Field Chief Information Security Officer – Field CISO

🕒 December 9, 2025

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $398k - $468k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

👮‍♂️ Cybersecurity / Security Engineer

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Vanta

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2018

📋 Compliance

🔐 Security

☁️ SaaS

💰 $40M Series B on 2022-10

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.

📋 Description

• Serve as a trusted security thought leader in customer meetings, supporting sales, customer success, and partnerships. • Own the security narrative in late-stage cycles; lead C-suite briefings to de-risk decisions and establish trust. • Quota-attached executive overlay aligned to RVPs/AEs; own the security workstream to drive late-stage conversion and expansion. • Sit on weekly forecast calls; identify/clear security blockers to move deals from “Best Case” to “Commit.” • Articulate Vanta’s product vision and roadmap to technical and executive stakeholders. • Build mutual close plans with AEs; define security exit criteria for late stages. • Lead competitive takeouts; equip field with security battlecards and objection-handling talk tracks to displace incumbents. • Provide strategic security insights to help customers evaluate Vanta as their trusted partner. • Generate pipeline via security-led exec roundtables, CISO councils, and partner motions. • Deliver presentations, webinars, and thought leadership content to establish Vanta’s credibility in the market. • Provide feedback from the field to influence Vanta’s product roadmap and priorities. • Collaborate with product and engineering to embed customer-relevant security features. • Align closely with GTM leadership (Sales, Marketing, Customer Success) to accelerate enterprise growth. • Contribute to executive briefings, board-level discussions, and industry events as Vanta’s security evangelist. • Mentor internal teams on emerging security trends and customer concerns.

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years in security leadership (CISO, Deputy CISO, or similar advisory role) • Strong understanding of compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, FedRAMP, etc.) • Exceptional communication and storytelling skills for executive and technical audiences • Proven ability to translate complex security concepts for business and executive stakeholders • Experience supporting or collaborating with go-to-market teams in customer-facing conversations • Demonstrated success in building customer trust through clear communication, credibility, and thought leadership • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; comfortable presenting to customers, partners, and at industry events • Familiarity with SaaS, cloud-native environments, and AI-driven technologies is highly desirable • Connections to an extensive network of security professionals through a strong reputation built from prior roles.

🏖️ Benefits

• 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