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, 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.
- Connect with Us on Socials: LinkedIn - follow us for company updates, employee stories, and career news.
Job Summary
Drata is looking for a
Total Rewards Analyst to strengthen the accuracy, scalability, and insightfulness of our compensation programs while providing reliable support across benefits and broader total rewards operations. This compensation-led role will turn market data and employee data into clear recommendations, support annual compensation and equity cycles, and help leaders make consistent, equitable pay decisions.
A key part of the role is AI enablement: you will identify repetitive, manual, or error-prone workflows and use approved AI and automation tools to make them faster, more accurate, and easier to scale. You will combine strong compensation fundamentals with sound judgment, data discipline, and a high standard for confidentiality.
What You'll Do
- Analyze internal compensation data and external market data to support salary ranges, job leveling, compa-ratio analysis, pay equity reviews, and compensation recommendations.
- Support the planning and execution of annual merit, bonus, and equity review processes, including modeling, budgeting, manager guidance, system preparation, testing, communications, and post-cycle audits.
- Prepare analyses and recommendations for new hires, promotions, transfers, off-cycle adjustments, and other pay actions.
- Support the administration and continuous improvement of base pay, incentive, equity, and recognition programs.
- Maintain accurate job, level, range, and compensation data across relevant systems and documentation.
- Validate compensation changes and equity inputs for accuracy, consistency, policy alignment, and internal equity.
- Provide operational support for health and welfare, retirement, leave, wellness, and other benefits programs.
- Partner with benefits vendors and internal stakeholders to investigate employee questions, resolve data discrepancies, and monitor service delivery.
- Support benefits eligibility, enrollment, invoice, utilization, and renewal analyses as needed.
- Identify opportunities to automate recurring workflows, such as data validation, reconciliation, reporting, survey preparation, communications, and intake triage.
- Use approved AI tools to accelerate analysis, generate first drafts, summarize trends, and improve self-service—while applying human review to all outputs and decisions.
- Build or improve lightweight automations, templates, prompts, and operating procedures that reduce manual effort and improve accuracy.
- Partner with HRIS, People Operations, Finance, and appropriate technical partners to improve integrations, reporting, controls, and workflow design.
- Support compliance with applicable compensation, pay transparency, pay equity, benefits, and recordkeeping requirements.
- Perform regular audits and reconciliations across HRIS, compensation, equity, payroll, benefits, and reporting data.
- Escalate data issues, policy exceptions, and potential compliance risks promptly and thoughtfully.
- Handle sensitive questions with discretion, empathy, and sound judgment.
- Manage multiple priorities in a fast-moving environment while meeting deadlines and maintaining a high bar for accuracy.
What You'll Bring
- 2–4 years of experience in compensation, total rewards, benefits, HR analytics, HRIS, or a closely related field.
- Experience analyzing compensation data, interpreting market benchmarks, and building recommendations from quantitative information.
- Strong Excel or Google Sheets skills, including pivot tables, lookups, data validation, and financial or compensation modeling.
- Experience supporting an annual compensation, bonus, equity, or benefits cycle from planning through audit and closeout.
- Familiarity with HRIS, compensation planning, benefits administration, or market-pricing systems; Workday experience is a plus.
- Demonstrated ability to improve processes through automation, reporting, workflow design, or approved AI tools.
- Strong attention to detail and a track record of handling confidential data responsibly.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain data and recommendations to non-specialist audiences.
- Strong organization, problem-solving, and project-management skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, Economics, Statistics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Nice to have
- Experience in a high-growth technology or SaaS company.
- Exposure to salary architecture, job leveling, pay equity, equity compensation, incentive plans, or compensation philosophy.
- Experience with compensation survey sources or market-pricing tools such as Radford, Mercer, WTW, or similar.
- Experience with reporting or visualization tools such as Tableau, Looker, Power BI, or similar.
- Experience supporting multi-state or global compensation and benefits programs.
- CCP, CBP, CEBS, or progress toward a relevant certification.
- Examples of using AI or automation to improve data quality, reporting, employee support, or operational efficiency.
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 stock, typically in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). The applicable salary range for this role is: $99,500 - $122,800.
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.
