Strategic Sourcing Manager, Data Center Infrastructure: Mechanical

Compensation

The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The salary range for this position is $226K – $285K, plus generous equity, performance-related bonuses, 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
• 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

About the Team

OpenAI's Industrial Compute organization is building the world's most advanced AI infrastructure ecosystem. The Strategic Sourcing team develops and executes commercial strategies to ensure our infrastructure programs have reliable access to equipment, materials, and strategic partners.

About the Role

We are seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager, Data Center Infrastructure to lead sourcing strategy for critical infrastructure systems powering Industrial Compute campuses. You will develop commercial strategies, negotiate strategic supplier agreements, and manage relationships across engineering, construction, manufacturing, and infrastructure partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop long-term sourcing strategies for data center infrastructure systems supporting Industrial Compute
• Lead strategic supplier selection, RFx processes, commercial negotiations, and contract execution for major infrastructure programs
• Build and maintain executive relationships with key suppliers, manufacturers, EPC firms, integrators, and infrastructure vendors
• Partner with Infrastructure Delivery and Engineering to align sourcing strategies with project schedules, technical requirements, and deployment priorities
• Collaborate with Capacity Planning to ensure supplier capacity aligns with long-term infrastructure roadmaps
• Evaluate supplier capabilities across manufacturing capacity, execution quality, financial health, delivery performance, and operational maturity
• Identify and mitigate supply chain risks through supplier diversification, long-term agreements, alternative sourcing strategies, and capacity reservations
• Monitor global market conditions, manufacturing trends, commodity impacts, geopolitical risks, and supplier ecosystems
• Develop supplier scorecards and performance metrics across quality, cost, schedule, responsiveness, safety, and execution
• Support executive sourcing decisions through financial analysis, market intelligence, scenario planning, and supplier benchmarking
• Partner with Legal and Finance to structure scalable commercial agreements supporting Industrial Compute's long-term infrastructure strategy

Qualifications

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

Preferred Skills

• Experience sourcing one or more of the following infrastructure systems: prefabricated electrical skids and e-houses, modular data center infrastructure, modular cooling plants and their components
• Experience working with different forms of cooling (air and water cooled chillers, dry or adiabatic coolers, CRAH, CRAC, Air Handling Units)
• Structural steel, enclosure systems and fabrication processes
• Steel, stainless steel piping and components (valves, control valves, flanges)
• Experience supporting hyper-scale cloud, AI infrastructure, semiconductor, energy, or advanced manufacturing programs
• Familiarity with long-lead equipment planning and supplier capacity management
• Experience working with global supplier networks across North America, Europe, and Asia
• Experience working with EPC, design-build, or integrated project delivery partners