Director, People Operations
Our Mission & Values:
At Drata, we help companies earn and keep the trust of their users, customers, partners, and prospects. We’re the proof layer that shows great companies deserve the trust they aim to build.
We live our values every day. Built on Trust means consistency is everything. Act with Integrity by always doing the right thing. Being Customer-Obsessed keeps the people we serve at the center of our work. Competitive Fire drives us to push ourselves harder than anyone else. Diversity brings unique perspectives that lead to better solutions. Automation First ensures we save time and money by making efficiency a priority.
Our Culture & Work Style 🚀
At Drata, we’re not just building software - we’re building a mindset. Everything we do springs from:
Be a Driver (Owner‑Operator Mentality): Own your work. Improve relentlessly. Deliver results.
Move at Drata Speed (Precision & Velocity): Fast decisions. Quick learning. Immediate impact.
Stay Mission-Driven (Customer‑Obsessed): Challenge assumptions. Deliver value. Stay hungry.
We pair that high-velocity culture with a thoughtful hybrid model because we believe flexibility and collaboration both matter. That’s why in the Bay we come together in-office Tuesday through Thursday our high‑impact collaboration days where teams align, strategize, and innovate. Mondays and Fridays are flexible, giving you space for focused work, balance, and autonomy.
If you thrive when you’re empowered, energized, and working with smart, mission-driven people where you’ll feel at home here.
Why Join The Drata Team?
The best way to understand the Driver’s Mindset is to see it in action. We’re an award-winning, mission-driven team of 600+ people worldwide, united by a culture that values trust, speed, and continuous growth.
See the Speed: Watch our CEO, Adam Markowitz, discuss the hyper-growth journey, from $0 to $100M ARR in just four years
Hear the Voice of the Team: Explore our "Life at Drata" page for employee testimonials on our collaborative and the growth opportunities available.
Experience the Impact: See why we are consistently recognized on Fortune's Best Workplaces lists.
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Job Summary:
The Director of People Operations will lead all People Operations functions at Drata, owning the programs, systems, and processes that power the employee experience from onboarding through offboarding. This leader will build scalable infrastructure, ensure operational excellence, and partner closely with Talent Acquisition, HRBPs, Total Rewards, IT, Finance, and Legal to enable a best-in-class People organization.
This is a highly visible, strategic role designed for someone who thrives in high-growth environments and enjoys optimizing complex systems, driving data integrity, automating workflows, and elevating employee experience at scale.
What you’ll do:
People Operations Strategy & Leadership
Develop and execute a People Operations roadmap that supports Drata’s rapid scaling and aligns with our mission to simplify trust.
Lead a high-performing People Ops team across functions: HRIS, compliance, lifecycle, and processes.
Serve as a strategic partner to the Head of People and executive team on organizational design, workforce planning, and ways to operationalize “Drata Speed.”
Systems, Data & Process Optimization
Own and maintain HRIS (e.g., Workday), ensuring data integrity, integration with other platforms, and automation.
Optimize recruiting workflows, onboarding, internal mobility, promotions, performance cycles, and offboarding — preempting friction points.
Build and manage People analytics dashboards to deliver insights on capacity, headcount, attrition, hiring velocity, and more.
Ensure compliance with data security, privacy, and regulatory frameworks, especially given Drata’s security-first approach.
Employee Lifecycle & Experience
Lead onboarding and offboarding processes that scale globally and feel personal.
Drive manager enablement through training, interview design, and SOPs aligned with Drata’s leadership expectations.
Implement global policies and process standards (performance reviews, promotions, transfers) that balance structure with speed.
Embed the “Drata Rules” into People programs, making them not just values, but behaviors and operational norms.
Compliance, Risk & Policy Governance
Build and maintain robust policy infrastructure (employee handbook, global compliance, HR audits).
Partner with Legal, Security, and Finance to enforce policy, manage risk, and ensure regulatory readiness.
Support Drata’s Trust posture (e.g., SOC2, ISO) by operationalizing People controls and documentation.
Cross-Functional Partnering
Work closely with Finance on budgeting, headcount planning, and forecasting.
Partner with Talent Acquisition to ensure seamless candidate-to-employee transition.
Collaborate with IT for identity, access management, and secure onboarding.
Enable Total Rewards: benefits, global compensation, and vendor relationships.
What you’ll bring:
8–12+ years of People Ops, HR, or related operations experience, ideally in hyper-growth SaaS or security/compliance companies.
3+ years in a leadership role, managing systems, teams and scale.
Hands-on experience with HRIS systems (Workday required), data governance, and reporting.
Deep understanding of HR compliance, policy development, and security frameworks.
Strong cross-functional stakeholder management skills — you can influence at all levels, including execs.
Analytical mindset with a bias for action: you build scalable processes but roll up your sleeves.
Aligned to Drata’s values & “Drata Rules”: you drive change, embrace speed, demand excellence, celebrate wins, and learn from mistakes.
Requirements:
Strong leadership - you hire people better than you, and elevate those around you
Appetite for change - you can lead an rapidly scaling and growing organization through constant periods of change
Workday - you understand this HRIS at an expert level, and can create workflows that improve our current People processes
How we support you:
At Drata, our people are our strongest advantage—and we prove it with support that exceeds industry standards. Our total rewards package is designed to power your well-being, accelerate your growth, and keep your work-life balance thriving.
Explore how we invest in your Life at Drata.
Shared Success: We provide stock equity to ensure that as the company grows, you share directly in that success. Equity gives every employee a sense of ownership and the opportunity to celebrate our wins together—because your contributions don’t just support our progress; they help drive our collective success.
Health & Wellness: Up to 100% employer-paid premiums for medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their dependents, along with comprehensive wellness benefits and healthcare concierge services designed to support your needs beyond traditional insurance.
Financial Well-being: A comprehensive suite of financial benefits, including a 401(k) plan, company-paid life and disability insurance, tax-advantaged spending accounts, and a range of discounted voluntary offerings to help you customize and strengthen your overall financial position.
Family Support: We want to support you in life's most important moments, so we offer a paid Parental Leave policy, after six months of employment. Employees also receive access to Kindbody fertility and family-building benefits and dedicated leave specialists who help guide you through the entire process.
Growth & Development: Generous annual stipends for both professional and personal development, empowering you to invest in your continued growth. You’ll also have access to a wide range of internal learning opportunities, ensuring you can build new skills, deepen your expertise, and advance your career with confidence.
Time Off & Flexibility: We believe that to do your best work, you should get the time you need for rest, rejuvenation and recovery. Drata offers a flexible vacation policy, paid holidays, and other perks to recharge.
This role will receive a competitive base salary, benefits, and/or stock, typically in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). The applicable salary range for each US-based role is based on where the employee works and is aligned to one of 3 tiers based on the cost of labor for that geographic area. The expected ranges for this role are set forth below, subject to change.
Tier 1: $196,600 - $242,900
Tier 2: $177,000 - $218,600
Tier 3: $157,300 - $194,300
You can view which tier applies to where you plan to work here. A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s leveling and compensation–including a candidate’s professional background and experience. These ranges may be modified in the future and final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed above.