Support Program Manager, Partnerships

OpenAI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 216,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking a seasoned Program Manager to lead support readiness and operational programs for cloud partnerships. You’ll translate complex technical and business requirements into scalable customer support experiences, collaborating with Engineering, Product, Support Delivery, and external partners to ensure excellence at scale.

This role defines partner-specific journeys, workflows, escalation paths, and success metrics, and leverages AI and automation to enhance efficiency while

Qualifications

• 8+ years in program management, support operations, or partnerships in a fast-paced tech environment.
• Experience translating technical requirements into operational plans with engineering teams.
• Experience with cloud platforms and cloud-provider partnerships.
• Able to navigate ambiguity and align internal and external stakeholders.
• Cybersecurity or life sciences background is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead support readiness for new and existing cloud/strategic partnerships, including launch planning and rollout.
• Partner with Engineering, Product, go-to-market teams, and external partners to design support models for complex products.
• Define partner-specific customer journeys, workflows, escalation paths, ownership models, and cross-company handoffs.
• Identify operational and technical risks, align stakeholders on solutions, and drive improvements that strengthen customer experience.
• Establish clear success metrics and operating rhythms to monitor partnership health, launch readiness, and support performance.
• Use AI and automation to improve partner-related support workflows and scale operations.

Skills

Program management

Support operations

Partnerships

Cloud platforms

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

About The Team

The User Operations team (Support) is central to ensuring that our customers' experience with our products is nothing short of exceptional. We resolve complex issues, provide technical guidance, and support customers in maximizing value and adoption from deploying our products. We work closely with Sales, Technical Success, Product, Engineering and others to deliver the best possible experience to our customers at scale. OpenAI's customers represent a range of diverse backgrounds and maturity, from early-stage startups to established global enterprises.

About The Team

The User Operations team (Support) is central to ensuring that our customers' experience with our products is nothing short of exceptional. We resolve complex issues, provide technical guidance, and support customers in maximizing value and adoption from deploying our products. We work closely with Sales, Technical Success, Product, Engineering and others to deliver the best possible experience to our customers at scale. OpenAI's customers represent a range of diverse backgrounds and maturity, from early-stage startups to established global enterprises.

About The Role

We’re seeking a Program Manager to lead support readiness and operational programs for OpenAI’s cloud and strategic partnerships. You’ll work closely with Engineering, Product, Support Delivery, and external partners to translate complex technical and business requirements into scalable customer support experiences.

This role will help define how we support customers across partner ecosystems, from launch planning and issue-routing workflows to escalation management and ongoing operational improvements.

In This Role, You Will

• Lead support readiness for new and existing cloud and strategic partnerships, including launch planning, operational design, and ongoing program execution.
• Partner closely with Engineering, Product, go-to-market teams, and external partners to develop support models for technically complex products and integrations.
• Define partner-specific customer journeys, support workflows, escalation paths, ownership models, and cross-company handoffs.
• Identify operational and technical risks, align stakeholders on solutions, and drive improvements that strengthen the customer experience.
• Establish clear success metrics and operating rhythms to monitor partnership health, launch readiness, and support performance.
• Use AI and automation to improve partner-related support workflows and scale operations effectively.

You Might Thrive In This Role If You

• Have 8+ years of experience in program management, support operations, partnerships, or related roles within a fast-paced technology environment.
• Have experience working closely with engineering teams to translate technical requirements into clear operational plans.
• Have experience with cloud platforms, cloud-provider partnerships, or technically complex enterprise products.
• Are comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving alignment across internal teams and external partners.
• Can move between strategic planning and hands-on execution while maintaining a strong focus on customer outcomes.
• Have experience in cybersecurity or life sciences; this background is a plus but not required.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

For additional information, please see OpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.

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Compensation Range: $216K - $240K