Director of Operations - Product, Design, and Engineering

Pantheon Systems, Inc

2h • Onsite

About The Position

Pantheon WebOps Platform powers the open web, running more than 300,000 sites in the cloud for customers including Google, Princeton, Salesloft and Doctors Without Borders. Every day, thousands of developers and marketers create, iterate, and scale WordPress and Drupal sites to reach billions of people globally. Pantheon’s multitenant, container-based platform enables organizations to manage all of their websites from a single dashboard. Organizations including Clorox and the United Nations drive results through accelerated development and real-time publishing using Pantheon’s collaborative workflows.
We are seeking an exceptionally motivated and highly directive Director of Operations to partner with our leadership team for Product, Design, and Engineering (PDE). This is a high-impact, critical role responsible for operational excellence and driving clarity across a rapidly growing and dynamic organization.
The ideal candidate is a strategic operator who is comfortable taking chaos and turning it into predictable order. You will act as the organizational rudder, providing directive guidance to senior leaders, driving alignment, improving decision-making, and ensuring the PDE organization executes against its most critical goals.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in an Operations, Chief of Staff, or Program Management leadership role, specifically supporting a Product, Design, or Engineering (PDE) organization
• Demonstrated experience contributing to a high-functioning Product and Engineering organization. You have seen operational excellence firsthand and can confidently lead the organization toward that standard
• Strategic Planning & Goal Setting: Expert-level proficiency in defining and operationalizing organizational goals using frameworks like Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) or similar methodologies.
• Process Improvement: Proven track record of taking complex, ambiguous processes ("chaos") and documenting/implementing repeatable, scalable, and clear operating procedures ("order").
• Communication: Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex, high-volume information into clear, concise, and persuasive executive-level narratives and presentations.
• Technical Fluency: A strong foundational understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), product management methodologies, and engineering team structures.
• Stakeholder Management: Exceptional ability to manage, influence, and drive alignment across diverse, senior stakeholders (VPs, Directors, and C-level staff).

Responsibilities

• Strategic Operating Cadence: Drive and execute the PDE’s strategic planning calendar, including goal-setting (OKRs), business reviews, and quarterly/annual planning cycles.
• Alignment & Decision-Making: Redesign and manage all PDE forums (e.g., leadership team meetings, offsites) to ensure they are high-signal, decision-focused, and not used for status updates.
• Organizational Clarity: Roll out and maintain prioritization and communication frameworks to ensure every team member understands how decisions are made, how priorities are set, and how their work connects to the overall strategy.
• Cross-Functional Execution: Proactively identify, resolve, and communicate high-level cross-team dependencies and roadblocks, serving as the central hub for coordination between Product, Design, and Engineering, and other departments (e.g., CS, Sales).
• Financial & Resource Planning: Partner with HR/Recruiting, Finance, PDE leadership to manage the organizational budget, drive accurate forecasting, and align resource allocation (headcount, vendor spend, tooling) with strategic priorities.

Benefits

• Industry competitive compensation and equity plan
• Flexible time off, sick days, and 13 paid holidays
• Comprehensive medical insurance including Health, Dental and Vision
• Paid parental leave (plus fertility, adoption and other family planning benefits)
• In-office workspace (San Francisco)
• Monthly allowance for wellness, reading and access to LinkedIn Learning for continued development
• Events and activities both team-based and company wide that inspire, educate and cultivate

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees