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Posted 3 days agoTechnical Program Manager, Rack Delivery
at openai
United StatesHybrid
Responsibilities
- - Manage operational execution across rack contract manufacturers including CTB tracking, build planning, and escalations.
- - Coordinate rack delivery timelines against infrastructure deployment readiness milestones.
- - Drive execution across multiple concurrent deployment programs with shifting priorities and timelines.
- - Develop operational mechanisms, reporting, and tracking systems to improve manufacturing and deployment visibility.
Requirements
- About the Team The Stargate organization is responsible for building and scaling the physical infrastructure systems that power OpenAI’s next generation of AI training and inference platforms.
- This includes the manufacturing, deployment, and operational execution required to bring large-scale compute infrastructure online globally.
- experience in technical program management, manufacturing operations, hardware operations, or infrastructure deployment. - Have
- experience managing large-scale hardware manufacturing or supply chain programs. - Are comfortable operating across manufacturing, logistics, deployment, and infrastructure readiness workflows. - Have
- experience working with contract manufacturers, build planning, or deployment execution. - Can drive structured execution in fast-moving and ambiguous environments. - Have strong operational rigor and escalation management skills. - Are highly cross-functional and can align technical and operational stakeholders effectively. - Communicate clearly across executive, operational, and engineering audiences. Preferred Skills -
- Experience supporting hyperscale infrastructure or data center deployment programs. -
- Experience with rack infrastructure, server manufacturing, or hardware operations environments. - Familiarity with supply planning, SKU planning, or deployment forecasting. -
- Experience with ERP/MRP systems and manufacturing operations tooling. -
- Experience operating in AI infrastructure, cloud infrastructure, or large-scale hardware environments.
- About OpenAI OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence
Experience
- Qualifications - 7+ years of
Additional details
- The team operates at the intersection of data center infrastructure, hardware manufacturing, supply chain, deployment operations, and systems planning.
- We partner closely across Infrastructure Strategy, Manufacturing Operations, Capacity Planning, Supply Chain, Deployment, and Engineering to execute one of the largest infrastructure scale-outs in the industry.
- About the Role We are seeking a Technical Program Manager, Rack Delivery to drive operational execution across rack manufacturing, site readiness, and deployment coordination for Stargate infrastructure programs.
- This role will serve as a key connective layer between manufacturing partners, deployment teams, and infrastructure readiness programs to ensure rack production and delivery timelines remain aligned with site availability and deployment sequencing.
- You will help manage operational execution across contract manufacturers (CMs), support build planning and RCCA processes, and coordinate deployment readiness across multiple concurrent infrastructure programs.
- You will also partner closely with Demand Planning teams to translate strategic planning inputs into actionable SKU-level manufacturing and delivery schedules.
- This role is ideal for someone who thrives operating across ambiguity, manufacturing operations, infrastructure deployment, and large-scale cross-functional execution.
- We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation support. Key
- Responsibilities - Drive cross-functional coordination between rack manufacturing, deployment operations, and site readiness programs.
- - Partner with sustaining manufacturing engineering teams on RCCA tracking and operational issue resolution.