Technical Program Manager, Compute Infrastructure

About the Team

The compute infrastructure team runs the GPU fleet and large-scale compute clusters that serve the models backing ChatGPT and the API, while also supporting training workloads for our next generation models. We operate a large, modern GPU fleet and provide a unified platform for other OpenAI teams to seamlessly run production Applied AI and Research training workloads.

We seek to learn from deployment and distribute the benefits of AI, while ensuring that this powerful tool is used responsibly and safely. Safety is more important to us than unfettered growth.

You might thrive in this role if you:

• 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; 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.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

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