What Lead Operations Jobs Ask For
Across 740 open Lead Operations postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, automation, stakeholder-management.
Updated September 18, 2026
1,093 open Lead Operations postings. The percentages below are measured over the 740 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 27% |
| automation | 26% |
| stakeholder-management | 24% |
| analytics | 19% |
| sap | 19% |
| cloud | 16% |
| erp | 15% |
| process-improvement | 14% |
| oracle | 11% |
| vendor-management | 11% |
| performance-management | 10% |
| ariba | 9% |
| sql | 9% |
| powerbi | 7% |
| agile | 6% |
| program-management | 6% |
| saas | 6% |
| agentic-ai | 5% |
| python | 5% |
| data-quality | 5% |
| contract-negotiation | 5% |
| data-analytics | 5% |
| api | 5% |
| regulatory-compliance | 4% |
| accounts-payable | 4% |
| scada | 4% |
| tableau | 4% |
| strategic-planning | 4% |
| coupa | 4% |
| sharepoint | 3% |
| ecommerce | 3% |
| jira | 3% |
| networking | 3% |
| business-development | 3% |
| crm | 3% |
| solution-design | 3% |
| accessibility | 3% |
| fintech | 3% |
| aws | 2% |
| machine-learning | 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 1,093 open Lead Operations jobs →
Across all Operations levels
Most Operations postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- ai 6,715
- process-improvement 4,745
- automation 4,567
- analytics 4,099
- stakeholder-management 3,853
- performance-management 3,737
- erp 3,474
- sap 2,853
- vendor-management 2,461
- cloud 2,363
- regulatory-compliance 1,841
- strategic-planning 1,752