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VP of Operations (Vice President of Operations) jobs: 942 open roles, pay, industries and skills

942 open Vice President of Operations jobs, taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Also listed as VP Operations, Vice President, Operations, SVP Operations, Senior Vice President of Operations, EVP Operations. Listings that state pay show a median of $197,500 a year.

The market for Vice President of Operations work

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

Verified open Vice President of Operations jobs
942

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

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Median pay in listings that state it
$197,500

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State with the most openings
Texas (106)

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

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Listings that are remote
31%

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Listings that ask for an AI skill
11%

Source: NextChapter verified openings, read in full.

What a VP of Operations does

Vice president role in Operations.

A vice president of operations runs how the work gets done: process, delivery, cost and the teams that run it for a company or a large business unit.

Usually reports to a C-suite leader or the CEO, and manages directors. SVP and EVP titles are the same job at a larger scale, and are counted here.

Other ways this role is written

  • VP of Operations
  • VP Operations
  • Vice President of Operations
  • Vice President, Operations
  • SVP Operations
  • Senior Vice President of Operations
  • EVP Operations
  • Executive Vice President of Operations
  • VP of Business Operations
  • VP of Supply Chain
  • Operations VP

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

Open Vice President of Operations jobs

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VP of Operations salary

From 175 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars, base pay only.

Lower quarter
$165,000
Median
$197,500
Upper quarter
$245,000

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 VP 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 VP of Operations jobs are

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

Skills VP of Operations jobs ask for

Named in the listings themselves, as a share of 297 Vice President 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 VP of Operations listings

  1. 1. supply chain46%
  2. 2. logistics39%
  3. 3. forecasting16%
  4. 4. procurement15%
  5. 5. budgeting13%
  6. 6. lean12%
  7. 7. project management9%
  8. 8. erp9%
  9. 9. risk management8%
  10. 10. regulatory compliance8%

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 VP 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.

11% of 196 open Vice President 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 work6%
  2. 2. AI adoption and change management3%
  3. 3. AI strategy and use cases3%
  4. 4. AI workflow automation1%
  5. 5. Automation platforms (Zapier, n8n, Power Automate)1%
  6. 6. AI-enabled analytics1%

Do AI skills change vice president of operations pay?

For Operations roles in general, as of November 2, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for vice president 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.

All Operations jobs

Job titles under VP of Operations

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

Employers hiring for VP of Operations roles

  • Confidential 119
  • Uline 71
  • JRG Partners 15
  • JPMorgan Chase 12
  • Kimmel & Associates 12
  • BNY 11
  • Aramark 8
  • Michael Page 7
  • Sodexo 6
  • Concerto Renal Services 4
  • Performance Food Group 4
  • Rendever 4

VP of Operations questions

What does a VP of Operations do?
A vice president of operations runs how the work gets done: process, delivery, cost and the teams that run it for a company or a large business unit. Usually reports to a C-suite leader or the CEO, and manages directors. SVP and EVP titles are the same job at a larger scale, and are counted here.
What else is a VP of Operations called?
The same job is also written VP Operations, Vice President of Operations, Vice President, Operations, SVP Operations, Senior Vice President of Operations, EVP Operations, Executive Vice President of Operations, VP of Business Operations.
How many VP of Operations jobs are open?
942 verified open Vice President of Operations jobs, each checked against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
How much does a VP of Operations make?
Among 175 open Vice President of Operations listings that state pay, the median is $197,500 a year, and half of listings fall between $165,000 and $245,000. This is pay the employer advertises for the job, not total compensation such as bonus or equity.
Where are VP of Operations jobs?
Texas (106), Illinois (100), New York (95), California (90) have the most open Vice President of Operations listings. About 31% of listings that state a work arrangement are remote.
Which state pays a VP of Operations the most?
Of the states with enough listings that state pay, California has the highest median at $251,500.
Which industries hire for VP of Operations roles?
Healthcare & Hospital Systems (21%), Transportation & Logistics (19%), Manufacturing & Industrial (13%), Financial Services & Banking (12%), as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry.
What skills do VP of Operations jobs ask for?
The skills named most often in open Vice President of Operations listings are supply chain, logistics, forecasting, procurement, budgeting.
Do VP of Operations jobs ask for AI skills?
11% of 196 open Vice President of Operations listings read in full name a specific AI skill. The most common is AI tools in daily work.

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