Responsibilities
- Own the configuration, optimization, and governance of Vanta's People tech stack (currently including but not limited to HiBob, Ashby, Culture Amp, Lattice, Jira, Docebo, and Tangelo)
- Design and maintain a coherent systems architecture across the People function, ensuring clean data flows, reliable integrations, and minimal technical debt
- Lead the evaluation, selection, and implementation of a modern HRIS solution, establishing a scalable, People Ops-owned system and processes
- Identify and execute automation opportunities across high-volume People processes using iPaaS tools (e.g., Workato, Boomi), reducing manual work and improving data accuracy
- Partner with the Head of People Ops & Strategy to build and execute an agentic AI adoption roadmap, identifying high-impact use cases and piloting AI-assisted workflows
- Serve as the primary point of accountability for system security, compliance, and data privacy across all People platforms
- Build and maintain People data infrastructure that enables accurate, reliable reporting and analytics for business decision-making
- Lead system implementations, migrations, and integrations from scoping through post-launch support, ensuring high-quality delivery and stakeholder alignment
- Manage vendor relationships, renewals, and performance expectations to ensure consistent, high-quality service delivery
- Collaborate cross-functionally with partners across the business to deliver seamless workflows and consistent data across platforms
- Build and manage a People Systems team, hiring, onboarding, and developing talent while driving accountability and high performance across the function.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in HR technology with meaningful ownership of HRIS platforms and system integrations at companies with 500+ employees
- Deep hands-on expertise with Workday and demonstrated ability to configure, troubleshoot, and optimize systems without heavy IT dependency
- Strong understanding of HR systems architecture, including how ATS, LMS, performance, and compensation tools connect and where integration risks live
- Demonstrated experience designing and implementing automation using iPaaS tools such as Workato, Boomi, or Zapier
- Proven ability to evaluate, implement, and optimize case management or ticketing platforms in a People Ops context (e.g., Jira Service Management, Zendesk)
- Data-first orientation: comfortable with data modeling, defining clean data structures, and ensuring cross-system consistency
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and change management skills. You can translate technical complexity into business language and vice versa
- High bias toward action and simplicity: you build for scale without over-engineering, and you know when to automate vs. when to keep it human
- 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.
Benefits
- 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 fully-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, plus 80 hours of Sick Time
- 11 company-paid holidays
- Virtual team building activities, lunch and learns, and other company-wide events!
Work Arrangement
Hybrid
Team
Structure: People Operations team
Additional Information
- Offices in SF, NYC, London, Dublin, Tel Aviv, 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.
- As an equal opportunity employer, we encourage and welcome people of all backgrounds to apply.
