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OpenAI's Industrial Compute organization is building and scaling infrastructure to support frontier AI. The Infrastructure Strategic Sourcing team connects technical and project requirements to supplier readiness, contracting, purchasing, equipment delivery, and portfolio-level risk visibility across owner-furnished contractor-installed equipment (OFCI), data center networking, rack systems, fiber, cabling, optical interconnects, and related infrastructure.
You will own procurement operations across pre-construction, design, construction, and sourcing through purchase order issuance, while maintaining visibility through invoice resolution, production, logistics, delivery, installation, and readiness. The portfolio spans electrical and mechanical OFCI, networking equipment, rack systems and integration, fiber, cabling, optical interconnects, and other infrastructure required to bring capacity online.
Key responsibilities include: translating requirements and need-by dates into actionable procurement workstreams aligned to project schedules; driving vendor readiness and onboarding; leading contract coordination for NDAs, service agreements, master agreements, and statements of work; owning purchase-order strategy, package quality, and approval sequencing; reviewing invoice exceptions and determining recommended resolutions; maintaining portfolio visibility from design through production, shipment, delivery, installation, and testing; owning source-of-record requirements including data definitions, status logic, and governance; designing and improving operating mechanisms, SOPs, intake processes, and tool workflows; and producing concise leadership reporting that surfaces risks and recommends action.
You will set priorities, make or escalate decisions affecting cost, supplier relationships, contractual position, and delivery schedules, and define standards used by execution support for queue management, documentation, and reporting. Success requires sound commercial and program judgment, operational rigor, systems thinking, and the ability to turn incomplete information across vendors, tools, and project teams into clear decisions and accountable actions.
The role partners across Pre-Construction, Design, Construction, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Network Engineering, Hardware and Rack Delivery, Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, Legal, Finance, Accounts Payable, Logistics, and external suppliers.
