OpenAI Professional Services Commercial Lead at OpenAI owning end-to-end deal desk workflow for DeployCo professional-services engagements. Draft and revise statements of work and coordinate cross-functional reviews and approvals.
Responsibilities
We are hiring a hands-on Professional Services Commercial Lead to own the end-to-end deal desk workflow for assigned DeployCo professional-services engagements. You will personally draft and revise statements of work (SOWs), validate pricing and deal inputs, coordinate cross-functional reviews and approvals, and ensure commitments are clear, deliverable, and ready to execute.
The differentiator in this role is drafting expertise: you have written SOWs, not simply routed them. You can turn technical and delivery inputs into precise scope, deliverables, milestones, assumptions, dependencies, acceptance criteria, fees, and change controls—then keep the deal moving.
This is an individual-contributor role for an experienced contract manager, deal desk professional, or professional-services commercial operator who combines strong writing and commercial judgment with disciplined execution.
Own assigned DeployCo deals from intake through approval, signature, and operational handoff.
Draft and revise SOWs, work orders, and change orders using approved templates and playbooks; partner with Legal on non-standard contractual terms and redlines.
Validate rate cards, fees, hours and resourcing inputs, discounts, margin inputs, billing milestones, and key deal data against approved inputs and guardrails; reconcile the SOW to the quote and route exceptions with a clear recommendation.
Coordinate reviews and approvals across Deployment, Sales, Legal, Finance, Technical Revenue, Billing, and Order Management; surface gaps early and keep stakeholders aligned on next steps.
Identify and coordinate resolution of delivery and commercial risks, including unclear scope or acceptance criteria, infeasible commitments, scope creep, inconsistent documents, and downstream billing or revenue implications.
Maintain accurate deal records, approval evidence, and status updates; meet internal turnaround commitments and ensure a clean post-signature handoff.
Turn recurring issues into stronger templates, playbooks, approval paths, and workflow improvements that increase deal quality and speed.
Typically 7+ years of relevant B2B experience across deal desk, commercial contracts or contract management, professional-services operations, sales operations, order management, or a similar function.
3+ years of substantial, hands-on experience drafting and revising customer-facing SOWs for professional-services engagements.
Qualification
3+ years of substantialExperience in cloudFamiliarity with fixed-feeExperience with Salesforce or CPQWe are an equal opportunity employerFor additional information
Required
Typically 7+ years of relevant B2B experience across deal desk, commercial contracts or contract management, professional-services operations, sales operations, order management, or a similar function
3+ years of substantial, hands-
Preferred
Experience as a contract manager supporting customer-facing professional services, consulting, implementation, or managed services.
Experience in cloud, enterprise SaaS, AI, or another complex technology environment.
Familiarity with fixed-fee, milestone-based, and time-and-materials services engagements.
Experience with Salesforce or CPQ, contract-lifecycle-management tools, e-signature platforms, and approval workflow systems.
A track record of improving SOW templates, commercial playbooks, or deal workflows.
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.
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