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Director of Operations jobs: 2,012 open roles, pay, industries and skills

2,012 open Director of Operations jobs, taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Also listed as Operations Director, Director, Operations, Senior Director of Operations, Global Director of Operations, Regional Director of Operations. Listings that state pay show a median of $178,000 a year.

The market for Director of Operations work

Every figure is counted from verified open listings. Pay is what the employer advertises for the job.

Verified open Director of Operations jobs
2,012

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Median pay in listings that state it
$178,000

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

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State with the most openings
California (253)

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Industry hiring the most
Healthcare & Hospital Systems (21%)

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Listings that are remote
30%

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Listings that ask for an AI skill
14%

Source: NextChapter verified openings, read in full.

What a Director of Operations does

Director role in Operations.

A director of operations leads a team inside the function and answers for how the work gets done: process, delivery, cost and the teams that run it.

Usually reports to a vice president or a C-suite leader, and manages managers and individual contributors. Senior and global director titles are counted here.

Other ways this role is written

  • Director of Operations
  • Operations Director
  • Director, Operations
  • Senior Director of Operations
  • Global Director of Operations
  • Regional Director of Operations
  • Director of Business Operations
  • Director of Supply Chain

Listings under any of these titles are counted on this page. Assistant, associate, manager and staff titles are not.

Open Director of Operations jobs

Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.

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Director of Operations salary

From 490 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars, base pay only.

Lower quarter
$148,000
Median
$178,000
Upper quarter
$209,000

Leadership pay often includes bonus and equity that a listing does not state. Treat these figures as the floor of the conversation, not the whole package.

Best industries for Director of Operations jobs

Employers hiring the most, as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry. Median pay shown where at least 8 listings state it.

Where Director of Operations jobs are

States with the most open listings; median pay where at least 8 listings state it.

Skills Director of Operations jobs ask for

Named in the listings themselves, as a share of 1,134 Director of Operations listings that name skills. Leadership listings name fewer skills than individual-contributor ones, so this is a signal, not a checklist.

Most named in Director of Operations listings

  1. 1. supply chain45%
  2. 2. logistics25%
  3. 3. procurement18%
  4. 4. forecasting16%
  5. 5. project management14%
  6. 6. budgeting11%
  7. 7. lean11%
  8. 8. strategic planning10%
  9. 9. excel10%
  10. 10. onboarding9%

Across all Operations openings

  1. 1. supply chain13%
  2. 2. procurement13%
  3. 3. logistics11%
  4. 4. project management9%
  5. 5. excel7%
  6. 6. onboarding4%
  7. 7. audit3%
  8. 8. inventory management3%
  9. 9. lean3%
  10. 10. risk management3%

AI skills for Director of Operations jobs

Specific AI skills named in the full posting text, such as prompt engineering, AI governance or an AI tool. A general mention of AI does not count.

14% of 844 open Director of Operations listings ask for a specific AI skill, against 2% of all Operations openings.

AI skills named most often

  1. 1. AI tools in daily work9%
  2. 2. AI workflow automation3%
  3. 3. AI strategy and use cases3%
  4. 4. AI adoption and change management2%
  5. 5. AI governance and risk2%
  6. 6. LLM application engineering1%

Do AI skills change director of operations pay?

For Operations roles in general, as of November 2, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for director of operations alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.

Among Operations listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise +24.8% (about $32.5k) compared with similar listings that do not, matched on level and industry.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
$160,000
median, from 523 paid listings
Listings that never mention AI
$111,500
median, from 2,344 paid listings

Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.

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The Operations ladder

The same function at other levels: where this role comes from and where it leads.

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Job titles under Director of Operations

The exact titles employers use, with their own job and salary pages.

Employers hiring for Director of Operations roles

  • Uline 29
  • Davita 20
  • Oracle 15
  • Danaher 14
  • Kimmel & Associates 14
  • Monolith AI 13
  • Cornerstone Caregiving 11
  • Anduril Industries 9
  • Alvarez & Marsal 8
  • Walmart 8
  • CoreWeave 8
  • Iterative Health 7

Director of Operations questions

What does a Director of Operations do?
A director of operations leads a team inside the function and answers for how the work gets done: process, delivery, cost and the teams that run it. Usually reports to a vice president or a C-suite leader, and manages managers and individual contributors. Senior and global director titles are counted here.
What else is a Director of Operations called?
The same job is also written Operations Director, Director, Operations, Senior Director of Operations, Global Director of Operations, Regional Director of Operations, Director of Business Operations, Director of Supply Chain.
How many Director of Operations jobs are open?
2,012 verified open Director of Operations jobs, each checked against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
How much does a Director of Operations make?
Among 490 open Director of Operations listings that state pay, the median is $178,000 a year, and half of listings fall between $148,000 and $209,000. This is pay the employer advertises for the job, not total compensation such as bonus or equity.
Where are Director of Operations jobs?
California (253), Texas (176), New York (159), Illinois (108) have the most open Director of Operations listings. About 30% of listings that state a work arrangement are remote.
Which state pays a Director of Operations the most?
Of the states with enough listings that state pay, Georgia has the highest median at $210,500.
Which industries hire for Director of Operations roles?
Healthcare & Hospital Systems (21%), Technology & Software (15%), Transportation & Logistics (13%), Manufacturing & Industrial (12%), as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry.
What skills do Director of Operations jobs ask for?
The skills named most often in open Director of Operations listings are supply chain, logistics, procurement, forecasting, project management.
Do Director of Operations jobs ask for AI skills?
14% of 844 open Director of Operations listings read in full name a specific AI skill. The most common is AI tools in daily work.

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