The opportunity
OpenAI’s 1P Hardware Systems team operates at the intersection of Hardware Engineering, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Deployment, and Finance to translate infrastructure demand into an executable systems plan.
What you'll do
Integrated Planning: Own the integrated planning process for 1P hardware systems, connecting system demand, deployment timing, site and configuration requirements, power availability, XPU needs, and supply commitments.
Maintain a clear, decision-ready supply plan that shows changes from the: prior plan; weekly pull-ins and push-outs; site, deployment, and system-configuration impacts; power availability assumptions and timing; system demand and corresponding XPU requirements; current supplier and manufacturing commitments; gaps between forecast, requirements, and committed supply; and recovery actions with accountable owners and target closure dates.
Validate that the end-to-end supply plan is executable, including the timing: and dependencies across components, XPU availability, system integration, factory capacity, site readiness, and deployment.
Operating Cadence & Change Management: Lead a weekly deployment and supply review focused on material changes, emerging risks, required decisions, and recovery-plan execution.
Publish and maintain a weekly delta report that clearly explains what: changed, why it changed, and the downstream impact to deployments, sites, configurations, power, and supply.
Track forecast-versus-commit gaps at a weekly level, identify the underlying: constraints, and drive recovery plans with named owners and dates.
What they're looking for
- Coordinate the biweekly end-to-end supply picture update for leadership and: key stakeholders, including the latest system forecast; how the forecast aligns with site power availability and timing; current supply commitments; weekly gaps to commit; and the plan and timing to close each gap.
- Cross-Functional Execution & Risk Management: Partner with Hardware Engineering and Infrastructure teams to translate roadmap, configuration, and deployment changes into updated system and XPU requirements.
- Work through the Supply Chain team to pressure-test commitments with: manufacturing partners and suppliers, understand constraints, and establish credible recovery paths.
- Anticipate supply and deployment risks, develop scenarios and tradeoffs, and: provide crisp recommendations to senior leaders.
