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Operations Leader roles attract H-1B visa, L-1A, and EB-1C sponsorship from multinational employers scaling U.S. teams. Qualifying requires a specialty occupation degree and, for L-1A or EB-1C pathways, documented managerial or executive responsibility. Most sponsoring employers are mid-to-large organizations with established HR and legal infrastructure to support the petition process.
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The Product Operations Leader is responsible for scaling and governing product operations across a complex, multi-product, global SaaS portfolio. This role serves as the connective tissue between Product Management, Business Leaders, Software Engineering, and Go-To-Market teams - Marketing, Sales, Customer Success — ensuring our products are delivered consistently, efficiently, scaled responsibly, and continuously improved using data-driven insights.
This role requires strong systems thinking, operational rigor, and a passion for enabling product teams to perform at their best in a fast-paced, regulated SaaS environment.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Product Operations Strategy & Execution
- Design and evolve the end-to-end product operating rhythm (strategy roadmap delivery, measurement)
- Ensure decision points (strategy, funding, prioritization) happen at the right time — not reactively
- Establish and/or embed scalable, repeatable planning and execution cadences across teams
Intake, Prioritization & Decision Discipline
- Establish lightweight intake and triage mechanisms for new opportunities (e.g., deal-driven requests, customer inputs)
- Improve clarity and consistency in how roadmap decisions are made and communicated
- Partner with Product & Sales leadership to reduce escalation-driven prioritization
Cross-Functional Enablement
- Align Product, Business, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, and Finance around shared priorities and timing
- Enable predictable coordination across GTM, releases, and roadmap commitments
- Act as a neutral orchestrator across functions (without formal authority)
- Act as a strategic partner to Business, Engineering, Design, Sales, GTM, Customer Success, and Support
- Improve feedback loops from customers and internal stakeholders into product decision-making and roadmap prioritization
- Enable high-quality launches through strong coordination and readiness practices and post-launch measurement
Data, Insights & Operational Review
- Define and operationalize product and business metrics (OKRs, adoption, outcomes)
- Build executive-ready dashboards and monthly/quarterly operating reviews
- Ensure insights are used to inform decisions — not just reported
Process, Tools & Scalability
- Rationalize and optimize product tooling (Aha, Jira, Dovetail, analytics platforms)
- Balance speed vs governance — avoiding unnecessary process overhead while ensuring quality and accountability
- Drive consistency across global teams without reducing autonomy
Change Leadership & Organizational Scale
- Coach product leaders on operating model, continuous improvement and operational excellence best practices
- Lead adoption of new ways of working (pods, lifecycle improvements, etc.)
- Enable scaling across multiple products, teams, and geographies
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 8+ years of experience in Product Operations, Product Management, or Business Operations within a SaaS or technology environment
- Proven experience building Product Operations in a multi-product SaaS environment
- Strong systems thinker AND executor
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders without authority
- Deep understanding of Agile, product lifecycle and business planning
- Success aligning disparate cross-functional priorities (Sales/Product/Engineering)
- Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience integrating acquired products or teams into a unified operating model
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE
- Product teams operate with clear priorities and fewer mid-cycle disruptions
- Roadmap decisions are predictable, transparent, data-informed and aligned to business goals
- Deal-driven requests are handled through structured intake, not escalation
- Leaders have real-time visibility into performance, risks, and outcomes
- The organization shifts from reactive execution to proactive, data-informed decisions
- Scalable operating rhythms are embedded but do not slow down Agile teams
WHY THIS ROLE MATTERS
This role is critical to ensuring our product organization can scale with speed, clarity, and focus. The SaaS Product Operations Leader enables better decisions, healthier teams, and stronger outcomes for customers and the business.
WHAT YOU’LL EXPERIENCE WORKING FOR ULS
UL Solutions has been pioneering change since 1894 and we’re still leading the way. From day one, we’ve blazed a trail protecting the planet and everyone on it. Our teams have influenced billions of products, plus services, software offerings and more. We break things, burn things and blow things up. All in the name of safety science.
That’s where you come in — because none of it could happen without you. It takes passion to protect people, problem-solving to safeguard personal data and conviction to make the world a more sustainable place. It takes bold ideas and brilliant minds to build a better world for future generations across the globe.
This is more than a job. It’s a calling. A passion to use our expertise and play our part in creating a more secure, sustainable world today — and tomorrow. As a member of our safety science community, you’ll use your ideas, your energy and your ambition to innovate, challenge and ultimately, help create a safer world.
Everyone here is unique. But we’re also a global community, working together to help create a safer world. Join UL Solutions and you can connect with the brightest minds in the business, all bringing their distinct perspectives and diverse backgrounds together to deliver real change.
Empowering our customers to keep the world safe means thinking ahead. It means investing in training and empowering our people to learn and innovate. At UL Solutions, we help build a better future — one where everyone benefits.
Join UL Solutions to be at the center of safety. To learn more about us and the work we do, visit UL.com
TOTAL REWARDS
We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. The estimated salary range for this position is $150,000 to $200,000 USD and is based on multiple factors, including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, as well as other factors. This position is eligible for annual bonus compensation with a target payout of 20% of the base salary. This position also provides health benefits such as medical, dental and vision; wellness benefits such as mental and financial health; and retirement savings (401K) commensurate with the standard rewards offered in each individual location or country. We also provide full-time employees with paid time off including vacation (15 days), holiday including floating holidays (12 days) and sick time off (72 hours).
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A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
When you combine the gravitas of a 130-year-old safety science leader with a culture of innovation that pushes the boundaries in new services and technology, you get UL Solutions. As a global team of business and engineering experts, we develop software for a huge range of industries, including medical, sustainability, renewable energy and healthy buildings. Together, we’re dedicated to making a real-world difference, to using our knowledge for good and to pioneering positive change. Join our team and use your expertise to transform global safety, security and sustainability.
INTRODUCTION
The Product Operations Leader is responsible for scaling and governing product operations across a complex, multi-product, global SaaS portfolio. This role serves as the connective tissue between Product Management, Business Leaders, Software Engineering, and Go-To-Market teams - Marketing, Sales, Customer Success — ensuring our products are delivered consistently, efficiently, scaled responsibly, and continuously improved using data-driven insights.
This role requires strong systems thinking, operational rigor, and a passion for enabling product teams to perform at their best in a fast-paced, regulated SaaS environment.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Product Operations Strategy & Execution
- Design and evolve the end-to-end product operating rhythm (strategy roadmap delivery, measurement)
- Ensure decision points (strategy, funding, prioritization) happen at the right time — not reactively
- Establish and/or embed scalable, repeatable planning and execution cadences across teams
Intake, Prioritization & Decision Discipline
- Establish lightweight intake and triage mechanisms for new opportunities (e.g., deal-driven requests, customer inputs)
- Improve clarity and consistency in how roadmap decisions are made and communicated
- Partner with Product & Sales leadership to reduce escalation-driven prioritization
Cross-Functional Enablement
- Align Product, Business, Engineering, Sales, Marketing, and Finance around shared priorities and timing
- Enable predictable coordination across GTM, releases, and roadmap commitments
- Act as a neutral orchestrator across functions (without formal authority)
- Act as a strategic partner to Business, Engineering, Design, Sales, GTM, Customer Success, and Support
- Improve feedback loops from customers and internal stakeholders into product decision-making and roadmap prioritization
- Enable high-quality launches through strong coordination and readiness practices and post-launch measurement
Data, Insights & Operational Review
- Define and operationalize product and business metrics (OKRs, adoption, outcomes)
- Build executive-ready dashboards and monthly/quarterly operating reviews
- Ensure insights are used to inform decisions — not just reported
Process, Tools & Scalability
- Rationalize and optimize product tooling (Aha, Jira, Dovetail, analytics platforms)
- Balance speed vs governance — avoiding unnecessary process overhead while ensuring quality and accountability
- Drive consistency across global teams without reducing autonomy
Change Leadership & Organizational Scale
- Coach product leaders on operating model, continuous improvement and operational excellence best practices
- Lead adoption of new ways of working (pods, lifecycle improvements, etc.)
- Enable scaling across multiple products, teams, and geographies
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 8+ years of experience in Product Operations, Product Management, or Business Operations within a SaaS or technology environment
- Proven experience building Product Operations in a multi-product SaaS environment
- Strong systems thinker AND executor
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders without authority
- Deep understanding of Agile, product lifecycle and business planning
- Success aligning disparate cross-functional priorities (Sales/Product/Engineering)
- Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience integrating acquired products or teams into a unified operating model
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE
- Product teams operate with clear priorities and fewer mid-cycle disruptions
- Roadmap decisions are predictable, transparent, data-informed and aligned to business goals
- Deal-driven requests are handled through structured intake, not escalation
- Leaders have real-time visibility into performance, risks, and outcomes
- The organization shifts from reactive execution to proactive, data-informed decisions
- Scalable operating rhythms are embedded but do not slow down Agile teams
WHY THIS ROLE MATTERS
This role is critical to ensuring our product organization can scale with speed, clarity, and focus. The SaaS Product Operations Leader enables better decisions, healthier teams, and stronger outcomes for customers and the business.
WHAT YOU’LL EXPERIENCE WORKING FOR ULS
UL Solutions has been pioneering change since 1894 and we’re still leading the way. From day one, we’ve blazed a trail protecting the planet and everyone on it. Our teams have influenced billions of products, plus services, software offerings and more. We break things, burn things and blow things up. All in the name of safety science.
That’s where you come in — because none of it could happen without you. It takes passion to protect people, problem-solving to safeguard personal data and conviction to make the world a more sustainable place. It takes bold ideas and brilliant minds to build a better world for future generations across the globe.
This is more than a job. It’s a calling. A passion to use our expertise and play our part in creating a more secure, sustainable world today — and tomorrow. As a member of our safety science community, you’ll use your ideas, your energy and your ambition to innovate, challenge and ultimately, help create a safer world.
Everyone here is unique. But we’re also a global community, working together to help create a safer world. Join UL Solutions and you can connect with the brightest minds in the business, all bringing their distinct perspectives and diverse backgrounds together to deliver real change.
Empowering our customers to keep the world safe means thinking ahead. It means investing in training and empowering our people to learn and innovate. At UL Solutions, we help build a better future — one where everyone benefits.
Join UL Solutions to be at the center of safety. To learn more about us and the work we do, visit UL.com
TOTAL REWARDS
We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. The estimated salary range for this position is $150,000 to $200,000 USD and is based on multiple factors, including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, as well as other factors. This position is eligible for annual bonus compensation with a target payout of 20% of the base salary. This position also provides health benefits such as medical, dental and vision; wellness benefits such as mental and financial health; and retirement savings (401K) commensurate with the standard rewards offered in each individual location or country. We also provide full-time employees with paid time off including vacation (15 days), holiday including floating holidays (12 days) and sick time off (72 hours).
LI-SG2
LI-Hybrid
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
When you combine the gravitas of a 130-year-old safety science leader with a culture of innovation that pushes the boundaries in new services and technology, you get UL Solutions. As a global team of business and engineering experts, we develop software for a huge range of industries, including medical, sustainability, renewable energy and healthy buildings. Together, we’re dedicated to making a real-world difference, to using our knowledge for good and to pioneering positive change. Join our team and use your expertise to transform global safety, security and sustainability.
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Target employers with multinational footprints
Companies with international offices are far more likely to sponsor Operations Leaders because they already use L-1A and EB-1C pathways. Look for organizations with parent companies or subsidiaries abroad, as they have established immigration infrastructure and clear business justification.
Document your managerial scope clearly
Sponsors need to demonstrate your role is managerial, not just operational. Quantify the number of direct reports, budget ownership, and cross-functional decision-making authority. Vague job descriptions are one of the most common reasons operations sponsorship petitions get challenged by USCIS.
Understand which visa fits your situation
H-1B works if your role requires a specific bachelor's degree. L-1A suits internal transfers from a foreign-affiliated employer. EB-1C is the immigrant path for multinational managers. Knowing which applies before approaching employers makes sponsorship conversations more productive and credible.
Emphasize process ownership, not just execution
USCIS evaluates whether operations roles qualify as specialty occupations. Highlight process design, vendor management, or systems implementation rather than day-to-day task execution. Roles framed around strategic oversight are more defensible than those that read as general coordination or supervision.
Get your degree equivalency assessed early
Operations Leader roles often draw candidates with business, engineering, or supply chain degrees. If your degree is from a foreign institution, have a credential evaluation completed before applications advance. Australian three-year degrees are generally accepted as equivalent to U.S. four-year bachelor's degrees.
Use Migrate Mate to find sponsors proactively
Most Operations Leader openings that include visa sponsorship are not labeled clearly on general job boards. Migrate Mate surfaces roles specifically from employers willing to sponsor, saving significant time filtering positions that will never lead to a petition.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can an Operations Leader role qualify for H-1B sponsorship?
Yes, but the role must qualify as a specialty occupation, meaning it normally requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field such as business administration, industrial engineering, or supply chain management. Generic operations titles where any degree suffices are harder to defend. Employers with experienced immigration counsel typically structure the job description to meet USCIS standards.
What visa pathways are available for Operations Leaders beyond H-1B?
The L-1A is available if you're transferring from a foreign affiliate and have managed people or functions for at least one of the past three years. The EB-1C is the corresponding immigrant visa for multinational managers and executives. Both pathways require documented managerial authority and avoid the H-1B lottery entirely, making them attractive alternatives.
How do I find Operations Leader jobs that include visa sponsorship?
Most sponsored roles aren't labeled as such on general platforms. Migrate Mate curates listings specifically from employers willing to sponsor work visas, which filters out the significant majority of postings that will never result in a petition. Searching there narrows your focus to employers already set up to navigate the process.
Does my degree field matter for Operations Leader sponsorship?
Yes. USCIS looks for a direct relationship between your degree field and the job duties. Business administration, operations management, industrial engineering, and supply chain degrees are well-established fits. A general studies or unrelated degree creates risk, though a credential evaluation showing substantial relevant coursework can sometimes strengthen the petition.
Are Operations Leader roles commonly denied for H-1B sponsorship?
Denial risk is higher than for technical roles because USCIS scrutinizes whether operations positions genuinely require a specific degree. Roles that include broad management responsibilities without a clearly tied field of study receive Requests for Evidence at a higher rate. Employers who define the role around specialized functions, such as logistics systems or process engineering, tend to have stronger petition outcomes.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Operations Leader jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.