Compensation Manager

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 Vanta’s Compensation Manager, you’ll provide critical analytical and operational support to our Director of Compensation. You’ll help ensure that Vanta’s compensation processes run smoothly today while building the foundation to scale the function effectively as the company grows. This role is highly execution- and data-focused, playing a key part in supporting our day-to-day compensation transactions and driving the analyses that inform changes to our compensation programs and philosophy.

You’ll partner closely with our Finance team and People Business Partners to align compensation decisions with budgetary planning and workforce strategy. You’ll also manage key systems such as Carta (our equity platform) and Pave (our compensation benchmarking tool), and build equity burn models that help us manage dilution and cost as we scale. Over time, this role will also flex into people analytics, helping to build dashboards and deliver workforce insights that inform broader People team decisions and support the evolution of a scalable, data-driven People function.

This role reports to Vanta’s Director of Compensation.

What you’ll do as a Compensation Manager at Vanta:

• Partner closely with the Director of Compensation to execute and scale Vanta’s compensation processes, including salary and equity reviews, job benchmarking, and compensation band updates

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Finance on budgeting, headcount planning, and equity pool management, and with People Business Partners on compensation decisions for hiring, promotions, and internal mobility

• Build and maintain equity burn models to forecast and monitor dilution and total cost of ownership as the company grows

• Manage and optimize our compensation and equity systems, including Pave and Carta, ensuring data integrity, consistency, and scalability

• Conduct compensation data analysis and modeling to support decisions during compensation cycles and changes to our programs, with a focus on sustainable growth

• Own and improve daily compensation operations—such as new hire offers and internal transfers—with a view toward automating and standardizing them to support a larger, global team over time

• Support the evolution of our compensation infrastructure by helping to implement new tools, workflows, and reporting capabilities that grow with the business

• Build dashboards and reports that support people analytics use cases and deliver insights across the People team and business, laying the groundwork for a scalable analytics function

• Support compensation-related audits and compliance initiatives, helping ensure our compensation practices remain both competitive and consistent as we expand

How to be successful in this role:

• 4+ years of experience in compensation, people analytics, or a related field

• Advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills with experience building, maintaining, and simplifying compensation and equity models

• Familiarity with compensation survey data (e.g., Radford, Pave) and job leveling frameworks

• Experience using and managing compensation and equity platforms, particularly Carta and Pave

• Strong attention to detail and a process-oriented mindset, with a focus on designing systems that scale

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to convey complex data insights clearly to stakeholders

• Comfort working with confidential data and handling sensitive issues with discretion

• Experience with data visualization tools, dashboard platforms or basic SQL (e.g., Looker, Tableau, or Google Data Studio) is a plus

• Prior experience in high-growth or pre-IPO environments is helpful, especially where compensation infrastructure needed to scale rapidly

What you can expect as a Vantan:

• Industry-competitive compensation

• 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

• Offices in SF, NYC, London, Dublin, 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.

About Vanta

We started in 2018, in the wake of several high-profile data breaches. Online security was only becoming more important, but we knew firsthand how hard it could be for fast-growing companies to invest the time and manpower it takes to build a solid security foundation. Vanta was inspired by a vision to restore trust in internet businesses by enabling companies to improve and prove their security. From our early days automating security monitoring for compliance standards like SOC 2, HIPAA and ISO 27001 to creating the world's leading Trust Management Platform, our vision remains unchanged. 

Now more than ever, making security continuous—not just a point-in-time check— is essential. Thousands of companies rely on Vanta to build, maintain and demonstrate their trust— all in a way that's real-time and transparent.