Vice President of Operations Enablement

Metropolis Metropolis · Vertical AI · Chicago, IL +2 · Central Operations

This role is for a VP of Operations Enablement who will build the connective tissue to make operators, partners, and internal teams more effective. The role involves translating business strategy into processes, programs, and playbooks for operating at scale. Key responsibilities include leading Learning, Launch, and Marketing teams, architecting enablement strategies, partnering cross-functionally, and establishing reporting infrastructure. The role also involves leading launch programs, building a learning function, shaping marketing content, and contributing to organizational planning. While not directly building AI models, the role focuses on enabling operations and leveraging AI tools to improve processes and outcomes within an AI-focused company.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead and develop three high-impact teams — Learning, Launch, and Marketing — aligning their roadmaps and outputs to the broader goals of Central Ops and the business
  2. Architect and own the enablement strategy, including the frameworks, programs, and tools that drive operator adoption, team readiness, and go-to-market execution
  3. Partner cross-functionally with Product, Sales, and Operations to identify gaps in capability, process, or knowledge and build solutions that close them at scale
  4. Establish metrics and reporting infrastructure to track enablement effectiveness, using data to continuously iterate and improve what your teams deliver
  5. Lead the design and execution of launch programs that bring new markets, features, and products to life with speed and consistency

Skills

Required

  • 10+ years of experience in operations, enablement, go-to-market, or a related function
  • 3+ years managing multi-disciplinary teams
  • Proven track record of building processes and systems in a high-growth startup or scale-up environment
  • Deep experience owning or overseeing learning & development, launch operations, or marketing functions
  • Design programs as a systems thinker to ensure solutions scale and prevent recurring problems
  • Act as an excellent communicator and cross-functional partner who earns trust quickly and influences without authority
  • Demonstrate the ability to hire, develop, and retain top talent across different functions and team cultures
  • Experience leveraging AI tools to transform static workflows into responsive, high-output processes

Nice to have

  • Experience at a marketplace, mobility, proptech, or infrastructure company enabling a complex external operator or partner base
  • Familiarity with building or scaling a learning management system (LMS), enablement platform, or knowledge base
  • Background including both operator-facing and internal enablement across different audiences

What the JD emphasized

  • build from the ground up before
  • operating with ambiguity
  • systems thinker
  • excellent communicator and cross-functional partner who earns trust quickly and influences without authority
  • hire, develop, and retain top talent