Head of Field Engineering Operations
Vercel · Hybrid - San Francisco · Field Readiness · listed April 27, 2026
The shape of it
Seniority
Manager
Where
Hybrid
Stated pay
$260,000 – $300,000
Requirements listed
0
Length
659 words
In the posting’s own words
We are looking for a Head of Field Engineering Operations to join our Revenue Operations team. You'll be a strategic partner to the VP of Field Engineering and build the systems, processes, and team that help our Field Engineering organization scale.
Also a plus
- Built an operations function from the ground up within a Field Engineering or Solutions Architecture organization
- Owned post-sales lifecycle management for a consumption-based pricing model, including onboarding funnels and customer health scoring
- Wrote SQL for ad hoc analysis and shipped internal tools or automation, including AI-driven workflows, for a go-to-market team
What the job covers
- Design the processes, systems, and operating cadences that let Solutions Architects, Developer Success Engineers, Customer Success Engineers, Technical Account Managers, and Professional Services scale
- Build and lead the Field Engineering Operations team, and set team structures, role definitions, and engagement models as Field Engineering grows
- Run capacity planning, territory design, and resource allocation across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and Asia-Pacific (APAC), in step with go-to-market (GTM) teams
- Own the pre-sales to post-sales lifecycle framework, including technical win and onboarding forecasts, go-live tracking, and consumption ramp measurement
- Define the Field Engineering metrics, dashboards, and health scoring models that show team performance, account engagement, and customer outcomes
Tools and skills named
Go to market
- Go-to-market3×
- Customer success
- SaaS
- Salesforce
- Solutions architecture
Languages
- SQL
Operations & finance
- Recruiting
Words the posting leans on
- field engineering8×
- operations7×
- technical6×
- organization4×
- build3×
- customer3×
- design3×
- models3×
- revenue operations3×
- status3×
- account2×
- architecture2×
- automation2×
- built2×
- capacity2×
- engagement2×
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