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Director of User Operations

Director of User Operations

CompanyQuizlet
LocationSan Francisco, CA, USA
Salary$150000 – $250000
TypeFull-Time
Degrees
Experience LevelSenior, Expert or higher

Requirements

  • 10+ years of people management experience, including remote and vendor team oversight
  • Demonstrated success in defining and executing cross-functional operational strategies at scale
  • Strategic thinker with strong ownership, data fluency, and vision-setting capabilities
  • Proven experience architecting support systems and infrastructure, including taxonomy, workflow automation, and reporting frameworks
  • Passion for leveraging automation and AI to improve user experience and operational efficiency
  • Deep understanding of policy enforcement, content strategy, and system design
  • Exceptional communication and cross-functional collaboration skills

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive the strategic roadmap across all operational pillars—human support, automation, policy enforcement, systems, and content—to improve user experience and operational scalability
  • Lead and inspire a high-performing team of managers, leads and specialists across support, content, policy enforcement, and technical operations
  • Shape and evolve our Policy Enforcement function, including Trust & Safety and Legal workflows, to ensure safe and scalable operations
  • Develop the content strategy across self-service channels (Help Center, Chatbot, Macros, etc.), ensuring scalability, localization, and SEO performance
  • Lead the vision and execution for support system infrastructure, including taxonomy design, data governance, and architecture to power analytics, reporting, and operational insights
  • Establish and track OKRs and KPIs aligned to company goals, leveraging dashboards and reporting to drive decisions and communicate progress
  • Foster a culture of quality assurance and continuous improvement across all support channels
  • Create feedback loops to capture user sentiment, CSAT, and product insights through tooling and strategic reporting infrastructure
  • Partner with the Finance team to maintain and evolve our support financial model, enabling better investment decisions, cost visibility, and outcome tracking
  • Scale support for a global user base, including localization strategies and time zone coverage
  • Manage and strengthen partnerships with outsourcing partners and AI/automation vendors to enable cost-effective and high-impact operations
  • Represent User Operations in cross-functional strategic discussions with Product, Legal, Finance, and Engineering

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with global support operations and 24/7 coverage models
  • Background in analytics, reporting infrastructure, or data tools (e.g., BigQuery, Looker)
  • Familiarity with Zendesk, Survicate, GPT-based automation, or similar platforms