Infrastructure Sourcing & Delivery Lead

OpenAI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 226,000 - 285,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking an Infrastructure Sourcing Operations Lead in San Francisco to own procurement across pre-construction, design, construction, and sourcing through PO issuance and invoice resolution.

You will manage a portfolio including OFCI, networking gear, rack systems, fiber, cabling, and interconnects, ensuring alignment with project schedules and supplier readiness. Strong commercial judgment and cross-functional influence are essential.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in sourcing operations, procurement, infrastructure program management, construction operations, or related field.
• Demonstrated ownership of complex procurement or capital-project workflows across vendor readiness, contracting, PO execution, invoice management, and delivery tracking.
• Experience integrating supplier commitments across OFCI, networking, rack systems, fiber, cabling, or interconnect infrastructure with design, construction, and delivery timelines.
• Strong critical-path, risk-management, and recovery-planning capability under schedule pressure.
• Experience building scalable operating mechanisms, dashboards, KPIs, trackers, SOPs, and governance for distributed data.
• Sound commercial judgment for nonstandard contract, pricing, invoice, or supplier issues.
• Proven ability to influence Procurement, Legal, Finance, Engineering, Construction, suppliers, and senior leaders without direct authority.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for concise executive updates.
• Ability to manage multiple high-priority workstreams in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Own sourcing-operations intake and prioritization across infra components into actionable procurement workstreams.
• Drive vendor readiness and onboarding; own exceptions and readiness decisions before PO execution.
• Lead contract coordination for NDAs, service agreements, master agreements, statements of work, and related workflows.
• Own purchase-order strategy, package quality, approval sequencing, and exceptions through PO issuance.
• Review invoice exceptions and determine recommended resolution.
• Maintain portfolio visibility from design through production, shipment, delivery, installation, testing, and exception closure.
• Own source-of-record requirements, including data definitions, status logic, permissions, and governance.
• Design and improve operating mechanisms, SOPs, intake processes, templates, escalation paths, and tool workflows.
• Produce concise leadership reporting distinguishing facts from assumptions and risks, with action recommendations.

Skills

Sourcing operations

Procurement

Infrastructure program management

Vendor management

Contracting

PO execution

Invoice management

Delivery tracking

Executive communication

Dashboard & KPIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Construction management, supply chain, or business

Tools

Procurement platforms

Contract lifecycle tools

Reporting platforms

Job description

OpenAI is seeking an Infrastructure Sourcing Operations Lead in San Francisco to own procurement across pre-construction, design, construction, and sourcing through PO issuance and invoice resolution.

You will manage a portfolio including OFCI, networking gear, rack systems, fiber, cabling, and interconnects, ensuring alignment with project schedules and supplier readiness. Strong commercial judgment and cross-functional influence are essential.