Dan Shapero.
  • Dan Shapero has been at LinkedIn for 15 years and is now its chief operating officer.
  • He says LinkedIn is noticing that job seekers are increasingly interested in using AI effectively.
  • Shapero's insights are part of Business Insider's year-end leadership series, "Looking Ahead 2024."

As the chief operating officer, Dan Shapero has a lot of responsibilities at LinkedIn.

Shapero, who's been at LinkedIn for 15 years, oversees how the job-networking platform works with customers who use it to help them hire new workers, educate their staffers, and market and sell their products. He has to know the customer inside and out. And he coordinates the execution of long-term strategy and major projects.

"I make sure we can get the big things done," he told Business Insider.