Director of Operations
Santa Margarita Water District
Rancho Santa Margarita, CA · $219k–$300k a year · Posted November 9, 2026
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Operations jobs in the rankings
Rankings about operations jobs
- Best cities for operations jobs #1 New York (1,429 openings)
- Best cities for operations pay after cost of living #1 Reston ($177k)
- Most requested AI skills in operations jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (2.5%)
- AI tools named most often in operations jobs #1 Claude (0.28%)
- Employers with the most operations jobs #1 Amazon (1,480 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $259,255 a year. Across 31 open director of operations listings that state pay, the middle half runs $97,500 to $178,500 and the median is $127,000. That is 104% above the median, above the middle half of those listings.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
Among general and operations managers, AI is already used for some of the tasks. Measured exposure for general and operations managers: 14% (some).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
... Director Of OperationsJoin our team as the Director of Operations! The Santa Margarita Water District (SMWD) is seeking a seasoned and dynamic Director of Operations... ...growth. This is not a steady-state utility role—SMWD runs a complex and forward-looking water...