Tokens-as-a-Service Lead, Industrial Compute

OpenAI; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI’s Industrial Compute team seeks a Tokens-as-a-Service Lead to drive end-to-end conversion of industrial-scale infrastructure investments into usable token capacity for OpenAI workloads. You will coordinate across data center delivery, power, networking, hardware deployment, workload onboarding, finance, and external partners to ensure capacity becomes productive tokens quickly and efficiently.

This role bridges physical infrastructure delivery with compute utilization outcomes, requiring

Qualifications

• Experience with large-scale compute programs across data centers or industrial environments.
• Ability to translate infrastructure delivery into production-ready compute throughput.
• Strong program management and cross-functional leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead Tokens-as-a-Service programs across industrial compute environments.
• Convert capacity into production-ready token throughput.
• Build execution plans spanning construction, power energization, rack deployment, networking, cluster readiness, and workload onboarding.
• Partner with infrastructure engineering, hardware, networking, finance, supply chain, and operations teams.
• Drive external providers, EPCs, OEMs, utilities, and strategic partners toward aggressive timelines.
• Identify bottlenecks between physical delivery and usable compute output and lead resolution.
• Build operating cadences, dashboards, forecasts, and executive reporting for TaaS programs.
• Develop repeatable deployment models for future industrial compute expansion.

Skills

GPU clusters

AI infrastructure

Hyperscale data centers

Industrial technology programs

Job description

OpenAI’s Industrial Compute team seeks a Tokens-as-a-Service Lead to drive end-to-end conversion of industrial-scale infrastructure investments into usable token capacity for OpenAI workloads. You will coordinate across data center delivery, power, networking, hardware deployment, workload onboarding, finance, and external partners to ensure capacity becomes productive tokens quickly and efficiently.

This role bridges physical infrastructure delivery with compute utilization outcomes, requiring