Senior Product Manager, Access Management

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 a Product Manager for Access Management at Vanta, you'll own a critical part of our business—building workflows that help customers automate employee onboarding, off boarding, and access reviews at scale. The Access Management team enables companies to manage identity governance challenges that grow exponentially as they scale. We're building capabilities that help customers eliminate manual processes, reduce security risks, and maintain compliance across complex access structures. This product area is strategic to Vanta's growth, starting with our significant downmarket opportunity and scaling into upmarket and enterprise segments over time. In this role, you'll act like a general manager for Access Management while staying deeply technical. You'll shape the product strategy, drive revenue growth by scaling the product across customer segments, and identify opportunities to differentiate through AI-powered automation. You'll have the autonomy to refine how we accelerate growth and expand this product area over the next few years. What you’ll do as a Senior Product Manager, Access Management at Vanta: - Own the product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Access Management—defining how Vanta helps customers automate onboarding, offboarding, and access review workflows - Drive discovery and prioritization across customer segments, from startups to enterprises, building solutions that scale as customers grow - Partner with engineering, design, sales, solutions engineering, and customer success to ship high-quality features frequently and ensure successful adoption - Identify and scope expansion opportunities—including AI-powered access recommendations, workflow automation enhancements, and adjacent capabilities—with clear business cases - Define success metrics and use quantitative and qualitative data to guide roadmap decisions and measure product impact How to be successful in this role: - 6-8 years of product management experience, with significant experience building for diverse customer segments and understanding enterprise customer needs - Deeply customer-focused with strong discovery skills—you proactively engage with customers to understand the "why" behind requests and translate insights into scalable solutions - Technical fluency—you're comfortable discussing APIs, integrations, and system architecture, and can partner effectively with engineering on technical decisions - Strategic yet execution-focused—you balance big-picture thinking with pragmatic delivery, managing tradeoffs and shipping iteratively - AI product experience and opportunity identification—you've built AI-powered products or features (huge plus) and can identify where AI creates meaningful customer value - Metrics-driven mindset—you establish clear success metrics and use data to inform prioritization and measure impact - Strong cross-functional partnership skills—you collaborate effectively with engineering, design, sales, and customer-facing teams to deliver results - 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) cont