operations
Posted Mar 10Operations Exploratory
at openai
Singapore, SingaporeHybrid
Responsibilities
- - Drive build readiness and production planning from prototype through mass production.
- - Collaborate with hardware, quality, and supply chain teams to establish and maintain robust operational systems.
- - Track cost, yield, and schedule performance to ensure efficient and predictable product delivery.
- - Build scalable processes that support rapid iteration and future product launches.
Requirements
- About the Team The Consumer Products team at OpenAI brings groundbreaking AI technology to life through world-class hardware.
- experience in hardware operations, manufacturing, or supply chain for consumer electronics or similar industries.
- - Bring strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and drive alignment across teams.
- About OpenAI OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence
Experience
- You might thrive in this role if you: - Have 6+ years of
Additional details
- Our Operations group ensures that every product moves seamlessly from concept to customer — integrating supply chain strategy, manufacturing operations, and quality systems to enable rapid, reliable, and scalable production.
- We partner closely with engineering, design, and manufacturing teams around the world to deliver exceptional products at launch and beyond.
- About the Role As an Operations Manager, you will own the execution and strategy that transforms early product concepts into high-quality, manufacturable consumer devices.
- You’ll lead cross-functional planning, manage vendor relationships, and ensure supply, cost, and schedule alignment across fast-moving hardware programs.
- We follow a hybrid model (four days per week in the office) and offer relocation support for new employees.
- Occasional travel to supplier and manufacturing sites is expected. In this role,
- you will: - Develop and execute operations strategies that bridge product design and large-scale manufacturing.
- - Partner with global suppliers to ensure materials, tooling, and capacity meet program goals.
- - Have successfully taken at least one product from concept through mass production.
- - Are fluent in NPI processes, contract manufacturing dynamics, and global operations management.