The opportunity
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.
What you'll do
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.
What they're looking for
- 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.
