• 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.” • 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. • 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. • 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. • 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.