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Free JD template · Updated 2026-07-16

Head of Operations job description template

An opinionated, copy-paste Head of Operations JD used by founders in 2026. Edit the bracketed sections, ship it, and paste back for feedback. Or generate a version tailored to your company in 60 seconds.

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The template

**Head of Operations at [Company]**

[Company] is [context]. We are hiring our first Head of Ops to own the machinery that lets the rest of the team ship.

**What you will own**
- Finance operations, forecasting, and monthly close.
- People operations: pipeline, onboarding, comp, benefits.
- Legal and compliance workflow.
- The tooling stack and cross-functional projects.

**About you**
- Ran ops at a similar-stage company or were early with broad remit.
- Comfortable in a spreadsheet, a contract, and a hiring pipeline in the same day.
- Track record of hires and vendors you replaced with better ones.

**Comp**
[Base] + [equity]. Real leverage on the whole business.

How to use it

  1. Copy the template into your ATS or a fresh doc.
  2. Fill in every bracketed section with a specific, concrete answer.
  3. Read it out loud once. If a sentence sounds like an agency wrote it, rewrite it.
  4. Post it, and paste it into Startup Roles to get a shortlist calibrated against it.

The three things this template does differently

Names the risk
Senior candidates are pattern-matching for how honestly you describe the job. Vague responsibilities read as vague ownership.
Compensates directly
Real base and equity ranges up front outperform 'competitive' every time on senior reply rates.
First-90-days framing
Instead of a list of tasks, we describe the shape of the first quarter. Candidates self-select correctly.

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