Technical Program Manager, Core Network & WAN Infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of OpenAI’s WAN build-out and large-scale GPU clusters across an external partner ecosystem.
• Drive multi-threaded network infrastructure bring-up programs across physical and logical readiness—owning plans, dependencies, and critical paths.
• Partner with engineering to turn up large-scale network capacity, reducing bring-up time for our largest GPU supercomputers by working across optics, circuits.
• Identify recurring bottlenecks in WAN and network infrastructure build-out, then drive fixes that make future builds faster, more predictable, and less dependent on tribal knowledge.
• 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.
• 5+ years of experience in program management for major projects including capital projects or hyperscaler infrastructure deployment.
• Relentlessly resourceful and thrive in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.
• Ability to serve as the go-to person solely responsible for driving and delivering complex projects.
• Strong technical intuition across physical networking, WAN/backbone infrastructure, colocation environments, cloud interconnects, cross-connects, optics, cabling, routing, and operational readiness.
• Experience interfacing with and leading external vendors including engineering firms, equipment suppliers, and/or construction firms.
• Expertise in designing and implementing simple, scalable processes that solve complex problems.
• Experience managing complicated dependencies such as logistics and/or supply chains.

Nice-to-Haves

• Hands-on infrastructure execution experience spanning hardware, cabling, optics, cloud cross-connects, and port maps.