Principal Product Operations Manager

Drata
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 180,000 - 276,000Function: Business OperationsExperience: 10+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Strategic thinking","Analytical thinking","Systems thinking","Written communication","Cross-functional collaboration"]

Define and scale the product operating model that helps Product, Design, and Engineering plan, prioritize, and execute with clarity, rigor, and speed. Lead company-level planning and roadmap operations, drive portfolio health and experimentation insights, and partner across Product, Design, Engineering, GTM, and Customer teams to improve decision-making. Operationalize executive-ready reporting and establish scalable systems, cadences, and workflows that remove inefficiencies and improve outcomes.

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Principal Product Operations Manager

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Job Summary

Define and scale the product operating model that helps Product, Design, and Engineering plan, prioritize, and execute with clarity, rigor, and speed. Lead company-level planning and roadmap operations, drive portfolio health and experimentation insights, and partner across Product, Design, Engineering, GTM, and Customer teams to improve decision-making. Operationalize executive-ready reporting and establish scalable systems, cadences, and workflows that remove inefficiencies and improve outcomes.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Business Operations
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own and evolve the product operating model, including planning frameworks, prioritization practices, governance, decision cadences, and collaboration norms.
  • •Lead company-level product planning and roadmap operations, partnering with senior leaders on annual and quarterly planning, investment tradeoffs, commitment tracking, and executive communication.
  • •Establish scalable mechanisms for visibility, accountability, and execution from idea intake through launch and post-launch measurement.
  • •Define and track portfolio health, including strategic initiative outcomes, product bets, delivery risks, and outcome attainment.
  • •Build executive-ready reporting and operational systems for roadmap progress, product performance, organizational throughput, experimentation results, and key operational metrics.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 180,000 - 276,000
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kLife InsuranceDisability InsuranceParental LeaveLearning Budget

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years of experience in product operations, product management, strategy and operations, business operations, or a related discipline in high-growth SaaS and AI-first environments.
  • •Proven success operating at principal or director level (or equivalent), influencing senior leaders and driving cross-functional change in complex organizations.
  • •Deep expertise in product development lifecycles, product management practices, design collaboration models, and engineering partnership.
  • •Strong experience leading portfolio planning, roadmap operations, prioritization processes, and executive-level business reviews.
  • •Experience with product and business analytics ecosystems (e.g., Segment, Amplitude, Productboard, Linear, Jira, BI platforms) and experimentation frameworks, plus scalable workflow automation tools (e.g., Zapier, Retool).
Experience:10+ yearsSaaSAI-first
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Strategic thinkingAnalytical thinkingSystems thinkingWritten communicationCross-functional collaboration
Tech Stack:SegmentAmplitudeProductboardLinearJiraZapierRetoolBI platformsExperimentation frameworks

Company Brief

Drata
Provides a continuous security and compliance automation platform to help companies achieve and maintain frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and GDPR through automated evidence collection and monitoring. ([drata.com](https://drata.com/blog/fy25-momentum?utm_source=openai))
Industry: RegTech
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Revenue: USD 100M to 250M
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: San Diego, United States
Founded: 2020
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