OpenAI Strategic Sourcing Manager at OpenAI leading sourcing strategy for data center infrastructure systems. Responsible for supplier selection, negotiations, and relationship management.
Responsibilities
We are seeking a Strategic Sourcing Manager, Data Center Infrastructure to lead sourcing strategy for the critical infrastructure systems that power Industrial Compute campuses. This role will develop commercial strategies, negotiate strategic supplier agreements, and manage relationships across engineering, construction, manufacturing, and infrastructure partners responsible for delivering mission-critical facilities.
The ideal candidate has experience sourcing major infrastructure systems for hyperscale data centers, mission-critical facilities, industrial construction, semiconductor manufacturing, energy infrastructure, or similarly complex capital projects.
Develop long-term sourcing strategies for data center infrastructure systems supporting Industrial Compute.
Lead strategic supplier selection, RFx processes, commercial negotiations, and contract execution for major infrastructure programs.
Build and maintain executive relationships with key suppliers, manufacturers, EPC firms, integrators, and infrastructure vendors.
Partner with Infrastructure Delivery and Engineering to align sourcing strategies with project schedules, technical requirements, and deployment priorities.
Collaborate with Capacity Planning to ensure supplier capacity aligns with long-term infrastructure roadmaps.
Evaluate supplier capabilities across manufacturing capacity, execution quality, financial health, delivery performance, and operational maturity.
Identify and mitigate supply chain risks through supplier diversification, long-term agreements, alternative sourcing strategies, and capacity reservations.
Monitor global market conditions, manufacturing trends, commodity impacts, geopolitical risks, and supplier ecosystems that may affect infrastructure 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 supplier benchmarking.
Qualification
Bachelor's degree in Supply ChainExperience partnering with engineeringExcellent analyticalModular data center infrastructureStructural steelSteelAdditionally
Required
Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Operations, Finance, or a related field.
8+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier management, or infrastructure supply chain management.
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.
Preferred
Experience sourcing one or more of the following infrastructure systems:
Prefabricated electrical skids and e-houses
Modular data center infrastructure
Modular cooling plants and their components (Heat exchangers, pumps, chillers, VFD)
Experience working with different forms of cooling (air and water cooled chillers, dry or adiabatic coolers, CRAH, CRAC, Air Handling Units)
Structural steel, enclosure systems and fabrication processes
Steel, stainless steel piping and components (valves, control valves, flanges)
