Operations Leadership — COO, VP Operations, and Operations Directors
More than 5,000 executive sources scanned daily — every senior operations role surfaced from COO down to Director, across healthcare, technology, consumer, and industrial firms.
Tier breakdown
20
Founder90
C-Suite791
VP97
Sr Director643
DirectorWhat this category covers
The Operational role type covers the full operations leadership stack — not just COO. It spans Chief Operating Officer, EVP Operations, SVP Operations, VP Operations, GM (operating P&L), Head of Operations, Senior Director Operations, and Director Operations seats, all classified at the executive tier.
Operations is one of the most volume-heavy categories in healthcare, consumer, and industrial — where multi-site or multi-function ownership is the differentiator between a Director and a VP. A Sr. Director Operations running three plants often carries more real-dollar scope than a VP Operations at a single-site peer. The classifier weighs scope and span of control, not just the title prefix.
What falls outside: Operations Manager and Senior Operations Manager (sub-Director tier), Plant Manager (an IC-equivalent at single-site companies), Shift Supervisor, and Process Improvement Specialist. The executive gate filters these before any role reaches your inbox.
Sample Jobs (10 of 1,641)
| Title & Company | Location |
|---|---|
| Director, Business Operations Centene Corporation Provide direction and oversight for Enterprise Business Operations within compliance guidelines, focusing on continuous improvement. Develop workforce strategy, collaborate with stakeholders, drive adherence to service levels, and facilitate policy implementation. Director | Remote Remote |
| Director, Revenue Operations Infoblox Lead multi-regional revenue operations across the Americas, align people, processes, systems, and analytics to improve sales productivity, forecast accuracy, operational discipline, and sustainable growth. Director | United States Remote |
| Institute Chief Operating Officer Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Inc. The Institute Chief Operating Officer (ICOO) leads operational functions for Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Inc., translating mission priorities into implementation, and providing administrative, legal, and organizational support. The role requires regular travel and onsite work one week a month in Silver Spring, MD. C-Suite | Silver Spring, MD Hybrid |
| VP of Purchasing Joseph Michaels International Responsible for managing inventory procurement, vendor negotiations, department leadership, and achieving organizational goals. Involves supplier programs, freight management, marketing initiatives, and product portfolio management. VP | Davenport, IA Onsite |
| Engagement Director ORO Labs Lead complex enterprise client engagements across procurement transformation, business process advisory, and technology implementation. Partner with clients to understand procurement models, identify transformation opportunities, and oversee implementation. Director | Remote Remote |
| Site Lean Leader GE Aerospace Responsible for leading the implementation and continuous improvement of GE Aerospace's lean operating model at the Wales Engine Overhaul site, focusing on operational excellence through lean principles. VP | Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom Unknown |
| Chief of Staff, Collaboration and Communication JPMorganChase Leads the Chief of Staff and Enablement function for a global technology product line, responsible for portfolio governance, financial and workforce planning, leadership operating rhythms, executive reporting, organizational change, communications, and cross-functional execution. C-Suite | Jersey City, NJ, USA Hybrid |
| Director of Public Works ... City of Taylor The Director of Public Works provides leadership and operational oversight for the City of Taylor’s engineering and inspections, streets and drainage, parks and grounds maintenance, cemetery operations, solid waste collection, utility construction, water distribution, and wastewater collection and treatment services. VP | City of Taylor, TX Onsite |
| Executive Plant Leader, Onshore Wind GE Vernova Drive safe, high-quality, and efficient operations in a large blade manufacturing factory within the Onshore Wind business. Focus on safety, quality, delivery, and cost, ensuring world-class manufacturing standards. VP | Grand Forks, ND, US Onsite |
| Supply Chain Director - Americas ... global automotive manufacturer Lead and execute supply chain strategies across the Americas region to support business goals and operational performance. Oversee planning activities, drive inventory optimization, and direct logistics operations. Director | Mexico Unknown |
How classification gets to this category
Operations role classification follows the same multi-stage pipeline as every other role type, with Operations-specific signals at three stages:
- Title recognition. "COO," "Chief Operating Officer," "VP Operations," "GM" (when scoped as a P&L owner), "Head of Operations," and "Director of Operations" are recognized directly. The lookup table covers hundreds of Operations title variants across healthcare, technology, and industrial conventions.
- Compensation threshold. $235K+ base is the exec-tier floor for this role type — higher than Marketing or HR because COO and VP Operations seats trend toward larger total comp. Roles below this threshold in unambiguous Operations titles are flagged for manual review rather than auto-classified.
- JD signals for ambiguous cases. GPT reads the job description for P&L scope, headcount of the operating org reporting in, multi-site or multi-function ownership, and CEO reporting line. A COO reporting to the CEO carries a different tier signal than a "VP Operations" reporting into the COO at a larger enterprise. See the AI Classification page for the full signal hierarchy.
The classifier also has a negative filter: "Operations Manager," "Senior Operations Manager," "Plant Manager" (single-site), "Shift Manager," and "Operations Specialist" are explicitly blocked from the executive gate.
How matching works for your search
Matching on COO/Operations is conjunctive. Every dimension you add narrows the result set rather than expanding it.
Example: select COO/Operations + Healthcare and your inbox shows Operations executive roles at hospitals, payers, and IDNs only — not every COO role on the platform, and not every Healthcare role regardless of function. You get the intersection.
Tier filtering works on top. If you want only VP-tier and above Operations roles — filtering out Director-tier for now — the seniority-tier setting does that cleanly. Or restrict to CXO-tier only to see pure COO seats. Each filter layer multiplies precision without requiring you to manually scan for noise.
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