Head of Open Compute Strategy

Prime Intellect AI; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay and equity

Flexible work: remote or SF

Visa sponsorship & relocation

Professional development budget

Team off-sites & conferences

Early access to leading accelerators

Job summary

Prime Intellect is building an open frontier AI platform with a focus on compute as a product. You will own the sourcing, economics, contracting, and strategic positioning of the GPU supply powering training, serving, and selling capabilities.

This leadership role shapes which accelerators, providers, and geographies define the company’s open model ecosystem, while partnering closely with research and engineering teams to align roadmaps with supply realities.

Qualifications

• Strong business and financial instincts with a focus on unit economics and capital allocation.
• Deep fluency in the global AI compute market, its providers, hardware generations, pricing dynamics.
• Commercial negotiation experience at scale and ability to shape contract structures.
• Comfort operating at the intersection of finance, product, and engineering.

Responsibilities

• Own the economics of compute end-to-end, including margins and long-term P&L.
• Partner with Finance and leadership on capital strategy and hardware commitments.
• Build frameworks turning supply decisions into clear financial outcomes for large bets.
• Shape the commercial architecture of the open compute ecosystem, including capacity and markets.

Skills

Unit economics

Global compute market

Vendor negotiation

Strategic thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Open AI infrastructure

Leadership presence

Job description

Prime Intellect is building an open frontier AI platform with a focus on compute as a product. You will own the sourcing, economics, contracting, and strategic positioning of the GPU supply powering training, serving, and selling capabilities.

This leadership role shapes which accelerators, providers, and geographies define the company’s open model ecosystem, while partnering closely with research and engineering teams to align roadmaps with supply realities.