# Principal Product Operations Manager

**Company:** [Drata](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/drata)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Product Operations
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** Product Operations, Product Management, SaaS, Product Planning, Roadmap Operations, Portfolio Planning, Product Analytics, Segment, Amplitude, Productboard, Linear, Jira, Zapier, Retool, Experimentation Frameworks
**Posted:** 2026-08-14

> Leads the product operating model across Product, Design, and Engineering, improving planning, prioritization, governance, measurement, and executive communication. Requires 10+ years of relevant experience, principal- or director-level influence, strong analytical and systems thinking, and expertise in product operations within high-growth SaaS or AI-first environments.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own and evolve the product operating model, including planning frameworks, prioritization practices, governance mechanisms, decision-making cadences, and cross-functional collaboration norms.
- Lead company-level product planning and roadmap operations, including annual and quarterly planning, investment tradeoff discussions, commitment tracking, and executive communication.
- Establish scalable mechanisms to improve visibility, accountability, and execution across the product development lifecycle, from idea intake through launch and post-launch measurement.
- Define and track the health of strategic initiatives, product bets, delivery risks, and outcome attainment.
- Partner with Product, Design, Engineering, go-to-market, and Customer teams to incorporate customer feedback, market signals, and business priorities into product decisions.
- Build executive-ready reporting on roadmap progress, product performance, organizational throughput, experimentation results, and key operational metrics.
- Identify structural inefficiencies and lead initiatives to improve planning quality, process consistency, execution speed, and cross-functional alignment.
- Evaluate, implement, and optimize tools, systems, and workflows for product planning, collaboration, experimentation, analytics, and knowledge management.
- Develop frameworks for experimentation and learning, enabling teams to run tests, measure impact, and incorporate findings into product strategy.
- Create and maintain documentation, standards, playbooks, and best practices for product and design operations.
- Influence leaders through data-driven recommendations and operational judgment.
- Advise product and functional leaders on organizational design, process maturity, and operational excellence.

## Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in product operations, product management, strategy and operations, business operations, or a related discipline.
- Significant experience in high-growth SaaS and AI-first environments.
- Experience operating at the principal or director level, or equivalent, influencing senior leaders and driving cross-functional change.
- Deep expertise in product development lifecycles, product management practices, design collaboration models, and engineering partnerships.
- Experience leading portfolio planning, roadmap operations, prioritization processes, and executive-level business reviews.
- Exceptional analytical and systems-thinking skills, with the ability to translate data into strategic insights and operational recommendations.
- Strong program leadership skills, including aligning stakeholders, managing ambiguity, and executing through influence.
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Design, or a related field; an advanced degree is a plus.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience with Segment, Amplitude, Productboard, Linear, Jira, business intelligence platforms, and experimentation frameworks.
- Experience designing scalable workflows and automations using Zapier, Retool, or similar platforms.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Stock equity.
- Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for employees and dependents, along with wellness benefits and healthcare concierge services.
- 401(k) plan.
- Company-paid life and disability insurance.
- Additional financial well-being benefits.

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