What C-level Operations Jobs Ask For
Across 2,681 open C-level Operations postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, automation, stakeholder-management.
Updated October 9, 2026
4,097 open C-level Operations postings. The percentages below are measured over the 2,681 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 35% |
| automation | 19% |
| stakeholder-management | 18% |
| strategic-planning | 17% |
| performance-management | 15% |
| analytics | 13% |
| process-improvement | 11% |
| business-development | 11% |
| corrective-action | 9% |
| saas | 8% |
| program-management | 8% |
| vendor-management | 7% |
| succession-planning | 6% |
| go-to-market | 6% |
| crm | 6% |
| regulatory-compliance | 6% |
| erp | 5% |
| cloud | 5% |
| agentic-ai | 5% |
| slack | 4% |
| fintech | 4% |
| sharepoint | 4% |
| agile | 4% |
| ai-enablement | 4% |
| notion | 4% |
| cybersecurity | 3% |
| contract-negotiation | 3% |
| six-sigma | 3% |
| ecommerce | 3% |
| sql | 3% |
| salesforce | 3% |
| backbone | 3% |
| financial-reporting | 3% |
| asana | 3% |
| chatgpt | 3% |
| machine-learning | 3% |
| zoom | 3% |
| sap | 3% |
| powerbi | 2% |
| accessibility | 2% |
"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 4,097 open C-level Operations jobs →
Across all Operations levels
Most Operations postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- ai 7,316
- process-improvement 5,246
- automation 5,045
- analytics 4,596
- stakeholder-management 4,246
- corrective-action 4,156
- performance-management 4,131
- erp 3,802
- sap 3,169
- vendor-management 2,658
- cloud 2,515
- powerbi 2,064