Leadership Recruiter

At Vanta, our mission is to help businesses earn and prove trust. We believe that security should be monitored and verified continuously, and we empower companies to practice better security and prove it with ease. Vanta has a kind and talented team, and while some have prior security experience, many have been successful at Vanta without it. 

As our first Leadership Recruiter at Vanta, you’ll help shape the future of our leadership team and build a scalable leadership recruiting function.

This is a high-impact role for someone who’s excited to partner directly with C-suite and VP-level leaders to define roles, influence hiring strategy, and bring in high-impact talent across both technical and non-technical functions. You’ll elevate how leadership recruiting operates at Vanta - introducing structure where needed, leveraging data and market intelligence to guide decisions, and closing complex, competitive hires that meaningfully shape the company’s trajectory.

What you’ll do as a Leadership Recruiter at Vanta:

• Own full-cycle recruiting for leadership roles across technical and non-technical functions

• Partner directly with C-suite and VP+ level leaders to define hiring strategy and role scope

• Lead executive-level search strategy, market mapping, and complex offer negotiations

• Build and scale executive recruiting best practices, frameworks, and reporting
  Maintain strong relationships with executive talent and investor talent teams

• Step in as a utility player on high-priority searches or special projects as needed

How to be successful in this role:

• 8+ years of experience in recruiting with at least 3+ years working on leadership level roles

• Executive Closing - Proven ability to handle complex compensation scenarios and close against top talent competitors for both technical and non-technical leadership roles

• Executive Client Management - Prior experience working directly with and maintaining strong relationships with C-Level executives and founders.

• Sourcing / Market Intelligence - Strong business acumen across a variety of tech industries and companies. Expert at understanding the leadership talent landscape across multiple functions. Builds high-quality pipelines for hard-to-fill leadership roles

• Autonomy & Growth Minded - Able to handle and distill ambiguity, influencing and driving developing leadership roles from scratch. Strong sense of perseverance, resilience, and self-awareness; always growth minded.

• Critical Thinking / Intellectual Curiosity - Data driven and analytical mindset and operating style. Constantly seeks to improve and learn; asks to understand and learns patterns quickly; applies insights across different functional areas.

• 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 activi