Staff Product Designer, Activation

Remote U.S.. Posted 17 days ago

The role

You will set the end-to-end experience vision for the Activation team and carry it from strategy to shipped product. You will design agent-first experiences and create reusable AI patterns to help customers reach audit-ready status.

What you will do

Set the end-to-end experience vision for Activation and turn it into a roadmap.
Drive product shape and roadmap alongside PM and EM using customer evidence and data.
Design agent-first experiences and decide how the Vanta Agent operates.
Create new, reusable AI patterns for other teams to use.
Define activation outcomes and run experiments and iterations.
Lead customer discovery with cross functional partners.
Align partner teams so growth experiences feel like one product.
Document product strategy through briefs and POV docs.
Drive large, multi-team initiatives from kickoff to launch.
Raise the quality bar for interaction, visual, and content craft.

Required qualifications

8+ years of experience designing and shipping high-quality B2B SaaS products.
Track record of designing for business outcomes such as activation, onboarding completion, time-to-value, or retention.
Experience shipping AI-powered or automation-heavy products.
Ability to set direction in ambiguous, high-stakes problem spaces.
Strong written strategy skills.
Experience leading large-scale, cross-functional initiatives.
Fluency with product analytics and experimentation.
Exceptional interaction, visual, and content craft on dense, complex product UI.
Strong storytelling and communication skills.
Experience working through and alongside other designers and mentoring.
A portfolio is required, showing end-to-end product work, reasoning, and outcomes.
Uses AI in day-to-day work to amplify skills and strengthen outcomes.

Nice to have

Experience with product-led growth, onboarding, or guided-setup experiences.
Experience designing agentic workflows, conversational interfaces, or human-in-the-loop review flows.
Comfort prototyping in code or with AI tools.
Familiarity with security, compliance, or GRC.

Benefits

Industry-competitive salary and equity
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
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
80 hours of Sick Time
11 company-paid holidays

About the company

Vanta helps businesses earn and prove trust by enabling companies to improve and prove their security. The company provides a Trust Management Platform to automate security monitoring for compliance standards.