Senior People Programs Specialist

About Vanta

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.

Job Summary

As a Senior People Programs Specialist at Vanta, you will execute and scale core people programs across performance, feedback, career growth, and talent planning to help Vanta’ns drive impact and enable leaders to make data-informed decisions. This role sits on one of Vanta’s newest teams within the People org and plays a key role in building and running talent management programs at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute core talent and performance programs (performance cycles, talent reviews, and engagement surveys) by managing timelines, workflows, tools, documentation, and follow-through.
• Own program communications for defined processes, including manager guidance, timelines, and reminders, to ensure clarity and strong adoption.
• Build and maintain dashboards and reports that give People Business Partners and leaders accurate, actionable insights into performance and talent outcomes.
• Run engagement and inter-department surveys, including setup, data quality audits, reporting, and coordination on action planning.
• Support rollout and adoption of feedback, recognition, and career frameworks by integrating them into tools and processes.