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Operations salaries

155 Operations listings with published compensation.

Overall

P10
$99,750
P25
$133,500
Median
$175,000
P75
$250,000
P90
$287,500

By seniority

Level P25 Median P75 N
Intern $83,200 $180,000 $180,000 2
Entry $53,664 $91,800 $100,000 6
Mid $127,742 $164,000 $207,193 59
Senior $161,375 $185,500 $251,000 41
Staff $208,000 $250,271 $263,500 4
Lead $166,000 $203,400 $313,500 4
Manager $150,739 $175,000 $250,000 30
Director $264,600 $276,250 $335,000 9

Top-paying Operations roles

Anthropic ·
Data Center Portfolio Planning & Execution Lead
📍 US 🌐 Remote 💰 $365K–$485K 🛂 Visa sponsor 🛠 AI tools welcome · Senior
Data Center Portfolio Planning & Execution Lead at Anthropic. Owns integrated master planning across datacenter buildout portfolio, from design through operations readiness. Builds tooling, stage-gate systems, and capacity catalog to coordinate multi-site infrastructure delivery.
SmartsheetP6
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Discord ·
Director of IT & Enterprise Technology
📍 San Francisco, US 💰 $400K–$450K 🛠 AI tools welcome · Director
Director of IT & Enterprise Technology at Discord building engineering discipline into IT operations. Owns identity/access, endpoint management, SaaS governance, and workplace infrastructure while transforming the function from reactive support to platform engineering and automation.
OktaGoogle WorkspaceJamfIntuneCrowdstrike1Password
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Discord ·
Director TPM, Strategy & Operations Security, IT & Privacy
📍 San Francisco, US 💰 $400K–$450K · Director
Director of Technical Program Management for Security & IT at Discord. Owns operating cadences, budget governance, and program management across the Security & IT organization, reporting to the Office of the CTO. Manages TPM practice and drives strategic programs in security, IT, privacy, and GRC.
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Anthropic ·
Technical Program Manager, Platform
📍 San Francisco, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $365K–$435K 🛂 Visa sponsor · Senior
Technical Program Manager for Platform at Anthropic, owning end-to-end program execution for Claude API deployments across multiple cloud environments. Coordinates infrastructure programs, cloud provider partnerships, and cross-team dependencies at scale.
AWSGCPAzureKubernetesdistributed systems
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Anthropic ·
Transaction Manager
📍 San Francisco, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $365K–$435K · Senior
Transaction Manager at Anthropic leading commercial sourcing and execution for data center capacity deals. Manages RFP processes, negotiates term sheets, and coordinates cross-functional stakeholders across legal, finance, engineering, and network teams.
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Anthropic ·
Incident Manager - Detection & Response
📍 San Francisco, US 💰 $320K–$405K · Senior
Technical Program Manager for incident management at Anthropic's Detection & Response team. Owns end-to-end incident response lifecycle, drives post-incident improvements, and leads cross-functional initiatives to address systemic security risks.
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Anthropic ·
Head of Insurance & Business Risk
📍 San Francisco, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $300K–$370K 🛂 Visa sponsor 🛠 AI tools welcome · Director
Head of Insurance & Business Risk at Anthropic building a corporate insurance program from the ground up. Owns D&O, cyber, tech E&O, and property coverage; designs risk mitigation strategies; shapes how the insurance market approaches AI-specific risks.
Claude
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Anthropic ·
Technical Program Manager, Inference Performance
📍 San Francisco, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $290K–$365K 🛂 Visa sponsor · Mid
Technical Program Manager for Inference Performance at Anthropic. Coordinates cross-functional initiatives across inference runtime and accelerator systems, manages model launches, and optimizes infrastructure performance across multiple hardware platforms.
inference systemscompilershardware accelerators
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Anthropic ·
Technical Program Manager, Infrastructure
📍 San Francisco, US 💰 $290K–$365K 🛠 AI tools welcome · Senior
Technical Program Manager for Infrastructure at Anthropic, coordinating complex programs across training clusters, production services, and developer tooling. Bridges research, engineering, and product teams to drive reliability, scaling, and developer productivity initiatives.
KubernetesAWSGCPAzureGPUTPU
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Anthropic ·
Technical Program Manager, Security
📍 San Francisco, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $290K–$365K 🛂 Visa sponsor 🛠 AI tools welcome · Manager
Technical Program Manager for Security at Anthropic driving execution of security programs spanning engineering, infrastructure, and compliance. Responsible for Responsible Scaling Policy commitments, infrastructure security initiatives, and cross-functional coordination across research, product, and policy teams.
SQL
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Anthropic ·
Technical Program Manager, Compute
📍 San Francisco, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $290K–$365K 🛂 Visa sponsor · Senior
Technical Program Manager on Anthropic's Compute team, overseeing infrastructure planning, capacity allocation, and cross-functional coordination for the company's compute fleet supporting model training, evaluation, and inference workloads.
KubernetesSlurmAWSGCPAzure
53
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Anthropic ·
Technical Program Manager, Consumer Engineering
📍 San Francisco, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $290K–$365K 🛂 Visa sponsor · Senior
Technical Program Manager at Anthropic coordinating cross-team engineering initiatives for Claude's consumer products. Drives launch readiness, manages dependencies, and facilitates technical decision-making across platform, product, and infrastructure teams.
52
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Databricks ·
Lead Adoption Architect
📍 US 🌐 Remote 💰 $264K–$363K · Lead
Lead Adoption Architect at Databricks driving product adoption strategy and field execution. Works with product and GTM teams to create scalable programs, establish plays, and drive DBU growth across business units.
33
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Anthropic ·
Head of Travel & Expense
📍 San Francisco, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $300K–$360K 🛂 Visa sponsor 🛠 AI tools welcome · Manager
Head of Travel & Expense at Anthropic, owning corporate travel policy, vendor negotiations, and AI-powered automation across the T&E function. Reports to Head of Finance Operations and leads a team of two.
NavanBrexClaude
35
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Anthropic ·
Head of Programmatic Outcomes — Partners
📍 San Francisco, US 💰 $315K–$350K · Director
Head of Programmatic Outcomes (Partners) at Anthropic, responsible for building and scaling a certified partner ecosystem to drive Claude adoption through SIs, consulting firms, and MSPs. Role focuses on partner enablement, certification programs, and activation frameworks to extend Anthropic's go-to-market at scale.
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Pinterest ·
Sr. Staff Technical Program Manager, GenAI
📍 San Francisco, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $163K–$336K 🛠 AI tools welcome 🤝 AI-OK interview · Staff
Sr. Staff Technical Program Manager at Pinterest leading company-wide programs to improve developer productivity through AI-assisted coding and engineering practices. Drives roadmap for AI-native software engineering across the organization.
AI-assisted coding toolsdeveloper agentssoftware infrastructure
57
AI-fluent
Databricks ·
Chief of Staff, to the CPO
📍 San Francisco, US 💰 $234K–$322K 🛠 AI tools welcome · Manager
Chief of Staff to the Chief People Officer at Databricks, supporting operational excellence and strategic execution across the People organization. Role includes driving operating cadence, ensuring cross-functional alignment, and identifying AI-powered tools to improve People team efficiency.
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Anthropic ·
Program Manager, Student Outreach
📍 San Francisco, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $255K–$320K 🛂 Visa sponsor · Manager
Program Manager at Anthropic leading student outreach strategy, including the Claude Campus Ambassador Program and Builder Clubs. Owns strategy, program infrastructure, and execution for university engagement globally.
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Databricks ·
Director, Strategy & Execution
📍 San Francisco, US 💰 $232K–$319K 🛠 AI tools welcome · Director
Director of Sales Development Strategy & Execution at Databricks, responsible for GTM strategy, pipeline analysis, and integrating agentic AI into sales development workflows to drive revenue growth.
39
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Figma ·
Technical Program Manager, AI Performance
📍 San Francisco, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $185K–$317K · Senior
Technical Program Manager for AI Performance at Figma, owning performance prevention and safe rollout for flagship products and AI features across desktop, browser, and mobile platforms.
AWSDatadogSentryReact NativeWebAssemblyXcode Instruments
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Anthropic ·
Safeguards Analyst, Account Abuse
📍 San Francisco, US 💰 $230K–$310K 🛠 AI tools welcome · Mid
Safeguards Analyst at Anthropic building account abuse detection and enforcement systems. Focus on developing signals, integrating third-party data, and operationalizing enforcement workflows to protect the platform at scale.
SQLPython
52
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Anthropic ·
Strategic Deals Lead, Compute & Infrastructure
📍 San Francisco, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $250K–$310K 🛂 Visa sponsor · Senior
Strategic Deals Lead at Anthropic managing compute infrastructure partnerships and vendor negotiations. Coordinates across engineering, finance, and cloud partners to secure compute capacity and execute technical roadmaps.
cloud computingdata center infrastructure
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Anthropic ·
Research Operations, Discovery
📍 San Francisco, US 💰 $210K–$310K · Mid
Research Operations role at Anthropic building operational infrastructure for the science team. Responsibilities span research partnerships, technical program management, contractor networks, and product strategy to enable researchers to focus on frontier AI work.
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Anthropic ·
Community Operations & Executive Escalations Manager
📍 San Francisco, US 🌐 Remote 💰 $260K–$310K 🛂 Visa sponsor · Manager
Community Operations & Executive Escalations Manager at Anthropic. Build and lead a new team managing high-stakes user escalations across social media and executive channels, owning detection, triage, incident coordination, and resolution.
27
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Anthropic ·
Insider Risk Investigator - Technical & Human Intelligence
📍 San Francisco, US 💰 $245K–$305K 🛠 AI tools welcome · Mid
Insider Risk Investigator at Anthropic conducting technical and human investigations to protect company assets. Role combines SIEM/DLP log analysis, employee interviews, and AI-assisted investigation workflows across security, legal, and HR teams.
SIEMDLPUEBASOARClaudeClaude Code
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