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The operations manager (also known as operations officer or chief of operations, abbreviated as ops) is a Starfleet position which became common in the 24th century.

The ops position evolved from older 23rd century positions. The bulk of the duties held by the helm and navigation positions were combined into the conn position. Other functions of the helm panel, such as internal systems control, became the purview of ops, as have some communications and sensor system usages. Furthermore, ops personell coordinate the scheduling of resources, hardware and system usage for an entire starship, outpost or space station.

The ops position is typically manned by a member of the command staff of a starship, regardless of seniority. On Enterprise-D, Ops Manager Data (who doubled as second officer) was the most senior member of the ship's staff save the captain and XO, but on Voyager, Ops Manager Harry Kim was the most junior bridge officer.

On space stations, the chief of operations usually commands the maintenance and engineering staff, since stations do not require the large number of propulsion engineers typically found working under the command of a chief engineer on a starship. Chief of Operations Miles O'Brien was a senior chief petty officer who filled this billet on Deep Space Nine.

Much of the information about the writer's intentions for this new position, established at the beginning of Star Trek: The Next Generation, comes from the writer's bible of that series, which later was adapted into data for the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual.

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 The '''operations manager''' (also known as '''operations officer''' or '''chief of operations''', abbreviated as '''ops''') is a [[Starfleet]] position which became common in the [[24th century]].
-The ops position evolved from older [[23rd century]] positions. While the bulk of the duties held by the [[helm]] and [[navigation]] positions were combined into the [[conn]] position, other functions of the helm panel, such as internal systems control, became the purview of ops, as have some [[communications]] and [[sensor]] system usages. Indeed, the personnel in charge of these ops positions coordinate the scheduling of resources, hardware and system usage for an entire [[starship]], [[outpost]] or [[space station]].
+The ops position evolved from older [[23rd century]] positions. The bulk of the duties held by the [[helm]] and [[navigation]] positions were combined into the [[conn]] position.  Other functions of the helm panel, such as internal systems control, became the purview of ops, as have some [[communications]] and [[sensor]] system usages. Furthermore, ops personell coordinate the scheduling of resources, hardware and system usage for an entire [[starship]], [[outpost]] or [[space station]].
 The ops position is typically manned by a member of the command staff of a starship, regardless of seniority. On [[USS Enterprise (NCC-1701-D)|''Enterprise''-D]], Ops Manager [[Data]] (who doubled as [[second officer]]) was the most senior member of the ship's staff save the [[captain]] and [[XO]], but on [[USS Voyager|''Voyager'']], Ops Manager [[Harry Kim]] was the most junior [[bridge officer]].