OpenAI
Technical Program Manager, Compute Infrastructure
Program manager owning end-to-end delivery of large GPU compute clusters and network points-of-presence across external partners, coordinating hardware, power, and cooling workstreams.
Captured June 2026Still open as of Oct 11, 2026 ↗
The role
This role sits within the compute infrastructure group, which operates a large GPU fleet serving production models and training workloads. The program manager works alongside engineers to bring new capacity online with outside providers, running several parallel bring-up programs and reporting progress up to leadership.
What you would do
- Own delivery of new compute hardware configurations and GPU clusters with external partners, including capacity planning for training and inference
- Plan and track multi-workstream bring-up efforts covering hardware, networking, power, and cooling, including dependencies and critical path
- Liaise with chip vendors to de-risk adopting new hardware platforms across kernel, communications, hardware, and scheduling teams
- Create repeatable program tooling such as roadmaps, milestones, risk logs, and operational runbooks
- Work with engineering to make cluster turn-up more reliable, automated, and faster
- Coordinate physical and logical deployment of network points-of-presence, including on-site installation and rack cabling
- Align security, finance, operations, and product or research stakeholders so capacity ships production-ready
- Resolve handoff gaps between teams and partners and surface systemic bottlenecks with durable fixes
What they asked for
- Hard-science degree or a strong record of engineering work
- 5+ years running programs on major capital or hyperscale infrastructure projects
- Track record of single-point ownership for complex, high-visibility technical delivery under tight deadlines
- Experience managing cross-functional and cross-company teams and keeping decisions and information well organized
- Technically fluent enough to partner credibly with top-tier engineering or research teams
- Experience leading external vendors such as engineering firms, equipment suppliers, or construction contractors
- Ability to design simple, scalable processes and manage logistics or supply-chain dependencies
- Comfortable working through ambiguity in a fast-moving environment
Nice to have
- Interest in and thoughtful views on the societal impact of AGI
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