OpenAI - CPU/Storage/PoP-WAN Program Manager
Requirements
• 8+ years of experience in technical program management, infrastructure deployment, network deployment, or data center operations • Strong experience delivering programs involving compute, storage, networking, or large-scale infrastructure systems • Working knowledge of servers, clusters, storage arrays, routers, switches, optics, and structured cabling • Experience owning cross-functional programs across engineering, operations, supply chain, and external vendors • Strong understanding of deployment lifecycles from planning and procurement through production handoff • Ability to reason across physical infrastructure execution and logical systems architecture dependencies • Proven ability to build integrated schedules and drive accountability across multiple stakeholders • Strong executive communication skills with experience managing critical escalations and leadership updates • Comfortable operating in fast-moving environments with aggressive timelines and evolving priorities • Highly analytical with strong problem-solving and execution instincts • Experience at a hyperscaler, cloud provider, AI infrastructure company, or global network operator • Experience deploying GPU clusters, HPC systems, or large training environments • Familiarity with distributed storage systems and high-performance data infrastructure • Experience with PoP deployments, WAN backbone expansion, or global network buildouts • Experience working across first-party, colo, and cloud environments • Experience building repeatable infrastructure deployment systems in high-growth environments • OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
Responsibilities
• Lead end-to-end execution of CPU / GPU cluster activation programs across OpenAI’s global infrastructure footprint • Drive readiness to convert contracted compute capacity into schedulable production clusters • Own deployment programs for new PoPs, backbone nodes, WAN expansion, and interconnection initiatives • Build integrated schedules spanning procurement, logistics, installation, storage readiness, network turn-up, testing, and production handoff • Coordinate BOM readiness, server delivery, racks, optics, cabling, storage hardware, and vendor milestones • Partner with engineering teams to align compute, storage, and networking dependencies before cluster activation • Manage deployment of storage systems supporting training and inference workloads, including readiness, validation, performance checks, and scaling plans • Coordinate backbone capacity expansion, cross-connects, inter-region pathing, and cloud interconnect readiness with Azure and third-party providers • Lead physical deployment execution including rack-and-stack, hardware bring-up, L1 validation, and site acceptance criteria • Build repeatable deployment playbooks, dashboards, governance cadences, and operating mechanisms for scale • Identify risks early across supply chain, site readiness, technical constraints, and vendor execution, then drive mitigation plans • Communicate milestones, escalations, and capacity forecasts to senior leadership
Benefits
• $226K – $285K • 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. • 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. • Upload your resume here to autofill key application fields. • Drop your resume here! • Parsing your resume. Autofilling key fields... • Please Note: we have set up limits for applications across roles. Candidates may not apply more than 5 times in any 180 day span. • Please enter your legal name exactly as shown on your government-issued ID. This helps keep records accurate for later hiring steps. • or drag and drop here • We may provide immigration and sponsorship support to new employees based on their unique circumstances. • Please share anything else you want us to know, such as your motivation to apply or additional context for your application. • Applicant Arbitration Agreement • I acknowledge that I have opened, read, and understood the Arbitration Agreement. I understand that by submitting my application, I am agreeing to be bound by the terms of the Arbitration Agreement. • OpenAI is not seeking, nor should you disclose, any information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations to third parties, including but not limited to, your current employer. • I confirm I have read the above. • Decline to self-identify • Hispanic or Latino - A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. • Hispanic or Latino • White (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. • White • Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. • Black or African American • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander • Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. • Asian • American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment. • American Indian or Alaska Native • Two or More Races (Not Hispanic or Latino) - All persons who identify with more than one of the above five races. • Two or More Races • Hispanic or Latino • White (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino) • American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Two or More Races (Not Hispanic or Latino) • I identify as one or more of the classifications of protected veteran listed above • I am not a protected veteran
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