Senior Manager, AI Corporate Engineering
Core
Lead the internal AI platform team to provide identity, cost controls, guardrails, and governance for Vanta's internal AI usage, ensuring safe and efficient adoption across the organization.
Role type
Senior Manager, AI Corporate Engineering
Builds
Shared AI platform for internal systems (identity, cost, guardrails, MCP layer, paved path for apps)
Domain
Enterprise AI Infrastructure & Governance
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Platform engineering leadership, AI cost engineering, MCP architecture, Identity & OAuth, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Data governance, Cross-functional influence
Preferred skills
Experience building internal AI/developer platforms from scratch, Scope management, Enablement-first mindset
Technologies
LLM platform tooling, Agent architecture, MCP, OAuth, CI/CD, IaC
Responsibilities
Lead and coach a senior team of platform engineers and TPMs; Own the AI access layer (identity, permissions, guardrails); Own AI cost engineering (attribution, budgeting, right-sizing); Own the MCP layer governance; Define the paved path for internal app deployment; Build enablement layers (skills registry, evaluation framework); Establish the team charter and cross-functional coordination.
Seniority
Senior Manager, hands-on IC with team leadership
