VP of Brand

What you’ll do as the VP of Brand at Vanta

• Set the Brand Vision: Define and evolve how Vanta shows up across every touchpoint. Ensure the brand is consistent, distinctive, and clearly differentiated across Creative, Content & Social, and Communications.
• Lead Creative: Build and scale a world-class creative organization across brand design, advertising, web, video, motion, and production. Set the visual and experiential standard for Vanta. Develop strong second-line leadership and maintain a high bar for craft. Embrace the cutting edge of AI tools and use them to constantly find an edge.
• Lead Content & Social: Own Vanta’s voice, editorial strategy, and presence across owned channels. Build programming that earns attention and drives sharing, from short-form video to data-driven storytelling. Establish a clear point of view on where attention is going and how Vanta shows up in culture. Make Vanta feel relevant and hard to ignore.
• Lead Communications: Own Vanta’s external narrative across media, analysts, and industry voices. Drive narrative ownership and share of voice for our category. Expand earned media and build a durable executive thought leadership platform.
• Drive measurable brand impact: Build a brand engine that drives demand, increases awareness, and ties investment to pipeline and revenue through clear leading indicators.
• Craft unexpected in-person experiences: Design Vanta’s presence at events, conferences, and experiential moments, including our flagship conference and major industry events like RSA.
• Experiment and scale: Test bold creative ideas across new formats and channels. Turn what works into repeatable systems and playbooks.
• Partner with leadership: Work closely with the CMO, CEO, and cross-functional leaders in Growth, Product Marketing, and Product to ensure brand work drives business outcomes.

How to be successful in this role

• Have 15+ years of brand and creative leadership experience, ideally in high-growth B2B SaaS or technical consumer companies.
• Have led multiple distinct but connected functions such as Creative, Content, Social, and Communications, and know how to align them under a single strategy.
• Are a strong narrative builder and storyteller. You can turn complex topics like security and trust into stories that feel clear, urgent, and human. You know when to use a meme, a manifesto, or a metric, and how each drives impact.
• Have built and scaled high-performing teams, including second-line leadership.
• Have evolved brands for enterprise audiences without losing the humanity, sharpness or cultural relevance.
• Bring a portfolio that shows creative excellence tied to business outcomes.
• Have a clear point of view on social and how brands win attention today.
• Have led or closely partnered with communications teams to shape narratives that earn media, analyst, and influencer attention.
• Understand how brand and performance marketing work together and can align both toward growth.
• Are both strategic and operational. You can set direction and build the processes to execute.
• Have experience managing internal teams, agencies, and external partners.
• Are an exceptional communicator who can inspire teams and influence executives.
• Have strong cross-functional instincts and a track record of partnering with Growth, Product Marketing, Product, and Design.
• Are curious about security, compliance, and the future of trust, and motivated to make these topics feel modern and relevant.
• Must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for current or future employer sponsorship.
• Responsible for protecting Vanta and customer data in how your team operates and delivers results.
• 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 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.

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