Director, Strategic Finance - GTM
Drata
| Company | Drata |
| Category | Finance |
| Location | San Francisco |
| Remote | Hybrid |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Director |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 28 Jul 2026 |
| Last verified | 9 Aug 2026 |
| Source | Employer ATS (ashby) |
Description
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.
We pair that high-velocity culture with a thoughtful hybrid model because we believe flexibility and collaboration both matter. That’s why in the Bay we come together in-office Tuesday through Thursday our high‑impact collaboration days where teams align, strategize, and innovate. Mondays and Fridays are flexible, giving you space for focused work, balance, and autonomy.
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: 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:
The Director of Strategic Finance - GTM is the embedded finance partner to Drata’s GTM org, working directly with the CRO, CMO, SVP of CS, and SVP of BD. This role owns ARR forecasting, capacity planning, investment allocation and ROI. You will partner with the VP of RevOps and be a trusted advisor in the room with GTM leadership, not a downstream reporting function and significantly beyond budget stewardship.
What you'll do:
- Serve as the dedicated finance business partner to the GTM leadership team, embedded in the organization's day-to-day operating rhythms
- Develop deep expertise in our GTM engine, proactively identifying risks and opportunities and grounding recommendations in data-driven insights
- Shape GTM strategy by providing financial guidance on new initiatives, resource allocation, and investment tradeoffs
- Leverage AI to continuously evolve ARR forecasting models and deepen insights into key business drivers, including sales productivity, pipeline generation and conversion, and retention and expansion
- Guide investment decisions using GTM unit economics and ROI frameworks, including CAC, LTV, payback period, Magic Number, and marketing efficiency
- Lead GTM capacity planning and headcount forecasting for the long-range plan, annual budget, and quarterly reforecasts, ensuring alignment across GTM, RevOps, Finance, and People
- Adopt an AI-first approach by automating spreadsheet-driven work and building scalable workfl