What Principal Operations Jobs Ask For
Across 219 open Principal Operations postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, sap, erp.
Updated November 3, 2026
305 open Principal Operations postings. The percentages below are measured over the 219 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 26% |
| sap | 18% |
| erp | 16% |
| cloud | 14% |
| analytics | 13% |
| process-improvement | 12% |
| automation | 12% |
| performance-management | 12% |
| accounts-payable | 11% |
| stakeholder-management | 11% |
| oracle | 11% |
| powerbi | 10% |
| sql | 9% |
| corrective-action | 9% |
| business-development | 8% |
| program-management | 8% |
| data-visualization | 7% |
| strategic-planning | 7% |
| six-sigma | 7% |
| root-cause-analysis | 6% |
| saas | 6% |
| tableau | 6% |
| vendor-management | 6% |
| agentic-ai | 5% |
| itar | 5% |
| business-intelligence | 5% |
| cybersecurity | 5% |
| dfars | 5% |
| agile | 5% |
| employee-relations | 5% |
| go-to-market | 5% |
| ariba | 4% |
| aws | 4% |
| backbone | 4% |
| networking | 4% |
| statistics | 4% |
| cad | 3% |
| jira | 3% |
| llm | 3% |
| regulatory-compliance | 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 305 open Principal Operations jobs →
Across all Operations levels
Most Operations postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.
- ai 8,873
- corrective-action 7,914
- erp 7,595
- process-improvement 6,815
- automation 6,590
- analytics 6,424
- performance-management 6,423
- sap 6,043
- stakeholder-management 5,963
- osha 3,725
- vendor-management 3,701
- powerbi 3,633