Technical Program Manager, Partnership Site Deployment - Stargate

Job Posting ### Technical Program Manager, Partnership Site Deployment - Stargate #### Location San Francisco #### Employment Type Full time #### Department Scaling #### Compensation - $125.6K – $228K The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. If the role is non-exempt, overtime pay will be provided consistent with applicable laws. In addition to the salary range listed above, total compensation also includes generous equity, performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees, and the following benefits. - Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts - Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit) - 401(k) retirement plan with employer match - Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks) - Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees - 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law) - Mental health and wellness support - Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage - Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth - Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible - Relocation support for eligible employees - Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided. More details about our benefits are available to candidates during the hiring process. This role is at-will and OpenAI reserves the right to modify base pay and other compensation components at any time based on individual performance, team or company results, or market conditions. #### About the Team: OpenAI, in close collaboration with our capital partners, is embarking on a journey to build the world’s most advanced AI infrastructure ecosystem. The Stargate team is central to this mission, setting the core infra strategy and implementing this vision. From site selection to the buildout process, this team sits at the intersection of commercial, technical, strategy, and operations, interacting with teams and executives inside and outside of OpenAI. #### About the Role: OpenAI is seeking someone who is excited by massive global challenges spanning thousands of stakeholders; someone motivated by solving complex, interconnected problems. The Infrastructure Strategy & Delivery team supporting Stargate is hiring a Technical Program Manager to coordinate datacenter deployments in partnership with external development and operations teams. Delivering a data center is not easy. It requires a cross-functional understanding of commercial dependencies, build timelines, equipment material readiness, design specifics, commissioning timelines, and much more. Beyond the specifics, it requires the right mindset: _to think around corners and de-risk problems before they happen._ This role will focus on site deployment management, ensuring our data center/supercomputer projects are set up for success and delivered on-time and that our strategic partners meet contractual milestones for AI compute delivery. By establishing relationships, establishing critical timelines and commercial SLAs, and driving supplier performance across the data center industrial base, this role will sit at a critical point in OpenAI’s infrastructure, and organizational, strategy. Infrastructure is destiny, and _you_ get to sit in the driver’s seat! \*must be open to at least 3-5 days per week in one of the following: Shackelford, Texas Santa Teresa, New Mexico / (El Paso, TX) Saline, Michigan #### In this role you will: - Drive partner performance to meet critical commercial SLAs, construction schedules, and compute-deployment commitments. - Serve as the primary interface with external partners for contract alignment, risk escalation, and high-level reporting. - De-risk datacenter deployments by identifying critical path items, surfacing blockers early, and coordinating mitigations. - Manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and timely decision-making. - Provide pre-construction support during project approval, establishing benchmarks and structures based on industry best practices. - Support rack manufacturing ramps by coordinating with partners to track production, shipping, and site-readiness milestones, ensuring racks arrive on schedule and meet quality standards. - Lead structured program management from pre-construction through commissioning, including forecasting, budget tracking, documentation control, and regular executive updates. - Oversee project milestones and ensure alignment across vendors—including architects, engineers, suppliers, and construction teams—while maintaining and updating risk registers to evaluate contingencies and drive resolution. - Support broader site-readiness initiatives such as delivery tracking, turnover planning, and handover readiness. #### You might thrive in this role if you: - Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, or equivalent field. - Experience managing complicated and complex technical projects - Experience managing large organizations with senior stakeholders - A minimum of 7 years of professional experience in construction and project planning within large-scale, multi-project construction programs. - Proven experience leading project control teams for general contractors. - Strong collaboration skills and a proactive problem-solving approach. - Proficiency and fluency in Primavera P6