Description
Compensation
$205K – $335K • Offers Equity
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.
About the Team
OpenAI's Industrial Compute organization is building the world's most advanced AI infrastructure ecosystem. Through strategic partnerships and self-built campuses, we are scaling one of the world's fastest-growing AI infrastructure platforms.
The Supply Chain organization ensures critical infrastructure components,from compute systems and networking equipment to integrated rack solutions,are sourced, manufactured, qualified, and delivered with the speed and reliability required to support frontier AI development. We partner closely with Hardware Engineering, Manufacturing Quality Engineering, Infrastructure Delivery, Hardware Operations, Finance, and suppliers worldwide to build a resilient, scalable supply chain capable of supporting rapid infrastructure expansion.
As Industrial Compute continues to grow, Supply Chain serves as the operational bridge between engineering innovation and large-scale infrastructure deployment.
About the Role
We are seeking a Supply Chain Manager to lead strategic execution across sourcing, supplier operations, manufacturing quality, and infrastructure delivery for OpenAI's AI infrastructure portfolio.
This role will oversee a multidisciplinary team responsible for strategic sourcing, manufacturing quality engineering, and technical program management while partnering closely with engineering, finance, hardware operations, and deployment teams. You will drive supplier strategy, manufacturing readiness, production planning, quality performance, and operational execution across the full hardware lifecycle.
Success requires balancing long-term supplier strategy with day-to-day execution. You'll establish scalable operating mechanisms, strengthen supplier partnerships, manage complex cross-functional programs, and ensure OpenAI can rapidly deploy AI infrastructure without compromising quality, cost, or reliability.
This is a people leadership role responsible for developing a high-performing organization while driving operational excellence across OpenAI's infrastructure supply chain.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop teams responsible for Strategic Sourcing, Manufacturing Quality Engineering, and Supply Chain Program Management.
- Own supplier strategy across compute, networking, storage, and infrastructure hardware.
- Establish long-term sourcing strategies that improve resilience, scalability, cost, and supplier performance.
- Partner with Hardware Engineering to ensure supply chain strategies align with future hardware roadmaps and product introductions.
- Drive manufacturing readiness, supplier quality, production ramp planning, and operational readiness across multiple hardware programs.
- Build executive operating reviews tracking supplier performance, manufacturing readiness, deployment risk, quality metrics, and supply continuity.
- Lead supplier executive relationships, contract execution, and operational governance with key manufacturing partners.
- Partner with Finance, Capacity Planning, Infrastructure Delivery, and Hardware Operations to align hardware availability with deployment schedules.
- Develop scalable operational processes supporting rapid infrastructure expansion across multiple regions.
- Drive continuous improvement across sourcing operations, manufacturing quality, supplier performance, and infrastructure delivery execution.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Business, or equivalent practical experience.
- 10+ years of experience leading technical supply chain, sourcing, manufacturing operations, or infrastructure delivery organizations.
- Experience managing multidisciplinary technical teams.
- Experience developing supplier strategies for complex hardware or infrastructure products.
- Strong executive communication and cross-functional leadership experience.
- Experience leading global supplier relationships and contract execution.
Preferred Skills
- Experience supporting hyperscale infrastructure, cloud platforms, or AI hardware deployments.
- Background in servers, networking, storage, accelerators, or large-scale infrastructure hardware.
- Experience with ODM/JDM manufacturing models.
- Knowledge of manufacturing quality systems and supplier quality engineering.
- Experience managing new product introduction (NPI) and production ramp programs.
- Familiarity with hardware lifecycle management from design through deployment.
- Experience supporting rapidly scaling infrastructure organizations.