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Where does a Business Operations Manager go next?

What employers are asking a Business Operations Manager for, what they pay, and where people go next. From live postings and Startline’s modeled career map: what the ads say, never estimated.

Typical advancement
Chief of Staff+34% typical comp change · ~3.0y typical
90% of modeled moves out of Business Operations Manager go here
progression0% of modeled exits move upward from there
Specialist path
Director of Outdoor Education+22% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical
reachable via Chief of Staff. 18% joint modeled share
progression0% of modeled exits move upward from there
Director of Learning & Development+15% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical
reachable via Chief of Staff. 16% joint modeled share
progression0% of modeled exits move upward from there
Higher-growth opportunity
Director of Creative Arts Therapies+29% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical
reachable via Chief of Staff. 18% joint modeled share
progression0% of modeled exits move upward from there
Director of People+61% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical
reachable via Chief of Staff. 16% joint modeled share
progression93% of modeled exits move upward from there
Director of Operations+69% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical
reachable via Senior Operations Manager. 7% joint modeled share
progression93% of modeled exits move upward from there
Adjacent career
Senior Operations Manager+26% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical
10% of modeled moves out of Business Operations Manager go here
lateral92% of modeled exits move upward from there
Entrepreneurial possibility
Founder+45% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical
reachable via Chief of Staff. 22% joint modeled share
founding30% of modeled exits move upward from there

What this page cannot know is which of these fit you. That is what the free list is for.