Drata is scaling quickly — and with growth comes complexity. As our Manager, Strategy & Operations, you’ll play a critical role in helping the business plan, prioritize, and execute against its most important strategic initiatives. You’ll partner cross-functionally on mission-critical work including M&A integration and GTM acceleration, while supporting annual and long-range planning cycles and company-wide OKR processes
This is a high-visibility, high-impact role with exposure to executive leadership and a wide range of functional teams (GTM, Product, Finance, People, and more). You’ll thrive here if you enjoy operating in ambiguity, solving high-leverage problems, and building durable operating rhythms at a company in hypergrowth.
What you’ll do:
- Provide program management and analytical support for cross-functional initiatives related to M&A, GTM acceleration and business transformation.
- Drive department-level initiative prioritization and execution within GTM and Operations, working in conjunction with R&D and G&A teams.
- Support analyses and recommendations for new strategic company initiatives.
- Design and manage operating cadences to bring transparency and accountability for top-priority programs.
- Collaborate with functional leaders to diagnose operational pain points and launch scalable solutions.
- Develop frameworks, dashboards, and executive-ready deliverables to support strategic decision-making.
What you’ll bring:
- Hands-on program management and analytical capabilities — you can roll up your sleeves to move a project from idea to execution.
- Strong strategic problem-solving skills — you bring structure and clarity to ambiguous situations.
- Excellent communication and organization skills; you can build trust and alignment across senior audiences.
Requirements:
- 5–7 years of experience in Operations, Strategic Planning, Corporate Development, or Consulting (preferably in SaaS or high-growth tech).
- Prior exposure to M&A, integration, or transformation work is a strong plus.
- Experience leading annual planning, OKRs, or company operating rhythms.
- Familiarity with planning and collaboration tools (e.g., Asana, Jira, Salesforce).
Benefits:
- Healthcare: 90-100% paid premiums for medical, dental, and vision plans for employee and dependents + on demand health care concierge
- HSA, FSA, & DCFSA: Pre-tax savings plans for healthcare and dependent care, with up to a $600 annual employer contribution to the HSA plan (if enrolled in HSA medical plan)
- 100% paid short and long term disability plus life + AD&D benefits
- Learning & Development: $500 annually towards professional development opportunities + $250 annually towards personal development opportunities
- Flexible Time Off: Flexible vacation policy for strong, fully charged batteries
- 16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: An inclusive policy to ensure you have time with your newborn, newly adopted, or foster child
- Work Remotely: Flexible hours and work from home + $1,000 annually to cover necessary business related items for your home office
- 401K: Reach your financial goals while reducing your taxes
This role will receive a competitive base salary, benefits, and 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 salary ranges for this role are below, subject to change.
Tier 1: $148,500 - $183,400
Tier 2: $133,700 - $165,100
Tier 3: $118,800 - $146,700
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.
Drata is on a mission to serve as the trust layer between great companies.
Drata is a trust management platform that uses AI-driven automation to modernize governance, risk, and compliance, helping thousands of businesses develop a more secure, proactive, and risk-aware organization to continuously maintain trust with customers.
We all recognize the importance of earning and keeping the trust of our customers when it comes to protecting their data. We know how burdensome achieving and maintaining a strong GRC posture can be with the rise in compliance regulations. It’s a manual, redundant, error-prone, and unscalable process - and it only grows more complex and expensive over time.
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