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Strategic Sourcing Manager, Compute Infrastructure

OpenAI · San Francisco

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Frontier labonsiteSenior$226k–$285k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Lead sourcing for OpenAI's next-generation supercomputing platform at hyperscale.
  • Shape global strategy to scale advanced AI compute infrastructure worldwide.
  • Build deeply-integrated partnerships across the global compute supply chain.

What they offer

  • Equity

Ideal candidate

Seasoned sourcing leader who thrives at the intersection of commercial and technical work and loves building deep supplier partnerships to scale ambitious infrastructure fast.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of strategic sourcing and vendor management experience in compute systems and hardware supply chains
  • Demonstrated leadership sourcing for high-performance compute, accelerators, and data-center server platforms including OEM/JDM/ODM engagement
  • Technical fluency in compute architecture including GPUs, CPUs, server platforms, rack systems, and power delivery
  • Proven success negotiating complex capital procurement agreements and supplier capacity programs at hyperscale
  • Experience with global manufacturing, supply chain readiness, and ramp-to-volume for complex hardware
  • Familiarity with hyperscale data-center operational requirements, testing and qualification cycles

Lab profile

About OpenAI

Builds safe frontier AI models and products like ChatGPT for broad benefit.

What they build

  • ChatGPT
  • OpenAI API
  • Frontier AI models

Known for

  • Frontier-scale distributed ML training
  • Massive GPU fleet and data center operations
  • Exabyte-scale data lakes and streaming
  • AI alignment and safety research

Key facts

  • Operates one of the world's largest GPU fleets
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