What Senior Operations Jobs Ask For
Across 4,056 open Senior Operations postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are ai, analytics, automation.
Updated October 10, 2026
5,587 open Senior Operations postings. The percentages below are measured over the 4,056 of them that list skills at all.
| Skill | Mentioned in |
|---|---|
| ai | 24% |
| analytics | 20% |
| automation | 19% |
| stakeholder-management | 17% |
| process-improvement | 16% |
| erp | 14% |
| sap | 13% |
| performance-management | 13% |
| corrective-action | 12% |
| cloud | 10% |
| powerbi | 8% |
| vendor-management | 7% |
| sql | 7% |
| oracle | 7% |
| program-management | 6% |
| agile | 6% |
| ariba | 5% |
| six-sigma | 5% |
| saas | 5% |
| strategic-planning | 5% |
| accounts-payable | 5% |
| tableau | 5% |
| data-analytics | 5% |
| data-quality | 5% |
| root-cause-analysis | 5% |
| risk-assessment | 5% |
| sharepoint | 5% |
| business-development | 4% |
| regulatory-compliance | 4% |
| accessibility | 4% |
| salesforce | 4% |
| crm | 4% |
| contract-negotiation | 4% |
| python | 3% |
| agentic-ai | 3% |
| succession-planning | 3% |
| coupa | 3% |
| ecommerce | 3% |
| networking | 3% |
| accounts-receivable | 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 5,587 open Senior 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