Dragos is on a relentless mission to defend industrial organizations that provide us with the necessities of modern civilization; running water, functioning electricity, and safe industrial working environments. As the market leader in ICS/OT Cybersecurity, we are dedicated to arming our customers with best-in-class technology, threat intelligence, and services to protect their systems as effectively and efficiently as possible. We’re a remote-first culture with operations in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and APAC. We’re looking for mission-oriented teammates who embody our core values of authenticity, transparency, and trust. Are you ready to make a difference? Come join a mission that can save the world!
About the Role:
Dragos is seeking a Senior Equity Compensation Analyst to support the design, analysis, and evolution of our equity and compensation programs as the company continues to grow. Reporting to the Director of Compensation, this role plays a key part in ensuring Dragos’ equity compensation strategy remains competitive, data-driven, and aligned with our broader Total Rewards philosophy.
This role sits within the Compensation team and partners closely with Finance, Equity Administration, Talent Acquisition, and People Business Partners. While Finance manages the equity plan and system of record, this position focuses on equity strategy, program analysis, and compensation modeling to help ensure our equity programs effectively support talent attraction, retention, and long-term company growth.
Responsibilities:
- Design and maintain equity grant frameworks and guidelines for new hires, promotions, refresh cycles, and performance awards aligned with job architecture and market benchmarks.
- Analyze equity and total compensation market data (e.g., Radford, Pave, etc.) to evaluate competitiveness and inform program design and recommendations.
- Build and maintain analytical models to assess equity grant values, compensation positioning, and overall total rewards competitiveness.
- Partner with Talent Acquisition, People Business Partners, and leadership to provide data-driven guidance on equity grants, salary positioning, and total compensation recommendations for hires, promotions, and retention scenarios.
- Partner with Finance and Equity Administration on the quarterly equity approval process, validating grant lists for new hires, promotions, and refresh awards prior to board approval.
- Support the design and maintenance of salary ranges and market benchmarking, ensuring alignment with Dragos’ compensation philosophy and job architecture.
Qualifications:
- Experience supporting scaling or evolving equity compensation programs in high-growth companies, including developing grant guidelines, analyzing equity positioning, and supporting governance processes.
- Experience working in equity compensation and broader compensation programs, ideally within technology or similar high-growth environments.
- Experience using market survey data (e.g., Radford, Pave, etc.) to evaluate equity and salary competitiveness and inform total compensation decisions.
- Strong analytical skills with experience building equity and compensation models in Excel or similar tools.
- Ability to translate complex equity and compensation data into clear insights and recommendations for business leaders.
- Experience partnering cross-functionally with Finance, People Business Partners, and Talent Acquisition.
- Experience designing or refining equity frameworks tied to job architecture or leveling systems.
- Experience supporting late-stage private companies or pre-IPO environments, preferred.
- Familiarity with equity administration platforms such as Carta, preferred.
Compensation:
- Salary: $150,000
- Competitive Equity Package
- Comprehensive Benefits Plan
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Dragos is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local laws. All new hires must pass a background check as a condition of employment.
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