Technical Program Manager, Compute Infrastructure

You will be part of an engineer-first TPM team as a Technical Program Manager for Compute Infrastructure who owns the end-to-end delivery of large-scale GPU clusters, partnering with engineers to bring clusters online across external providers and partners. You’ll run a broad, parallel portfolio spanning hardware, networking, power, and cooling—driving execution, risk management, and crisp alignment from working teams through leadership to deliver production-ready capacity at scale. 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 assistance to new employees.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end delivery of both New Compute SKUs and large-scale GPU clusters across an external partner ecosystem while supporting capacity planning for training and inference; Ability to contextually drive multi-threaded bring-up programs spanning hardware, networking, power, and cooling—owning plans, dependencies, and critical paths; Interface with chip providers to derisk long-term onboarding to new hardware platforms by working across kernels, comms, hardware, and scheduling engineering teams; Build and operationalize program mechanisms (roadmaps, milestones, risk registers, runbooks) that make delivery predictable at massive scale; Partner with engineering to improve cluster turn-up reliability, repeatability, and automation, reducing time-to-serve for new capacity; Support network operations and end-to-end physical and logical bring-up of OpenAI network Points-of-Presence (PoPs), including on-site deployment, rack cabling, and close collaboration with engineering teams; Coordinate cross-functional readiness (security, finance, operations, product/research stakeholders) to ship production-ready compute; Manage integration and handoffs across teams and partners—ensuring consistent execution, clear communication, and fast issue resolution; Identify bottlenecks and systemic gaps, then drive durable fixes across tooling, process, and partner interfaces; Provide crisp executive visibility on progress, tradeoffs, and risks across a large portfolio of concurrent programs

Requirements

Possess a degree in a hard science, or have a demonstrated track record of engineering expertise; Have 5+ years of experience in program management for major projects including capital projects or hyperscaler infrastructure deployment; Demonstrate the ability to serve as the go-to person solely responsible for driving and delivering complex projects; Are comfortable managing cross-functional and cross-company teams with experience driving information and decision hygiene; Have an extensive track record of successfully delivering high-profile, technical projects against tight deadlines; Are technically adept and have effectively partnered with engineering or fundamental research teams of the highest caliber; Have experience interfacing with and leading external vendors including engineering firms, equipment suppliers, and/or construction firms; Have expertise in designing and implementing simple, scalable processes that solve complex problems; Have experience managing complicated dependencies such as logistics and/or supply chains; Are relentlessly resourceful and thrive in ambiguous, fast-paced environments; Are interested in and thoughtful about the impacts of AGI

Benefits

Relocation assistance