Welcome to the first global landscape of operations communities!
After a ton of research, we've put together a map of all the operations communities we could find.
- For more details about every single community and how to join, scroll down.
- If you can’t find yours on this list or know of a community that should be here, get in touch with us at hello@operationsnation.com. We’d love to include it!
Featured Community
COO Forum: Where Operations Executives Connect.
They were the first organisation to focus on the COO role. Founded in 2004 in the Silicon Valley by Bill Shepard, now COO Forum is led by its CEO Chuck Orzechowski who’s an experienced COO himself. COO Forum operates primarily in the US and has 25+ local chapters in multiple states, but also serves COOs internationally in Europe, Canada and Australia. It offers a safe and confidential small group peer-to-peer meeting for standing COOs and other Second-in-Command Executives across a spectrum of industries and company sizes.
Participants are expressly from companies with full operating disciplines and professional leadership teams. The COO Forum is a global membership organization and is by invitation only. Members have access to a private and confidential COOeForum. Would you like to get involved? Find out how here.
| Name | Tag | Website | Geography | Description | Membership | Join | Organisers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AdaptivOps | Operations | Global | A cross-functional community built for operations people. Here, we believe that ops teams are unsung heroes who have the power to create monumental change within their organizations. Our mission is to empower those individuals to make an impact, while providing a space for them to geek out on all things Ops with like minded individuals :nerd:— through the sharing of knowledge, best practices, resources, and tools— all relating to operations. | FreeAuto-join | Briana OkyereTonkean [company] | |||
Chief of Staff Collective | Chief of Staff | United KingdomGlobal | The Chief of Staff Collective connects Chiefs of Staff in the startup and scaleup world to leverage knowledge, experience and talent and promote success.
Are you a Chief of Staff or an aspiring Chief of Staff working in a role supporting startups or scaleups with strategy, processes, project management, and more? The Chief of Staff Collective is a place for you to connect with other people in similar roles. | Apply to joinInvite Only | Emelie MetscherBen LeggJonathan Bullock (JB) | |||
Chief of Staff Network | Chief of Staff | GlobalNew YorkSan FranciscoLondon | The Chief of Staff Network combines transformational learning experiences, practical resources, and a powerful community of operators harnessing the skills to excel in this position. | Membership FeeApply to join | Scott Amenta | |||
COO Alliance | COOs | USA | World-class leadership training for chief operating officers. Join the World's leading network to help you grow, strengthen your skills & thrive as a COO. | Membership FeeApply to join | Cameron Herold | |||
COO Forum | COOs | USA | A professional development association of Second-in-Command Executives: Chief Operating Officers, Operating CFOs, General Managers, Divisional Presidents, Operating CIOs, and Executive Vice Presidents. We serve with integrity, providing value to our Members, to our Member’s companies, and to our overall business community.
Our goals are to provide a collaborative, peer learning forum of Chief Operating Officers and other Second-in-Command Executives. To expand individual Member’s professional development. To develop and share COO-specific best practices. To connect the greater Second-in-Command community. To broaden understanding and awareness throughout the greater business community of the Second-in-Command and its crucial role. | Membership FeeApply to join | Chuck Orzechowski | |||
COO Network | COOsOperationsBusiness Ops | C-suite professionals, particularly COOs operating in today’s rapidly evolving market must adopt a new set of skills and discipline in order to remain both relevant and reinvigorated for the future challenges which are on the horizon. The impact of innovation and technology is further diversifying and shaping this role, with new trends emerging.
We believe in the vision of deriving business connections with a purpose, therefore we are pleased to introduce the COO Network, a platform which stimulates innovative thinking and collaborative connections amongst professionals.
The purpose of the network is to provide a platform which will drive networking, professional development, address key issues and offer a hub of ideas for individuals to consider and grow further.
The network is open to business professionals whose role is aligned to that of a CEO, COO and Founders, with extended membership being offered on an invite only basis to Technology, Innovation, Marketing, HR, Finance and other key functional discipline leaders. | Apply to joinFreePaid Events | Adel AlfalasiDr. Ashraf Gamal El DinMandip DulayPeter TavenerPatrick EarlAngela Johansson | ||||
COO Stories | COOsOperations | United Kingdom | A place for COOs to ask questions and get advice. | FreeInvite OnlyGet referred to join | You'll need a strong personal recommendation from an existing member. Check the criteria here: https://coostories.com/coo-stories.html | Kelsey Traher Ben Gateley | ||
COO Stories Berlin | COOsOperations | Berlin | A place for COOs to ask questions and get advice. | FreeInvite OnlyApply to join | You'll need a strong personal recommendation from an existing member. Check the criteria here: https://coostories.com/coo-stories.html | Konstantin Oelfke | ||
COOhort | COOsOperations | Global | A global network of Startup COOs. COOhort is the leading global community dedicated to start-up and scale-up COOs. | FreeInvite OnlyApply to join | Charlene Chen | |||
Customer Stories | Customer SupportCustomer Ops | United Kingdom | The community for customer ops professionals in startups.
Customer roles can be seen as stepping stones to other areas within the business and often are seen as firefighting cost centres necessary to keep customers happy. But we believe that's an old and sad way of thinking. The importance of the customer in businesses has grown exponentially over the last few years. The voice of the customer is louder and more important than ever.
We're building a world where Customer focussed roles have a seat around the leadership table and where the Chief Customer Officer is a very real, inspiring and present role. By building a community full of customer specific content, tools, and resources, we are helping Customer managers drive customer centricity and revenue in their respective roles thus putting the customer at the heart of business decisions for the long haul. | FreeInvite OnlyApply to join | Tianna ChanIsobel MillsMike Goss | |||
Global Product Ops Community | Product Ops | United KingdomGlobal | The community for people helping to build better products. | Free | Chris CompstonHugo Froes | |||
Juro | Legal Ops | United Kingdom | Being an in-house lawyer is hard enough. Don't do it alone.
Join a private community for the visionaries scaling in-house legal. Access exclusive events, networking and content, and an invite-only Slack group of your peers. If you're an in-house lawyer or legal operations professional, this community is for you. | FreeApply to join | Juro [company] | |||
London COO Roundtable | COOsOperationsBusiness Ops | United Kingdom | A community for startup and scale up COOs to come together, share experiences and learn. | FreeApply to join | Divinia Knowles | |||
MasterOps | Marketing OpsRev Ops | Tackling the modern challenges of marketing and revenue operations — together. MasterOps offers events, office hours (where you can dive into different challenges and solutions), a private Slack group, and courses that cover topics such as attribution, budgeting, and using dashboards. | FreeApply to join | CaliberMind [company] | ||||
No Code Ops | OperationsNo Code | Global | 400+ top operations professionals learning how to build world class internal tools. The first community dedicated to operations professionals that are leveraging No Code to reimagine the future of internal innovation. | FreeApply to join | Philip Lakin | |||
OMG (Office Management Gathering) | Office Management | United Kingdom | A unique, specialist office management training and support firm, connecting office managers around the world. | FreeApply to join | City Pantry [company] | |||
Operators Guild (OG) | Operations | USA | Designed and built in every way by operators for operators challenged daily with the “yes, but how” questions to take a vision, an idea, a company to the next level. Our jobs are to help build great companies and cultures.
The job is lonely at times and not for the faint of heart, it’s nice to make friends and meet good people who understand what you ‘actually’ do. | FreeInvite OnlyApply to join | Jamie Ceglarz | |||
Ops Hacks | Operations | CanadaGlobal | Connect with other early stage ops folks. Currently in closed beta and launching soon. | FreeInvite Only | Joe Rhew | |||
Ops Stories | Operations | United Kingdom | The community for operations folks in startups and scaleups.
Started in March 2018, we are now 300+ people with “Operations” in our titles. We learn from each other by discussing challenges and sharing stories, experiences, and advice. Most importantly, we help each other be more effective and grow in our roles.
Ops Stories is your space to share experience and advice, ask/answer questions, grow professionally and expand your network online and offline. | FreeInvite OnlyApply to join | Email hello@opsstories.com | Aušrinė KeršanskaitėAstrid Verstraete | ||
Opsy | Operations | Global | Opsy is a community of folks doing opsy things in tech.
We define operations as anything that keeps the business running smoothly.
This has traditionally included "back office" functions like logistics, finance, HR, legal, and facilities but, in recent years, it's also grown to include everything from no-code automation and special projects to subspecialties like marketing ops and revenue ops. Some of us focus on one area, but most of us work across a lot of them.
Running operations at a startup can be big job, especially when you are the only (or most senior) ops pro on the team. Finding mentors and peers who are doing similar work can be challenging since the nature of our jobs changes so much from company to company.
That's why we created this community—to share resources, learn from one another, and build our networks! | Membership FeeApply to join | Caro Griffin | |||
OrgOrg | OperationsOffice Management | Global | OrgOrg is a community of people who work in a field sometimes known as business/people operations.
We are the "Organization Organizers" - the folks behind the scenes making it all work at work. We are a community of like-jobbed individuals, sharing best practices and war stories because we know that it's better not to go it alone.
OrgOrg (the org) provides a forum for discussion, as well as resources, events, and more! Our over 3,600 members span the globe, and we're constantly growing! | FreeAuto-join | Kim Rohrer | |||
People Stories | People Ops | United Kingdom | People People People: We bring together passionate, progressive, people-focussed professionals who meet up to learn and share (and besides that, we're on Slack).
Scale-ups, start-ups, fast-paced organisations trying to get better at what they do. What we offer is best suited for People people facing similar challenges, so we can generate conversations around what we do.
NB: This is a safe, independent peer network, we kindly clarify that even if your company's absolutely amazing (which we trust 😉) this is no space for a sales pitch nor a recruitment pool. | FreeInvite OnlyApply to join | Marie KrebsKasia SzelagowskaOlya Yakzhina | |||
POPS - The People Ops Society | People Ops | The People Ops Society is a highly vetted community for People Operations professionals to gather, grow, and transform our working world | Membership FeeApply to join | Perks [company] | ||||
Re+Ops | Research Ops | Global | A global community discussing ResearchOps — the people, mechanisms, and strategies that organizations use to scale their design and user research practice. | FreeApply to join | Re+Ops Board | |||
RevGenius | Rev Ops | Connect with 11,000+ members who are contributing to RevGenius’ mission and building the future of sales and marketing. | FreeApply to join | Jared Robin | ||||
RevOps Co-op | Rev Ops | Resources, content and community for those who ♥️ revenue operations. | FreeApply to join | FunnelI [company] | ||||
StartOps | Operations | USA | A knowledge-sharing community for operations leaders at the top 500 ecommerce companies. Join operators with backgrounds at top D2C startups. | FreeInvite OnlyApply to join | Charles Cushing | |||
Startup CFO | FinanceFin Ops | United Kingdom | The UK's leading network for CFOs in disruptive technology businesses. | FreeInvite OnlyApply to join | Prakash ShahLambro AnastasiouGuy Hutchinson | |||
Support Driven | Customer SupportCustomer Ops | Global | If you’re looking to share and build relationships with other folks in customer support or looking for your first (or next) job in customer support, you’ve come to the right place. | FreeApply to join | Scott Tran | |||
Systematic - Business Systems Community | Sales OpsRev OpsMarketing OpsBusiness Systems | Systematic is an invite-only community for Business Systems professionals.
The community includes a dedicated online forum, exclusive meet up events, ands a job board just for Business Technology jobs. | Free | Workato [company]Tayleur Hylton | ||||
The FinOps Forum | Fin OpsFinance | United Kingdom | Community of like-minded finance and operational professionals who are looking to get more out of finance - to make it the function of the future, not the past. | FreeAuto-join | Ju-Vern SeeDan HullyQuantico [company] | |||
The Growth Ops Community (formerly MOCCA) | Rev OpsGrowth Ops | The Growth Operations Community is a professional network focused on helping organizations drive business growth. We believe growth happens when marketing, sales and customer success align to deliver excellent customer experience. Collaboration between these functions drives exponential growth. | Free | Melissa McCreadyThe Growth Ops Community Board | ||||
The MoPros | Marketing Ops | This community is made up of marketing professionals from a wide array of industries and backgrounds. We’ve got members who are experienced in multiple marketing automation platforms and a wide variety of marketing technology solutions.
The membership is paid, but that payment goes toward MoPro scholarships, which help members pay for things like e-learning courses and collegiate courses. | Membership Fee | |||||
UK Revenue Operations Meetup | Rev OpsSales OpsMarketing Ops | United Kingdom | This is a group for anyone working or interested in Sales Operations, Marketing Operations, Revenue Operations and Sales Enablement. We hold monthly events which are rapidly growing and attract a range of sales operations/ sales leaders/ sales enablement/ Revenue Operations leaders as well as Marketing Operations professionals. All experience levels are welcome for panel events, discussion and sharing over a drink from time to time. We started this group to meet other Sales Operations professionals working in London- it used to be unusual that there's ever more than one of us in any organisation. | FreePaid Events | Alex WilliamsKirsty | |||
Wizards of Ops (by HubbleHQ) | Office ManagementOperations | United Kingdom | A community for anyone who works in business operations. Whether you're an office manager or the head of operations, here you’ll learn more about our epic events and find valuable tips to optimise your work life. | Free | Hubble [company] | |||
Wizards of Ops (by Sonar) | Sales OpsMarketing OpsRev Ops | USA | Our Mission is to bring like-minded operations pros together. In the beginning, Wizards of Ops was just a couple of friends shooting the sh*t about everyday Salesforce conundrums in text and email — until it wasn’t. More friends joined, more expertise was shared, and one day, a small group of buds transformed into a big group of buds, calling a dedicated Slack group home for career advice, Q&As, and more. | FreeAuto-join | https://wizops.org/about-us/ (scroll all the way down) | Sonar [company] |