Head of Data Platform

• Roadmap and evolve the architecture of Vanta’s Snowflake‑based data warehouse, ensuring it scales to support real‑time analytics, zero‑trust principles, and FedRAMP‑capable compliance requirements
• Hire, train, and develop a world‑class team of data engineers and analytics engineers, providing hands-on mentorship and creating a culture of excellence and continuous learning. Establish the two respective functions as a collaborative set of teams
• Champion a security, compliance, and privacy‑first mindset across data ingestion, storage, transformation, access, and observability
• Deliver a “zero‑trust” data warehouse by implementing role‑based access controls, column‑level encryption, detailed audit logging, and automated policy enforcement
• Collaborate with AI, Strategic Finance, Revenue Operations, Data Science, Product Analytics, and Engineering to translate business objectives into a prioritized, measurable data platform roadmap
• Own buy‑versus‑build decisions for the data stack
• evaluate vendors, negotiate contracts with procurement, and integrate best‑in‑class solutions where they accelerate our mission. Hold and measure your platform decisions to a high data platform ROI solution
• Be Vanta’s authoritative voice on dbt, change‑data‑capture (CDC), data orchestration patterns (Airflow/Dagster), and high‑performance database design
• Oversee the Architecture to Design and implement complex data models, metadata layers, reports, and dashboards that power internal decision‑making and customer‑facing analytics
• Develop front‑end applications and APIs that expose curated analytical data sets across the enterprise
• Develop Data Platform Application training, access patterns and enablement that internal customers consider “awesome”, and that you measure and hold your team to the highest standards delivering
• Contribute to data governance frameworks that guarantee data quality, availability, and discoverability

• 12+ years working with data
• 5+ years architecting and operating Snowflake at scale
• 2+ years of hands‑on software engineering experience
• Demonstrated expertise in data storage strategies, CDC pipelines, database & BI architecture, and modern data orchestration patterns
• Proven success building secure, privacy‑aware, compliant data platforms (SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO 27001
• FedRAMP experience a major plus)
• 4+ years Experience managing, mentoring and developing data engineers and analytics engineers
• comfortable managing a 5-6 person team with multiple functions (ingestion / bi) with plans to scale
• System‑oriented mindset— you automate, abstract, and write maintainable, tested code
• Hands‑on proficiency with the modern data stack: Snowflake, dbt, Airflow/Dagster, Fivetran/Stitch, Looker/Mode/Sigma
• Strong communication skills
• able to translate deep technical detail into crisp narratives for executives and cross‑functional partners
• Adept at making pragmatic buy/build decisions and guiding organizations through platform migrations
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience

FedRAMP experience

• Offers Equity
• medical benefits
• 401(k) plan
• other company perk programs
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, with 100% of employee-only benefit premiums covered for most medical plans
• 16 weeks fully-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