OpenAI

2 months ago

Strategic Sourcing Manager, Compute Infrastructure

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Job Summary

Strategic Sourcing Manager will lead global-scale sourcing for AI compute infrastructure, driving supplier engagements for hyperscale hardware and servers, GPUs/CPUs, and related components. You will craft commercial strategies, manage OEM/ODM/JDM relationships, mitigate supply risks, and collaborate across engineering, legal, and finance to enable rapid, scalable deployment of OpenAI’s supercomputing platform.

Location: San Francisco

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Procurement & Sourcing

Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Develop and execute sourcing strategies for the next generation of AI compute infrastructure in partnership with engineering and program leadership.
•Stay at the leading edge of industry and supply-chain trends to inform category strategy and long-range planning.
•Initiate, negotiate, and manage commercial agreements across OEM/ODM/JDMs for accelerators, GPUs/CPUs, server platforms, rack systems, liquid-cooling components, PSUs, and supporting mechanical/electrical subsystems.
•Secure capacity and optionality across a rapidly scaling compute supply chain while mitigating risk and ensuring manufacturing readiness.
•Partner cross-functionally with engineering, program delivery, legal, operations, and finance to ensure sourcing strategies align with technical and program objectives.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 230,000 - 335,000 annually

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

•10+ years of strategic sourcing and vendor management experience, with deep expertise in compute systems and hardware supply chains.
•Proven leadership sourcing for high-performance compute, accelerators, and data-center server platforms—ideally including OEM/JDM/ODM engagement.
•Technical fluency in compute architecture, including GPUs, CPUs, server platforms, rack systems, cold-plate & liquid-cooling design, and associated power delivery subsystems.
•Proven ability to negotiate complex capital procurement agreements and supplier capacity programs at hyperscale.
•Ability to influence cross-functional technical and executive teams and drive alignment in fast-moving, high-stakes environments.

Experience:10+ yearsAI computeHardware supply chainHyperscale

Skills:NegotiationLeadershipCross-functional collaborationAnalytical thinkingStrategic planning

Tech Stack:GPUsCPUsServer platformsRack systemsLiquid coolingPower delivery

Company Brief

OpenAI

Develops and deploys advanced generative AI models (including ChatGPT and DALL·E) and AI infrastructure, providing APIs and consumer products to accelerate safe AGI for broad benefit.

Industry: AI & Machine Learning

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Scaleup

Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)

Funding: Series E+

Headquarters: San Francisco, United States

Founded: 2015

Glassdoor: 4.4

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OpenAI

2 months ago

Strategic Sourcing Manager, Compute Infrastructure

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 2 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: San Francisco

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Procurement & Sourcing

Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Develop and execute sourcing strategies for the next generation of AI compute infrastructure in partnership with engineering and program leadership.
•Stay at the leading edge of industry and supply-chain trends to inform category strategy and long-range planning.
•Initiate, negotiate, and manage commercial agreements across OEM/ODM/JDMs for accelerators, GPUs/CPUs, server platforms, rack systems, liquid-cooling components, PSUs, and supporting mechanical/electrical subsystems.
•Secure capacity and optionality across a rapidly scaling compute supply chain while mitigating risk and ensuring manufacturing readiness.
•Partner cross-functionally with engineering, program delivery, legal, operations, and finance to ensure sourcing strategies align with technical and program objectives.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 230,000 - 335,000 annually

Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

•10+ years of strategic sourcing and vendor management experience, with deep expertise in compute systems and hardware supply chains.
•Proven leadership sourcing for high-performance compute, accelerators, and data-center server platforms—ideally including OEM/JDM/ODM engagement.
•Technical fluency in compute architecture, including GPUs, CPUs, server platforms, rack systems, cold-plate & liquid-cooling design, and associated power delivery subsystems.
•Proven ability to negotiate complex capital procurement agreements and supplier capacity programs at hyperscale.
•Ability to influence cross-functional technical and executive teams and drive alignment in fast-moving, high-stakes environments.

Experience:10+ yearsAI computeHardware supply chainHyperscale

Skills:NegotiationLeadershipCross-functional collaborationAnalytical thinkingStrategic planning

Tech Stack:GPUsCPUsServer platformsRack systemsLiquid coolingPower delivery

Company Brief

OpenAI

Develops and deploys advanced generative AI models (including ChatGPT and DALL·E) and AI infrastructure, providing APIs and consumer products to accelerate safe AGI for broad benefit.

Industry: AI & Machine Learning

Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)

Revenue: USD 1B+

Growth: Scaleup

Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)

Funding: Series E+

Headquarters: San Francisco, United States

Founded: 2015

Glassdoor: 4.4

Website LinkedIn Glassdoor