operational excellence jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-15, operational excellence appears in 421 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — most often required for Engineering Manager roles, with demand up 24% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-15
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+Is operational excellence in demand in 2026?
Yes. operational excellence appears in 421 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-15, with demand up 24% vs the prior 4 weeks. It is most often required for Engineering Manager roles (17% of Engineering Manager postings list it).
+What jobs require operational excellence?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-15, the job titles most likely to require operational excellence are Engineering Manager (17% of postings list operational excellence), Software Engineer (16% of postings list operational excellence), Program Manager (9% of postings list operational excellence).
+What skills are commonly paired with operational excellence?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-15), operational excellence most often appears alongside Distributed systems, observability, reliability engineering, security, testing.
+Where is operational excellence most in demand?
As of 2026-09-15, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring operational excellence are New York City, Boston, San Francisco, London, Seattle, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
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Weekly job postings requiring operational excellence — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Job titles most likely to require operational excellence
| Role | Postings mentioning | % requiring |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering Manager | 72 | 17.1% |
| Software Engineer | 68 | 16.2% |
| Program Manager | 36 | 8.6% |
| Technical Program Manager | 16 | 3.8% |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 12 | 2.9% |
| Product Manager | 11 | 2.6% |
| Software Engineering Manager | 10 | 2.4% |
| Engineering Director | 7 | 1.7% |
| Head of Engineering | 6 | 1.4% |
| Platform Software Engineer | 4 | 1.0% |
Top metros hiring for operational excellence
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| New York City | 25 | 5.9% |
| Boston | 10 | 2.4% |
| San Francisco | 10 | 2.4% |
| London | 9 | 2.1% |
| Seattle | 9 | 2.1% |
| Toronto | 7 | 1.7% |
| Bengaluru | 6 | 1.4% |
| Sunnyvale | 6 | 1.4% |
| Austin | 5 | 1.2% |
Skills commonly paired with operational excellence
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-15. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills).
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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