meets a high quality bar.

What you can expect as a Vanta’n:

Industry-competitive salary and equity
Health & wellness stipend
Remote workspace, internet, and cellphone stipend
Family planning benefits
Matching 401(k) contribution with immediate vesting
11 company-paid holidays

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Engineering Manager, Customer Trust

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