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Vanta · 1 week ago

Head of People Operations & Planning

United States

Full-time

Remote

Director/Executive

10+ years exp

Vanta is a company dedicated to helping businesses earn and prove trust through continuous security monitoring. As the Head of People Operations and Planning, you will lead the People Operations function, focusing on efficiency and strategic improvements to support the company's growth.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)ComplianceCyber SecurityInternetSoftware

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Lead our People Operations function, which includes all people processes, policies, compliance, and, critically, the core systems around which all People processes are built

Build People Operations to be focused on efficiency, using cutting edge technologies (and AI) to fully automate any People process that is amenable to automation

Partner closely with senior People leadership to build efficient, scalable, best-in-class systems and processes that support Vanta’s growth

Drive long-term strategic improvements in People Operations systems and processes by anticipating future scaling challenges before they arise and building proactively, not reactively

Provide ongoing coaching, mentorship, and support to our People Operations Team while continuously hiring and developing A+ talent to scale the function

Act as “glue” between all functions on the People Team, leading planning processes and dealing with strategic projects that don’t neatly sit in any particular People function

Deliver meaningful, up-to-date benchmarking of best practices across all People Team functions, while thoughtfully challenging traditional HR playbooks and rethinking approaches from the ground up in alignment with Vanta’s principles, action orientation, and operational rigor

Qualification

People OperationsAnalytical skillsData-driven decision makingPeople managementAutomationStrategic planningCompliance knowledgeMentorship

Required

10+ years of relevant experience, ideally in People Operations, with significant experience operating at scale (1,000-5,000+ headcount), some experience in all normal People Operations areas (e.g., compliance, mobility, policies, systems, processes), and a meaningful stint at a public company or company going through public company preparation sufficient to understand the backend processes and systems required to support a public company People function

Impeccable people management skills - every person you've ever managed should respect you as a leader, coach, and mentor

A strong analytical mind, and the skill to develop a point of view on any problem quickly and without personal bias, with an affinity for automation over throwing humans at problems

A data-first orientation in all problem solving

High resilience and calm, balanced with a high bias toward delivering strong outcomes quickly over delivering perfect outcomes slowly