"business operations," "project management," and "customer service" aren't the only skills we found directors of business operations list on their resumes. In fact, there's a whole list of director of business operations responsibilities that we found, including:
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Before becoming a director of business operations, 70.0% earned their bachelor's degree. When it comes down to graduating with a master's degree, 20.2% directors of business operations went for the extra education. If you're wanting to pursue this career, it may be impossible to be successful with a high school degree. In fact, most directors of business operations have a college degree. But about one out of every nine directors of business operations didn't attend college at all.
Those directors of business operations who do attend college, typically earn either business degrees or accounting degrees. Less commonly earned degrees for directors of business operations include finance degrees or management degrees.
When you're ready to become a director of business operations, you might wonder which companies hire directors of business operations. According to our research through director of business operations resumes, directors of business operations are mostly hired by Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc., Bank of America, and Facebook. Now is a good time to apply as Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. has 83 directors of business operations job openings, and there are 12 at Bank of America and 9 at Facebook.
Since salary is important to some directors of business operations, it's good to note that they are figured to earn the highest salaries at Google, Yelp, and Waymo. If you were to take a closer look at Google, you'd find that the average director of business operations salary is $191,175. Then at Yelp, directors of business operations receive an average salary of $188,166, while the salary at Waymo is $184,005.
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We also looked into companies who hire directors of business operations from the top 100 educational institutions in the U.S. The top three companies that hire the most from these institutions include Bank of America, Cisco, and United States Army Corps of Engineers.
In general, directors of business operations fulfill roles in the pharmaceutical and technology industries. While employment numbers are high in those industries, the director of business operations annual salary is the highest in the manufacturing industry with $127,932 as the average salary. Meanwhile, the technology and professional industries pay $121,737 and $108,307 respectively. This means that directors of business operations who are employed in the manufacturing industry make 8.7% more than directors of business operations who work in the telecommunication Industry.