Field Chief Information Security Officer (Field CISO)

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.

What you’ll do as a Field CISO at Vanta:

Customer & Market Engagement

• Serve as a trusted security thought leader in customer meetings, supporting sales, customer success, and partnerships.
• Own the security narrative in late-stage cycles; lead C-suite briefings to de-risk decisions and establish trust.
• Quota-attached executive overlay aligned to RVPs/AEs; own the security workstream to drive late-stage conversion and expansion.
• Sit on weekly forecast calls; identify/clear security blockers to move deals from “Best Case” to “Commit.”
• Articulate Vanta’s product vision and roadmap to technical and executive stakeholders.
• Build mutual close plans with AEs; define security exit criteria for late stages.
• Lead competitive takeouts; equip field with security battlecards and objection-handling talk tracks to displace incumbents.
• Provide strategic security insights to help customers evaluate Vanta as their trusted partner.
• Generate pipeline via security-led exec roundtables, CISO councils, and partner motions.
• Deliver presentations, webinars, and thought leadership con