IT Lead

The OpenAI Deployment Company
New York, San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 180,000 - 310,000 annuallyFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceSkills: ["Communication","Security judgment","Stakeholder management","Hands-on execution"]

Build and lead the company’s IT function from zero—designing and operating secure internal systems for identity, endpoint management, SaaS administration, ticketing, and knowledge workflows. Create auditable employee lifecycle processes (onboarding/offboarding/access), automate provisioning and support, and partner with Security to implement practical controls across SSO, MFA/passkeys, SCIM, and device posture. Manage vendors, budget, procurement, and hiring while keeping a hands-on builder mindset.

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The OpenAI Deployment Company
The OpenAI Deployment Company
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IT Lead

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Job Summary

Build and lead the company’s IT function from zero—designing and operating secure internal systems for identity, endpoint management, SaaS administration, ticketing, and knowledge workflows. Create auditable employee lifecycle processes (onboarding/offboarding/access), automate provisioning and support, and partner with Security to implement practical controls across SSO, MFA/passkeys, SCIM, and device posture. Manage vendors, budget, procurement, and hiring while keeping a hands-on builder mindset.
Location: New York, San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build the IT function from zero, including roadmap, operating cadence, service model, vendor strategy, documentation, metrics, and hiring plan.
  • •Stand up and administer core systems across identity, endpoint management, SaaS, asset management, ticketing, knowledge management, networking, and collaboration.
  • •Design secure employee lifecycle workflows for onboarding, offboarding, access requests, group management, device provisioning, app assignment, approvals, and audit trails.
  • •Use AI and automation to reduce manual work across support, provisioning, documentation, incident triage, access reviews, and compliance evidence collection.
  • •Partner with Security and Engineering to implement controls (SSO, MFA/passkeys, SCIM, conditional access, logging, vendor risk, data protection) and hire/coach a small IT team while staying hands-on.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 180,000 - 310,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •8+ years of experience across IT, systems engineering, enterprise technology, infrastructure, security operations, platform operations, or a similar domain.
  • •Built or materially rebuilt IT infrastructure in a startup, high-growth company, or newly formed business unit.
  • •Hands-on credibility across identity platforms, endpoint management, Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, Slack, SaaS administration, networking basics, and cloud administration.
  • •Can write/debug scripts, connect APIs, inspect logs, configure admin consoles, and turn manual work into reliable workflows.
  • •Strong security judgment to design controls that are practical, auditable, and usable, and communicate tradeoffs clearly.
Skills:CommunicationSecurity judgmentStakeholder managementHands-on execution
Tech Stack:SSOMFAPasskeysSCIMConditional accessDevice postureGoogle WorkspaceMicrosoft 365SlackSaaS administrationEndpoint managementTicketingKnowledge managementAsset managementAPIScriptingAdmin consolesLoggingCloud administration

Company Brief

The OpenAI Deployment Company
OpenAI Deployment Company (DeployCo) is OpenAI’s deployment arm, built to help enterprises design, test, and run AI systems in core workflows using forward-deployed engineers. It appears to be a newly launched, subsidiary-like enterprise services venture focused on production AI adoption. ([deploy.co](https://deploy.co/?utm_source=openai))
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Growth: Early Stage Startup
Funding: Series A
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2026
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