What C-level Operations Jobs Ask For
Across 1,324 open C-level Operations postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, automation, strategic-planning.
Updated October 28, 2026
1,515 open C-level Operations postings. The percentages below are measured over the 1,324 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 34% |
| automation | 19% |
| strategic-planning | 16% |
| stakeholder-management | 16% |
| analytics | 16% |
| process-improvement | 13% |
| performance-management | 11% |
| business-development | 10% |
| program-management | 9% |
| corrective-action | 8% |
| go-to-market | 8% |
| regulatory-compliance | 6% |
| osha | 6% |
| saas | 6% |
| ai-enablement | 6% |
| agentic-ai | 6% |
| personal-protective-equipment | 6% |
| erp | 6% |
| fintech | 5% |
| crm | 5% |
| sql | 5% |
| succession-planning | 5% |
| vendor-management | 5% |
| cloud | 4% |
| agile | 4% |
| llm | 4% |
| machine-learning | 4% |
| jira | 4% |
| notion | 4% |
| slack | 4% |
| six-sigma | 4% |
| asana | 3% |
| business-intelligence | 3% |
| networking | 3% |
| cybersecurity | 3% |
| financial-modeling | 3% |
| data-quality | 3% |
| salesforce | 3% |
| ecommerce | 3% |
| financial-reporting | 3% |
"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.
Browse 1,515 open C-level Operations jobs →
Across all Operations levels
Most Operations postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- ai 4,280
- performance-management 3,430
- analytics 2,902
- erp 2,831
- corrective-action 2,784
- automation 2,711
- process-improvement 2,551
- sap 2,128
- stakeholder-management 2,076
- cloud 1,496
- osha 1,492
- ccpa 1,433