# Technical Program Manager, Infrastructure Delivery Operations

**Company:** [OpenAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/openai)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Technical Program Management
**Salary:** $185k – $285k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Program Management, Dependency Management, Risk Mitigation, Infrastructure Delivery, Cloud Infrastructure, Data Centers, AI Infrastructure, Networking, Hardware Deployment, Commissioning, Supply Chain, KPIs, Dashboards, Executive Reporting, Agile
**Posted:** 2026-08-13

> Leads cross-functional delivery of large-scale AI infrastructure programs from planning through operational handoff, coordinating engineering, construction, hardware, networking, operations, and external partners. Requires 8+ years of complex technical program leadership, strong dependency and risk management, and executive communication skills.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead cross-functional execution for Industrial Compute infrastructure delivery programs from planning through operational handoff.
- Build and maintain integrated program plans spanning engineering, construction, hardware deployment, networking, commissioning, and operations.
- Identify schedule risks, dependency conflicts, and execution bottlenecks before they impact delivery.
- Develop executive-level reporting mechanisms covering program health, milestones, risks, mitigations, and critical decisions.
- Coordinate across Hardware Engineering, Network Engineering, Hardware Operations, Capacity Delivery, Security, Finance, Supply Chain, and external infrastructure partners.
- Drive operational readiness reviews before infrastructure enters production.
- Build standardized delivery processes, governance models, and operating cadences that scale across multiple infrastructure programs.
- Manage cross-functional action tracking, decision logs, risk registers, and executive escalations.
- Establish program metrics and KPIs that improve predictability, transparency, and execution quality.
- Partner with leadership to continuously improve infrastructure delivery methodologies.

## Requirements
- 8+ years leading complex technical programs or infrastructure delivery initiatives.
- Experience managing large cross-functional programs involving multiple engineering organizations.
- Strong understanding of program management methodologies, dependency management, and risk mitigation.
- Experience working with executive stakeholders and communicating program status at multiple organizational levels.
- Proven ability to drive execution across organizations without direct reporting authority.
- Experience developing dashboards, KPIs, executive reviews, and operational mechanisms.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent high-priority programs.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience delivering hyperscale data centers, cloud infrastructure, AI infrastructure, networking infrastructure, semiconductor manufacturing, or other large-scale technical programs.
- Familiarity with hardware deployment, commissioning, infrastructure operations, or capacity delivery.
- Experience working with external vendors, cloud providers, construction partners, or manufacturing organizations.
- Experience scaling program management organizations or building operational frameworks from the ground up.
- PMP, PgMP, Agile, or equivalent program management certifications.

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