Senior Design Operations Manager

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Compliance • Security • SaaS

Vanta is a trust management platform that streamlines compliance workflows and enhances security programs for businesses. By leveraging automation, Vanta helps companies achieve and maintain compliance with frameworks like SOC 2, ISO 27001, and GDPR. It offers solutions for companies of all sizes, from startups to enterprises, ensuring security and compliance at scale. With integrations with over 375 tools, Vanta leverages AI to simplify tasks such as questionnaire automation and vendor risk management. Vanta empowers service providers and auditors to deliver efficient and satisfactory experiences, helping businesses build trust with their clients and partners.

201 - 500 employees

Founded 2018

📋 Compliance

🔐 Security

☁️ SaaS

💰 $40M Series B on 2022-10

📋 Description

• Own the design operating system: Build, maintain, and evolve how the Design team plans, reviews, and collaborates across EPD. • Drive design rhythms: Establish consistent, high-quality team rituals such as critiques, shareouts, and reviews that drive alignment and elevate craft. • Manage and facilitate leadership meetings: Run agendas for Design LT and all-hands meetings, ensuring focus, follow-through, and clarity. • Capacity planning: Partner with Design leadership to model and track team bandwidth, helping inform prioritization and tradeoffs across initiatives. • Own tooling and workflow: Manage design tooling (e.g., Figma, Mobbin, HeyMarvin) and partner with Procurement to secure new tools that improve efficiency, collaboration, and AI fluency. • Drive onboarding and enablement: Maintain and update onboarding programming in partnership with EPD Onboarding and Learning teams to ensure new designers ramp quickly and effectively. • Program manage cross-functional design initiatives: Lead horizontal projects like rebrands or design system rollouts in partnership with cross-functional teams. • Enable design leadership: Free up Design leaders’ time by managing coordination, communication, and planning logistics. • Support culture and growth: Lead follow-ups from culture research, coordinate design offsites, and help facilitate initiatives that strengthen community and collaboration.

🎯 Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in design operations, program management, or creative operations, ideally within a design or EPD organization at a fast-paced software company. • Proven experience building scalable systems and workflows that enable creative teams to focus on high-impact work. • Strong project management and stakeholder communication skills; able to manage multiple programs and align diverse teams. • Demonstrated ability to use data and feedback to continuously improve programs and processes. • Proficient in design tools and systems (e.g., Figma, Notion, Asana, Guru), with an interest in emerging AI design tools. • Adept at building clarity and structure within ambiguity, driving alignment across multiple leaders and teams. • Comfortable working independently while collaborating cross-functionally with Design, Product, Engineering, and People teams. • Passionate about design culture and craft, and about enabling teams to do their best creative work.

🏖️ Benefits

• Industry-competitive compensation • 100% covered medical, dental, and vision benefits with dependents coverage • 16 weeks fully-paid parental Leave for all new parents • Health & wellness and remote workplace stipends • Family planning benefits through Carrot Fertility • 401(k) matching • Flexible work hours and location • Open PTO policy • 11 paid holidays in the US