Head of Product Operations

Harvey Harvey · AI Frontier · San Francisco, CA · Product

Head of Product Operations role at an AI company focused on transforming legal and professional services. The role involves building and scaling the product operations function, establishing systems and processes for efficient product delivery, defining standards across the product lifecycle, hiring and developing operators, and bringing metrics and rigor to operations. The candidate will partner cross-functionally to drive impact, surface insights, and ensure customer voice is embedded in product development. Requires 7+ years of experience in operations, consulting, or B2B software, with a strong operator mindset, strategic range, data-driven leadership, and team-building skills. The company uses AI to automate and drive efficiency.

What you'd actually do

  1. Build and Scale a High-Performing Product Operations Function.
  2. Bring Metrics and Rigor to How We Operate.
  3. Partner Cross-Functionally to Drive Impact.

Skills

Required

  • 7+ years of experience in business operations, management consulting, or B2B software
  • Experience leading operations teams with a track record of improving operational performance at scale
  • Operator mindset with strategic range
  • Structured, analytical approach to problem-solving
  • Data-driven leadership
  • Experience building measurement frameworks
  • Experience standing up or improving operational dashboards, OKR frameworks, or milestone tracking systems
  • Team builder
  • Experience hiring, developing, and scaling operations teams

Nice to have

  • Experience working closely with or embedded within a product organization is strongly preferred

What the JD emphasized

  • ship products with speed and precision
  • operational capabilities scale alongside product growth
  • improve operational performance at scale
  • move fast and make pragmatic decisions in ambiguous environments
  • use AI to automate and drive efficiency
  • instrument operations for visibility
  • scale operations teams