# Principal Business Operations Manager, Ops & AI Tooling at Snowflake

- Company: Snowflake
- What the company does: Snowflake powers AI, data engineering, applications, and analytics on a trusted, scalable AI Data Cloud—eliminating silos and accelerating innovation. Backed by Sequoia.
- Company website: https://www.snowflake.net/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: US-CA-Menlo Park
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $176K to $231K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-03
- Apply by: 2026-10-18
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/snowflake/d5aa496c-cd9b-4af0-be4d-76ed8bf38ba3
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/snowflake-principal-business-operations-manager-ops-and-ai-tooling/

## About the role

Own Tooling Strategy & Roadmap: Define and own the operational tooling strategy and roadmap — the intake, prioritization, and release plan for the internal tools that run the business. Build Business Planning & Operating Tools: Design and build the internal tools that plan and run the business, partnering with the Business Planning and Commercial Ops functions to turn their processes into scalable systems.

## What they're looking for

- 7+ years (IC4) or 10+ years (IC5) of experience in business operations, ops tooling/systems, revenue operations, or professional services operations, with a strong build orientation
- Proven track record designing and shipping internal operational tools, workflow automation, or agentic/AI workflows
- Hands-on experience with automation and integration across systems such as Salesforce, Certinia/FinancialForce, Smartsheet, and BI tools, comfort using SQL and coding/coding agents to solve problems
- Demonstrated fluency with GenAI and LLMs to automate operational workflows and accelerate insight generation
- Expertise in workflow design, systems architecture, and data governance, with a bias toward simplifying complex processes
- Excellent communication and cross-functional leadership skills, with the ability to influence without authority. (IC5: expected to set direction and drive org-wide initiatives independently.)

Tags: Professional Services
