Director, AI-Native Business Operations
NetApp · San Jose, CA
$196,350–$292,600from the description
Jun 29, 2026
San Jose, CA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hands-on leadership role focused on converting a product organization's internal operating processes — budgeting, headcount management, planning cycles, and executive business reviews — into AI-agent-driven workflows. The person in this role personally designs and builds the agents and integrations, while also leading a cross-functional team of engineers, operations managers, and program managers responsible for delivering and sustaining the new operating model.
Principal level · 15+ years · National · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
What the occupation pays Median $178,991 (middle half $141,096–$225,584). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The role is a genuine hybrid: it is explicitly a people-management position (hiring, leading, and setting direction for a cross-functional team of engineers, operations managers, and program managers) AND a hands-on builder role (personally designing and deploying AI agents and integrations). 11-3021 was chosen because team leadership and organizational accountability are the primary framing, but 15-1299 is a credible runner-up given the heavy hands-on AI/agent-building requirement.
Location is not specified in the posting; the compensation range is quoted in USD and the company (NetApp) is US-headquartered, so the role is treated as US-based. No CBSA can be determined.
Cursor and Claude Code are listed under 'Education and Experience' as 'preferred' (exact wording: 'Familiarity with Cursor and Claude Code is preferred'), so they are marked as preferred rather than required. The broader ability to build AI agents and integrations IS stated as a hard requirement ('Demonstrated ability to personally build working AI agents and integrations').
The degree requirement is 'Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience' — equivalent experience is explicitly accepted, so no formal degree is hard-gated. An MBA is noted as preferred.
15 years is the stated minimum overall experience floor ('typically requires a minimum of 15 years'); the 10+ years figure is scoped specifically to business operations/strategy roles, not the overall requirement.
The seniority is assessed as Principal: the role carries org-wide scope (redesigning the entire CPO/product organization's operating model), reports to a VP, leads a cross-functional team, and requires 15+ years of experience — well above the typical Senior band.
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