Strategic Sourcing Manager, Data Center Infra & Mechanical

OpenAI; California (MO); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager, Data Center Infrastructure, to lead sourcing strategy for critical infrastructure systems that power Industrial Compute campuses. You will develop commercial strategies, negotiate supplier agreements, and manage relationships with engineering, construction, manufacturing, and external partners to enable rapid global expansion.

The ideal candidate has experience sourcing major infrastructure systems for hyperscale data centers or similarly complex

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a related field.
• 8+ years of strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier management, or infra supply chain experience.
• Experience sourcing major infrastructure systems, industrial equipment, mission-critical facilities, or large capital projects.
• Proven experience negotiating complex commercial agreements with strategic suppliers.
• Strong understanding of supplier qualification, contract strategy, supplier performance management, and sourcing governance.
• Experience partnering with engineering, construction, finance, legal, and operations organizations.
• Excellent analytical, financial modeling, negotiation, and executive communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop long-term sourcing strategies for data center infrastructure systems.
• Lead supplier selection, RFx processes, negotiations, and contract execution for major programs.
• Build and maintain executive relationships with key suppliers, EPC firms, integrators, and infrastructure vendors.
• Partner with Infrastructure Delivery and Engineering to align sourcing with project schedules and technical requirements.
• Collaborate with Capacity Planning to ensure supplier capacity aligns with roadmaps.
• Evaluate supplier capabilities across manufacturing capacity, execution quality, financial health, and delivery performance.
• Identify and mitigate supply chain risks through diversification, long-term agreements, and alternative sourcing.
• Monitor market conditions, manufacturing trends, commodity impacts, and geopolitical risks affecting delivery.
• Develop supplier scorecards and performance metrics across quality, cost, schedule, responsiveness, safety, and execution.
• Support executive sourcing decisions through financial analysis, market intelligence, scenario planning, and benchmarking.
• Partner with Legal and Finance to structure scalable agreements.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Contract negotiations

Supplier management

Financial modeling

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Operations, Finance, or a related field

Job description

OpenAI is seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager, Data Center Infrastructure, to lead sourcing strategy for critical infrastructure systems that power Industrial Compute campuses. You will develop commercial strategies, negotiate supplier agreements, and manage relationships with engineering, construction, manufacturing, and external partners to enable rapid global expansion.

The ideal candidate has experience sourcing major infrastructure systems for hyperscale data centers or similarly complex