Engineering Manager - Reporting

Vanta Vanta · Enterprise · Canada · Remote · Software Engineering

Engineering Manager for a Reporting team focused on evolving Vanta's reporting platform into a scalable, AI-powered experience. The role involves leading a team, driving execution across strategic initiatives including reporting infrastructure and AI-powered insights, and shaping technical and product strategy. This position is critical for Vanta's long-term AI strategy.

What you'd actually do

  1. Build and scale a high-performing team: lead, coach, and grow the team while hiring strategically, identifying operational gaps, and raising the engineering bar
  2. Drive execution across strategic initiatives: Deliver against a multi-quarter roadmap spanning reporting infrastructure, enterprise reporting capabilities, AI-powered insights, and scalable data foundations
  3. Shape technical and product strategy: Partner closely with Product and cross-functional engineering teams to define the long-term vision and architecture for Reporting and data-driven product experiences
  4. Lead through ambiguity and rapid growth: Navigate complex, evolving problem spaces while balancing near-term customer impact with long-term platform investments
  5. Partner cross-functionally: Collaborate deeply with Product, Design, Platform, and business stakeholders to evolve Vanta’s reporting strategy and enterprise data capabilities

Skills

Required

  • 4+ years of professional experience in a full-time engineering management role
  • Proven experience managing 8-12+ engineers
  • Managed product engineering teams building a reporting or data visualization product
  • Strong technical depth (ideally former senior or staff engineer)
  • Ability to guide data infrastructure and product architecture decisions
  • Demonstrated track record of delivering results across multiple workstreams while maintaining quality and team velocity
  • Experience setting product and technical strategy in partnership with Product and Design teams
  • Participated in developing or driving engineering-wide initiatives
  • Strong decision maker who effectively balances ambiguity, available data, speed, and quality
  • Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and adjacent teams
  • Effective communicator and story-teller

Nice to have

  • 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 the JD emphasized

  • AI-powered reporting experience
  • AI-assisted insights
  • Vanta's long-term AI strategy