OpenAI

Technical Program Manager, Rack Delivery

OpenAI$120K — $160K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in technical program management, manufacturing operations, hardware operations, or infrastructure deployment.
  • Experience managing large-scale hardware manufacturing or supply chain programs.
  • Comfortable operating across manufacturing, logistics, deployment, and infrastructure readiness workflows.
  • Experience with contract manufacturers, build planning, or deployment execution.
  • Able to drive structured execution in fast-moving and ambiguous environments.
  • Strong operational rigor and escalation management skills.
  • Highly cross-functional, able to align technical and operational stakeholders effectively.
  • Clear communicator across executive, operational, and engineering audiences.

Responsibilities

  • Drive cross-functional coordination between rack manufacturing, deployment operations, and site readiness programs.
  • Manage operational execution across rack contract manufacturers including CTB tracking, build planning, and escalations.
  • Coordinate rack delivery timelines against infrastructure deployment readiness milestones.
  • Partner with sustaining manufacturing engineering teams on RCCA tracking and operational issue resolution.
  • Translate strategic planning and deployment inputs into actionable SKU-level manufacturing and delivery schedules.
  • 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.
  • Partner across Infrastructure Strategy, Deployment, Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain, and Capacity Planning organizations.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with 3 days in the office per week.
  • Relocation support provided for new hires.
Full Job Description
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.

This role is based in San Francisco, CA. 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.
  • Manage operational execution across rack contract manufacturers including CTB tracking, build planning, and escalations.
  • Coordinate rack delivery timelines against infrastructure deployment readiness milestones.
  • Partner with sustaining manufacturing engineering teams on RCCA tracking and operational issue resolution.
  • Translate strategic planning and deployment inputs into actionable SKU-level manufacturing and delivery schedules.
  • 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.
  • Partner across Infrastructure Strategy, Deployment, Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain, and Capacity Planning organizations.

Qualifications
  • Have 7+ years of 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 artificial intelligence research laboratory consisting of the for-profit corporation OpenAI LP and its parent company, the non-profit OpenAI Inc. The company was founded in 2015 by a group of technology leaders, including Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, and John Schulman. OpenAI's mission is to develop and promote friendly AI for the betterment of humanity. The company has developed a number of cutting-edge AI technologies, including GPT-3, a language processing system that can generate human-like text. OpenAI has received funding from a number of high-profile investors, including LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and venture capitalist Peter Thiel.
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