Technical Program Manager, Research Compute & Scheduling

OpenAI, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with employer match

Paid parental leave

Paid time off

Relocation support

Learning and development stipend

Job summary

OpenAI, Inc. seeks a Technical Program Manager for Research Compute Services in San Francisco. You will partner with researchers and engineers to turn plans and workload signals into concrete compute demand and manage allocations across the fleet.

This hands-on TPM role requires building tools, data, and platforms that empower researchers to express compute needs, view allocations, and run workloads efficiently. You will drive capacity planning, scheduling, and optimization across teams.

Qualifications

• Strong engineering foundation or equivalent experience.
• Led and delivered complex technical programs.
• Practical experience with capacity planning and workload management.
• Proficient with code and operational data in research environments.

Responsibilities

• Build with researchers to translate needs into compute services improvements.
• Own demand and allocation tools, data, and platform roadmap.
• Translate research plans into concrete capacity needs and constraints.
• Collaborate with Capacity Planning, Research, and infra teams to align demand with supply.
• Develop data models and automation to show resource usage and improve self-service workflows.
• Coordinate allocations with Kubernetes deployments and scheduling teams.
• Evaluate optimization approaches and measure fleet utilization improvements.
• Identify systemic gaps and drive durable tooling improvements.
• Lead technical delivery across Research, RPCS, Capacity Planning, and infra teams.
• Communicate decisions, constraints, and priorities clearly to all stakeholders.

Skills

Engineering foundation

Program leadership

Capacity planning

Kubernetes deployments

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Kubernetes

Scheduling systems

Data systems

Job description

OpenAI, Inc. seeks a Technical Program Manager for Research Compute Services in San Francisco. You will partner with researchers and engineers to turn plans and workload signals into concrete compute demand and manage allocations across the fleet.

This hands-on TPM role requires building tools, data, and platforms that empower researchers to express compute needs, view allocations, and run workloads efficiently. You will drive capacity planning, scheduling, and optimization across teams.