What Lead Operations Jobs Ask For
Across 795 open Lead Operations postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, automation, stakeholder-management.
Updated October 10, 2026
1,154 open Lead Operations postings. The percentages below are measured over the 795 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 27% |
| automation | 23% |
| stakeholder-management | 22% |
| analytics | 21% |
| sap | 19% |
| erp | 17% |
| cloud | 14% |
| process-improvement | 12% |
| corrective-action | 11% |
| oracle | 11% |
| vendor-management | 10% |
| performance-management | 9% |
| ariba | 9% |
| sql | 8% |
| agile | 8% |
| program-management | 7% |
| powerbi | 6% |
| saas | 6% |
| root-cause-analysis | 6% |
| python | 5% |
| risk-assessment | 5% |
| contract-negotiation | 5% |
| data-analytics | 5% |
| data-quality | 5% |
| regulatory-compliance | 5% |
| agentic-ai | 5% |
| coupa | 5% |
| api | 4% |
| tableau | 4% |
| sharepoint | 4% |
| accounts-payable | 4% |
| crm | 4% |
| strategic-planning | 4% |
| jira | 3% |
| machine-learning | 3% |
| solution-design | 3% |
| ecommerce | 3% |
| six-sigma | 3% |
| business-development | 3% |
| fintech | 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 1,154 open Lead Operations jobs →
Across all Operations levels
Most Operations postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- ai 7,345
- process-improvement 5,367
- automation 5,101
- analytics 4,674
- stakeholder-management 4,368
- corrective-action 4,287
- performance-management 4,248
- erp 3,922
- sap 3,252
- vendor-management 2,699
- cloud 2,516
- powerbi 2,123