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Vice President of Operations roles in the U.S. are accessible to experienced professionals through J-1 visa sponsorship under the Trainee or Specialist program category. Designated sponsors issue your DS-2019 and oversee compliance while you gain structured operational leadership experience at a U.S. host organization.
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About Rocket Lawyer
We believe everyone deserves access to affordable and simple legal services. Founded in 2008, Rocket Lawyer is the largest and most widely used online legal service platform in the world. With offices in North America, South America, and Europe, Rocket Lawyer has helped over 30 million people create over 50 million legal documents, and get their legal questions answered. We are in a unique position to enhance and expand the Rocket Lawyer platform to a scale never seen before in the company’s history, to capture audiences worldwide. We are expanding our team to take on this challenge!
About Your Role
The Senior Vice President of Product is the strategic and operational leader responsible for defining our product vision, accelerating market adoption, and delivering exceptional business performance. This role will help drive the transition of our trusted legacy platform to our next-generation AI experiences, ensuring a modern, intuitive UX for our entire ecosystem - from the SMBs and families Rocket Lawyer serves to the legal professionals who support them. The ideal candidate possesses deep experience in PLG, and subscription-based / marketplace business models across both consumer and SMB markets. The candidate must have a proven ability to leverage customer insights to create compelling experiences that accelerate user acquisition, upsell, and long-term retention. This leader will be instrumental in bringing clarity, cohesion, and disciplined execution to a fast-moving, cross-functional organization.
How You Will Make a Difference Day To Day
Strategic Vision & Execution:
- Define, articulate, and relentlessly champion an ambitious, long-term product strategy.
- Leverage the Product Operating Model to deliver a product roadmap focused on innovative, AI-led experiences that drive value across the entire product lifecycle while simultaneously optimizing the current platform.
- Lead the harmonization of legacy platform features and new AI-driven products into a single, intuitive, customer experience.
- Build partner facing solutions that support new member acquisition.
- Cultivate an innovative product culture that skillfully balances speed, agility, and disciplined prioritization.
Growth & Business Performance:
- Own the Product-Led Growth (PLG) experiences designed to engage, upsell, and retain all customer segments.
- Own product-driven revenue drivers, including activation, engagement, conversion and retention.
- Partner closely with Growth, Operations, and Finance on pricing, packaging, and go-to-market strategies to maximize new member growth, retention, and Customer Lifetime Value (LTV).
- Instill a culture of operational rigor for roadmap planning and delivery (focusing on speed, consistency, quality, and customer-informed decisions). Own scoping and resource planning.
- Oversee product migrations, transitions, and adoption strategies to minimize friction and maximize customer value realization.
Leadership & Customer Focus:
- Build, mentor, and scale a high-performing Product organization, including Product Managers, Design, and Product Operations.
- Create strong alignment across Product, Engineering, Data, Growth, and Operations to ensure coordinated, high-velocity execution.
- Serve as a senior executive voice across the company, influencing strategy and effectively representing the product direction to internal and external stakeholders.
- Direct qualitative and quantitative UX research and customer surveys to ground all product experience decisions in a deep understanding of customer needs, barriers, and motivations.
What You’ll Need
- 15+ years of progressive product management experience, including 8+ years in executive leadership roles, with at least 5 years leading product teams through large-scale transformation.
- Demonstrated success in driving strategy, adoption, and performance within high-growth, subscription-based businesses (Consumer and SMB).
- Proven track record of delivering measurable, material growth in customer acquisition, expansion, and retention.
- Extensive experience managing product portfolios that include both established, legacy systems and new platform innovations.
- Strong understanding of AI-enabled products, data-driven decision-making, and modern product development practices.
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder-management abilities at the executive level.
- Deep business acumen with the ability to connect customer needs, product capabilities, and financial outcomes.
A plus if you have
- Experience in legal tech, fintech, SaaS, or other highly regulated or trust-driven industries.
- Experience building marketplace product experiences.
- Extensive background operating in a Product-Led Growth (PLG) environment.
What Success Looks Like
- Achieving a unified and cohesive product experience that accelerates customer value and simplifies migration from legacy to AI-powered experiences.
- Material growth in subscription acquisition, expansion, retention, and overall Customer Lifetime Value (LTV).
- A measurable lift in adoption and revenue contribution from new AI products and capabilities.
- High organizational alignment and execution velocity across Product, Engineering, GTM, and Operations.
- A thriving, empowered, and high-performance Product organization.
Not sure if you meet all the qualifications? Apply anyway! We value diverse experiences and encourage you to bring your unique talents to our team!
Benefits & Perks
- Comprehensive health plans (including Medical, Dental and Vision insurance for full-time employees)
- Unlimited PTO
- Competitive salary packages
- Life insurance
- Disability benefits
- Supplemental Optional Life Insurance Benefits
- FSA Options Optional
- HSA with Company Match
- 401k program with Company Match
- Wellhub & ClassPass fitness platforms
- Comprehensive Pet Insurance options
- Financial Wellbeing & Student Loan Program access
- Access to additional Mental Health & Wellbeing resources
- Pre-tax Commuter/Transit Benefits
- Free Rocket Lawyer account with online access to an extensive legal documents library and brilliant licensed attorneys at discounted rates
Interview Process
- Recruiter Phone Screen
- Role Assessment(s)
- Hiring Manager Interview
- Panel Interviews
- Final Interview
Rocket Lawyer is proudly committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we never discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, military or veteran status, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We particularly welcome applications from veterans and military spouses.
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
You may request reasonable accommodations by sending an email to hr@rocketlawyer.com.
Compensation
Base salary range by location:
- San Francisco Bay Area, CA: $329,000 - $446,000
- California (outside of San Francisco Bay Area): $305,000 - $412,000
- Colorado: $280,000 - $379,000
- Utah, Arizona, and North Carolina: $263,000 - $356,000
Actual compensation packages are determined by various factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, specific work location, and performance during the interview process.
$263,000—$446,000 USD
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding J-1 Visa Sponsorship in Vice President Of Operations
Align your CV to U.S. operations frameworks
Reframe your experience around measurable outcomes: cost reductions, throughput improvements, and team scale. U.S. host organizations evaluating VP-level candidates want evidence of cross-functional authority, not just departmental management titles from your home country.
Confirm the Trainee or Specialist category fits
VP of Operations roles typically fall under the J-1 Trainee category if you have under five years of post-degree experience, or the Specialist category if your background is highly technical. The wrong category on your DS-2019 can trigger compliance issues mid-program.
Search host employers on Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to identify U.S. companies actively hosting J-1 exchange visitors in senior operations roles. Filtering by role and visa type surfaces host organizations already familiar with the DS-2019 process, reducing the back-and-forth during offer negotiations.
Verify host employers understand the DS-2019 distinction
Many HR teams conflate J-1 sponsorship with H-1B employer sponsorship. Clarify early that the designated sponsor organization issues your DS-2019 and that the employer acts as the host, not the visa petitioner. This prevents delays caused by HR routing your paperwork incorrectly.
Build a detailed training plan before the offer stage
The J-1 Training Plan document must map specific operational objectives to your role. VP-level candidates often underestimate how granular this needs to be. Draft it before you receive an offer so the designated sponsor can review it without slowing the timeline.
Check whether the 2-year home residency rule applies
If your home country government funded your training or your field appears on the State Department's Exchange Visitor Skills List, you may face a two-year home residency requirement before changing to certain other visa categories. Confirm your status directly with USCIS before accepting a long-term offer.
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Which J-1 program category applies to Vice President of Operations roles?
Most VP of Operations candidates qualify under the J-1 Trainee or Specialist category. Trainee applies if you have a degree plus relevant work experience or substantial experience without a degree, all totaling under five years post-graduation. Specialist applies when your expertise is recognized in a specific field. Neither category is designed for permanent executive placement, so your training objectives must be clearly defined in the DS-2019 application.
Who actually sponsors the J-1 visa for an operations leadership role?
The sponsor is a U.S. Department of State-designated organization, not the hiring employer. Organizations like Cultural Vistas or AIPT issue your DS-2019 form and monitor program compliance. Your host employer, the company where you perform the VP of Operations role, participates in designing the training plan but is not the visa petitioner. Mixing up these roles is one of the most common sources of delays in J-1 arrangements for senior professionals.
How do I find U.S. employers open to hosting a J-1 exchange visitor at the VP level?
Migrate Mate lets you filter roles by visa type and seniority, making it easier to identify host organizations that have structured J-1 programs for senior operations professionals. Many companies with international training initiatives are open to the arrangement but don't advertise it prominently, so targeted search tools are more effective than broad job board searches at this level.
Does the 2-year home residency requirement affect VP of Operations exchange visitors?
It can. If your home country's government funded your exchange program, or if your home country appears on the State Department's Exchange Visitor Skills List for your field, you may be required to return home for two years before applying for an H-1B, L-1, or immigrant visa. Operations management is not universally on the Skills List, but your specific country and program funding source determine whether the requirement applies. Confirm with USCIS before making long-term career plans in the U.S.
What should a VP of Operations training plan include for J-1 purposes?
The training plan must outline specific operational competencies you'll develop, the methods used to deliver that training, the supervision structure, and measurable evaluation criteria. For a VP-level role, this typically covers areas like supply chain optimization, P&L oversight, cross-functional team leadership, and U.S.-specific regulatory compliance. Generic job descriptions are rejected by designated sponsors. The plan needs to demonstrate structured learning, not just performance of ordinary job duties.
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