Director of Operations, CS

Tempus AI; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 127,000 - 171,000; Full time

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Benefits package

Job summary

Tempus AI in Chicago is seeking a Director of Customer Operations to drive excellence across the customer operations organization and scale the team, processes, and tools.

Reporting to Customer Operations leadership, you will lead Operations Enablement, Training & Knowledge Management, Launches, and Quality Assurance, building playbooks to support growth and integration with internal partners. The role emphasizes people leadership and process optimization.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of leadership experience in operations, customer service, or related field.
• Proven track record of process improvement and operational discipline in a high-volume, service-oriented environment.
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from concept through execution.

Responsibilities

• Oversee operations enablement, metrics oversight, capacity planning, and translation of new tools from development into production.
• Lead onboarding and ongoing education of the team through Training & Knowledge Management.
• Own launches of new products, features, and partnerships and translate requirements into workflows.
• Build and run a robust QA program with CSR-level quality metrics.
• Manage cross-functional projects and stakeholder relationships to prioritize and resolve issues affecting customer satisfaction.
• Drive process improvement and establish feedback loops between QA and Training for targeted solutions.
• Partner with development teams to translate new capabilities into production and own future iterations.

Skills

Leadership experience

Process improvement

Project management

Operations management

Stakeholder management

Education

Advanced degree (MBA)

Job description

Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry?

Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time, actionable insights to physicians, providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients, at the right time.

We are looking for a Director, Customer Operations who will drive operational excellence across Tempus’ Customer Operations organization. Reporting into Customer Operations leadership, this role is responsible for continuously improving the processes, systems, tools, and capabilities that enable an exceptional customer experience. The Director will lead the functions that keep Customer Operations running and scaling—Operations Enablement, Training & Knowledge Management, Launches, and Quality Assurance—while building the team, structure, and playbooks that support Tempus’ continued growth and integration.

The North Star For This Role

Continuously improve the processes, systems, tools, and capabilities that enable exceptional customer operations.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Operations Enablement – metric oversight and improvement, workforce management and capacity planning, and translation of new tools from development into production
• Training & Knowledge Management – new hire onboarding and ongoing education of the team on workflow changes across all lines of business
• Launches – serving as the Customer Operations stakeholder as new products, features, and partnerships are launched, and ensuring requirements are operationalized into workflows
• Quality Assurance – building and running a robust QA program that produces regular, CSR-level quality metrics
• Other duties as assigned

Drive Operational Performance And Process Improvement

• Maintain a pulse on operational metrics across all functions, identifying the right levers to pull to drive improvement and partnering with managers to execute
• Build out the process improvement capabilities of the Customer Operations organization - both in directly leading projects and coaching others in process improvement
• Build feedback loops between QA and Training so recurring performance gaps are identified and addressed through targeted training solutions
• Partner with development teams to translate new capabilities (e.g., workforce management, QA tooling, agentic solutions) into production, and own future iterations of this work as it transitions to the team

Build Team Capability And Leadership

• Coach and develop functional leaders, helping managers move from executing against direction to setting their own vision, seeking alignment, and delivering
• Design and deliver training and development programs for supervisors and managers
• Establish competency and certification processes that ensure team members are prepared before working new workflows

Lead Cross-functional Projects And Stakeholder Relationships

• Lead and manage projects that enable customer self-service and improve the customer experience
• Partner across Customer Operations, Sales, Product, and technical teams to prioritize, escalation, and resolve issues that affect customer satisfaction and value
• Leverage prior integration experience —on the technical, operational, and people side—as legacy organizations and workflows come together

Minimum

Required Experience:

• 10+ years of leadership experience in operations, customer service, or a related field
• Demonstrated track record of process improvement and operational discipline in a high-volume, service-oriented environment
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from concept through execution

Preferred

• Experience in a healthcare, diagnostics, or life sciences environment
• “Real life” experience interacting with customers (care team or sales)
• Experience building agentic workflows and tools or applying AI/automation to operational problems
• Experience leading change management and organizational or systems integration
• Advanced degree (e.g., MBA)

Ideal Candidates Will Possess

• Strong operational discipline and a bias toward building durable processes, systems, and tools rather than one-off fixes
• Excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to build cross-functional relationships and influence without authority
• A track record of developing and mentoring people, including growing managers into strong, independent leaders
• Data fluency—comfort using metrics to diagnose problems, prioritize, and measure improvement
• A proactive, entrepreneurial mindset; thrives in a high-growth, rapidly evolving environment and can operationalize solutions quickly
• Sound judgment around risk mitigation and the ability to anticipate downstream consequences of operational decisions
• The ability to form genuine connections with team members and lead with empathy

$127,000- $171,000

The expected salary range may vary for other locations. Actual salary may vary based on qualifications and experience. Tempus offers a full range of benefits, which may include incentive compensation, restricted stock units, medical and other benefits depending on the position.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.