APAC Deployment Lead Manager: Scale Production Deployments

OpenAI, Inc.; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Hybrid work model

Travel up to 25%

Job summary

OpenAI, Inc. is seeking a Manager to lead Deployment Leads in APAC from Singapore. You will scale a high‑performing team delivering production systems with frontier models, owning end‑to‑end outcomes and guiding adoption and handoff.

You will partner with FDE, Product, Research, and GTM to align customer needs with reusable capabilities, shaping roadmap inputs and coaching growth. The role is based in Singapore with a hybrid model (3 days in office), relocation assistance, and travel up to 25%.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of customer-facing technical delivery or product leadership experience, including 2+ years managing high-performing teams.
• Led complex technical deployments from prototype through production, adoption, and handoff.
• Strong product mindset with ability to balance customer-specific needs with reusable solutions.
• Thrive in ambiguity, create structure where little exists, and adapt as priorities evolve.
• Build deep trust across technical teams, Product, Research, GTM and customer leadership.
• Strong track record of hiring, coaching, and developing technical, customer-facing talent; elevate team performance through clarity, not process.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of Deployment Leads delivering production systems with frontier models.
• Own end-to-end delivery outcomes, from scoping through production, adoption, and handoff.
• Set direction and build trust across technical teams, GTM, and customer executives.
• Codify what works into practical playbooks, consistent delivery practices, and product roadmap inputs.
• Set a high bar for DL performance through hands-on coaching and career development.
• Make staffing decisions and build a team that scales without unnecessary complexity.

Skills

Customer-facing delivery

Team leadership

Product mindset

Strategic thinking

Job description

OpenAI, Inc. is seeking a Manager to lead Deployment Leads in APAC from Singapore. You will scale a high‑performing team delivering production systems with frontier models, owning end‑to‑end outcomes and guiding adoption and handoff.

You will partner with FDE, Product, Research, and GTM to align customer needs with reusable capabilities, shaping roadmap inputs and coaching growth. The role is based in Singapore with a hybrid model (3 days in office), relocation assistance, and travel up to 25%.