Remote Director: Talent Ops & Automation Strategy

micro1; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Performance-based bonuses

Health-insurance premium reimbursement

Paid time off

401(k) with company match

Job summary

micro1 is seeking a Director of Talent Operations, Strategy & Automation to build scalable systems and operating infrastructure for human-data operations. You will own the automation roadmap across Talent Operations, redesign workflows for scale, and shape the Ops Platform with clear requirements for TO systems and engineering initiatives.

You will translate operational needs into technical specifications, work closely with operators to capture requirements and drive cross-functional execution

Qualifications

• Significant experience in operations strategy, automation, product operations, systems, or business operations.
• Track record of turning complex, manual operations into scalable systems and workflows.
• Hands-on experience with process mapping, workflow design, automation, and systems implementation.
• Experience partnering with Product and Engineering to build internal platforms or operational tooling.
• Strong analytical and communication skills across technical and operational teams.
• Ability to operate from strategy through execution in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.

Responsibilities

• Own the TO automation roadmap, prioritizing the highest-leverage opportunities to automate, redesign, or eliminate operational work.
• Redesign workflows for scale, identifying bottlenecks, failure points, and unnecessary manual work.
• Shape the Ops Platform, defining requirements, workflows, business logic, and success criteria for TO systems and engineering initiatives.
• Translate operations into systems, turning complex operational needs into clear product and engineering requirements.
• Work directly with operators to understand workflows, edge cases, pain points, and user needs firsthand.
• Drive cross-functional execution with Product, Engineering, Human Data, Recruiting, and Finance from discovery through rollout.
• Measure impact across operational capacity, cycle time, manual effort, reliability, and error reduction.
• Create visibility into priorities, progress, impact, risks, and dependencies across TO initiatives.

Skills

Operations strategy

Automation

Product operations

Systems implementation

Process mapping

Workflow design

APIs & integrations

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Tools

APIs

Integrations

Automation platforms

System architecture

Job description

micro1 is seeking a Director of Talent Operations, Strategy & Automation to build scalable systems and operating infrastructure for human-data operations. You will own the automation roadmap across Talent Operations, redesign workflows for scale, and shape the Ops Platform with clear requirements for TO systems and engineering initiatives.

You will translate operational needs into technical specifications, work closely with operators to capture requirements and drive cross-functional execution