Senior People Operations Specialist

Senior People Operations Specialist 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. 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: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QidTdkGwKMY 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 https://drata.com/about/life-at-drata: Explore our "Life at Drata" page for employee testimonials on our collaborative and the growth opportunities available. - Experience the Impact https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/7044563: See why we are consistently recognized on Fortune's Best Workplaces lists. - Connect with Us on Socials: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/drata/posts/?feedView=all - follow us for company updates, employee stories, and career news. Job Summary: Drata’s People Team provides leadership for initiatives that support talent, performance, change management, organizational design, total rewards, and employee relations. As a Senior People Operations Specialist, you will play a critical role in ensuring operational excellence across the employee lifecycle. This role owns high-impact processes including offboarding, compliance, benefits administration, Workday support, reporting, and cross-functional HR initiatives that directly support business continuity and board-level reporting. You will act as a central operator across People Ops, partnering closely with HRBPs, Payroll, Total Rewards, Legal, and Finance to ensure accurate execution, documentation, and system integrity across our global workforce. What you’ll do: Employee Lifecycle & Offboarding - Own and manage the offboarding process, ensuring compliance with SOPs and business continuity - Administer severance processes including release agreements and severance guidelines - Manage job changes in alignment with documented SOPs - Oversee leave of absence administration and ensure accurate tracking and compliance - Support office exemption and EOI processes as needed Workday & Systems Operations - Serve as a Workday subject matter expert and provide system support - Create and manage new compensation elements in Workday (including weekly audits) - Process one-time payments (spot bonuses, retention bonuses) and ensure correct configuration and approvals - Support open enrollment testing and R&R testing - Maintain data integrity and partner on headcount tracking - Provide HR ticketing and HR@ inbox support Benefits, Payroll & Reporting - Administer benefits and provide employee support - Manage HSA/FSA reporting - Partner with Payroll on timesheet corrections for hourly employees, includi ... (truncated, view full listing at source)