Director of Business Operations at Semgrep in San Francisco, CA

ABOUT SEMGREP Semgrep, the leader in code security for builders, empowers invention without friction. Teams catch, flag, and fix real issues before they ship, powered by security that learns as they build. Semgrep secures code as it’s written and provides guardrails that pave the road for developers to move fast and stay secure. Built for builders and trusted by security, Semgrep lives where developers work, delivering fixes without breaking flow, and giving security teams visibility, control, and confidence. Semgrep gets smarter as you build, with AI that learns your context to cut false positives and prioritize reachable vulnerabilities, validated by 95% of security reviewers across 6M+ findings. Semgrep makes zero false positives a reality with AppSec teams triaging 80% fewer false positives across Code and Supply Chain, dramatically shrinking the backlog. Founded in San Francisco and backed by Menlo Ventures, Felicis Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Redpoint Ventures, and Sequoia Capital, Semgrep is recognized by Gartner in Application Security Testing and is trusted by leading organizations, including Vanta, Lyft, and Dropbox. Learn more at semgrep.dev http://semgrep.dev. ABOUT THE ROLE This role exists to make Semgrep run better as a company. You own the operating system: how information flows, how the company communicates, how leaders' time is protected, and how the most important work moves forward. You are a player-coach and a thought partner to the VP of Operations, and you bring genuine judgment to both the strategic and the operational side of the work. You are AI-native and you bring that into everything you touch: every process in Ops should be as automated and efficient as possible, and you are the person who makes that happen. You understand how engineering organizations think and know how to earn trust with technical leaders. You will manage one direct report and be accountable for the full Business Operations function WHAT YOU’LL DO AI-FIRST OPERATIONS - Ensure that every process and workflow within Operations is as automated and efficient as possible; identify where manual work exists and build the automation to eliminate it - As the function matures, shift toward oversight and program management: define the roadmap, work with Tech Ops on implementation, and track adoption and impact - Set the standard within Ops for how the team approaches automation and AI-first process design OPERATING CADENCE - Own Semgrep's company-wide operating rhythm: all-hands, QBRs, leadership planning cycles, board prep coordination, and finding opportunities to bring together department ops leads (rev ops, tech ops, marketing ops) - Ensure the company's most important meetings have the right presenters, the right preparation, and meaningful follow-through - Design and improve the operating processes that create accountability and visibility without adding overhead - Maintain and evolve the fiscal year calendar that keeps the whole company aligned STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS - Edit and refine communications on culture, strategy, employee value proposition, and organizational change; ensure they reflect the voice and intent of their author - Think critically about channel and cadence, ensuring employees receive the right information through the right medium at the right time - Contribute to the ongoing work of defining and articulating what it means to be an employee at Semgrep STAFF TEAM EFFECTIVENESS - Understand the business well enough to support the staff team's priorities and protect their time, not as a traditional EA, but as an operations partner with judgment and context - Ensure the right touchpoints between leaders are designed and actually happening; surface coordination gaps before they become problems - Act as a force multiplier for the VP of Operations: own the context, close the loops, anticipate what is needed BUSINESS OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT - Manage the Business Operations Manager, providing direction, prioritization support, and professional development - Oversee Business Operations' ownership of knowledge management strategy (Haystack intranet and Notion), vendor and tools operations, and staff logistics - Own the Ops Collective, the cross-functional group of ops leads across the company - Partner closely with Tech Ops on tooling infrastructure and shared operational decisions YOU ARE IDEAL FOR THIS ROLE IF YOU HAVE - 8+ years in business operations, chief of staff, strategy and operations, or a related role, ideally at a high-growth software company - AI-native: you have hands-on experience building with AI tools and you are excited to do more of it; you have shipped internal automation, not just evaluated it - Exceptional written communicator: you can edit someone's voice, you know what will resonate with employees, and you understand the difference between information and communication - Deep understanding of how engineering and product organizations operate; you earn trust with technical leaders by being genuinely useful - High agency: you identify problems before they are assigned and close loops without being followed up on - Comfortable at multiple altitudes: you can set a strategy on Monday and execute it yourself on Tuesday - Strong cross-functional instincts; you know how to work alongside Finance, People, Legal, and GTM without creating drag - Discreet and trusted with sensitive organizational and leadership information COMPENSATION Salary Range: $208,000 - $260,000 Our compensation package includes equity and benefits in addition to salary. Please note that the range listed is for someone based in the San Francisco Bay Area. WHAT WE OFFER (FTE ONLY) Our goal is to competitively and fairly compensate every Semgrep employee with a system that equally rewards those who are vocal and those who are less comfortable making demands during the final steps of the hiring process. To that end, we generate internal compensation bands that are used when discussing and negotiating salaries. We update these based on market data to make sure they’re above the average for comparable roles. We invest in our employees’ well-being and long-term success through a competitive, market-aligned benefits program that meets or exceeds local market standards across all of the regions in which we hire. Benefits offerings vary by location to reflect local requirements and norms. For more detailed, location-specific information, please visit Semgrep Benefits https://www.notion.so/semgrep/Semgrep-Benefits-1593009241a88029bd7edf1fed1dfde2. WHO WE ARE We bring together people from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines—from physics and philosophy to formal methods research and full-fledged corporations. We’re new parents and new grads, dog lovers and dogfooders. We get together often to bike, bake, and meet up in parks. In our interactions, we believe respect and honesty go hand in hand, and prioritize both. Semgrep is an equal-opportunity employer seeking a diverse range of backgrounds. We value who you are — including your cultural heritage, your socioeconomic status, your age, your race, your gender, your sexual orientation, your disabilities. We value what’s vitally important to you — your family, your religion, your politics. We value what you love in this world — your music, your weekend pursuits. We believe in welcoming varied professional backgrounds, educations, and interests. If you’re exceptional in your role, believe in Semgrep’s mission, and treat Semgrep’s values as your own, you belong here. 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