# Program Manager, Foundations Data and Operations

**Company:** [OpenAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/openai)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Technical Program Management
**Salary:** $162k – $240k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Program Management, Data Acquisition, Vendor Management, Stakeholder Management, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Strategic Planning, Metrics & Analytics, Process Design, Executive Communication, Operations
**Posted:** 2026-06-15

> Lead data acquisition programs to build training datasets for frontier AI models. Define requirements with researchers, manage vendor partnerships, and establish scalable workflows and performance metrics.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Work closely with research to understand data needs and define acquisition priorities and timeline that are aligned with our research roadmap.
- Translate research objectives into clear technical requirements and operational plans, ensuring data workflows, timelines, and quality standards are executed to the highest quality standards.
- Lead vendor and partner engagements for data sourcing – including evaluating suppliers, negotiating agreements, and managing delivery.
- Establish and maintain metrics for data quality, throughput, efficiency, and overall program performance, ensuring visibility to leadership and cross-functional partners.
- Identify gaps in our data ecosystem and proactively drive initiatives to strengthen our data acquisition and creation capabilities over time.

## Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in operations, strategy, venture capital, private equity, or consulting, with at least 5 years operating within a company (high-trajectory candidates with fewer years at top companies considered).
- Experience taking end-to-end ownership of large, ambiguous problems, and breaking them down into clear, actionable plans.
- Direct experience engaging with executives and senior leaders to influence and drive strategic decisions.
- Highly analytical with sophisticated understanding of analyses; ability to ask and answer the most important questions, and present results clearly to leaders.
- Comfortable operating at all altitudes – discussing strategy and vision with executives, and troubleshooting operations with individual contributors and external partners.
- Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Passionate about technology and artificial intelligence.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Exceptional adaptability and flexibility in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

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