Director of Business Operations

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, prioritiz