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Strategic Sourcing Manager, Data Center Infrastructure, Owner Furnished Equipment

OpenAI · San Francisco

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

Highlights

  • Lead sourcing strategy for critical systems powering hyperscale AI campuses.
  • Negotiate strategic supplier agreements for mission-critical facilities.
  • Partner across engineering, delivery and finance to scale global infrastructure.

What they offer

  • Equity

Ideal candidate

Strategic, analytical negotiator who thrives at the intersection of engineering, construction, and supply chain. You care about building resilient partnerships to deliver hyperscale infrastructure at unprecedented scale.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Operations, Finance, or related field
  • 8+ years in strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier management, or infrastructure supply chain
  • Experience sourcing major infrastructure systems, industrial equipment, or large capital projects
  • Proven experience negotiating complex commercial agreements with strategic suppliers
  • Strong understanding of supplier qualification, contract strategy and performance management
  • Experience partnering with engineering, construction, finance, legal and operations
  • Excellent analytical, financial modeling, negotiation and executive communication skills

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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