Strategic Sourcing Manager, Data Center Electrical Infrastructure - Stargate

About the Team
OpenAI, in close collaboration with our capital partners, is building the world’s most advanced AI infrastructure ecosystem. The Infrastructure Development (InfraDev) team is central to this mission—defining core infrastructure strategy and executing on that vision. From site selection to full-scale buildout, the team operates at the intersection of commercial, technical, strategic, and operational priorities, engaging closely with stakeholders inside and outside OpenAI.

Our work spans site planning, facility design, procurement, and operations—ensuring infrastructure is delivered on time, at scale, and to the highest standards. This role will contribute directly to Stargate, OpenAI’s next-generation supercomputing platform.

About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Datacenter Electrical Infrastructure Sourcing Manager to lead the end-to-end strategy, procurement, and delivery of mission-critical electrical systems for hyperscale datacenter projects.

In this role, you will:

• Define and execute sourcing strategies for large-scale electrical infrastructure.

• Establish and manage supplier partnerships while negotiating high-value, complex commercial agreements.

• Collaborate across engineering and business teams to ensure electrical systems are designed, procured, and delivered to meet technical and operational readiness requirements.

This position goes beyond traditional procurement. It is a pivotal role in enabling the deployment of the world’s most advanced supercomputing capabilities. You will shape supplier engagement strategies, structure commercial terms, and drive vendor accountability—directly influencing OpenAI’s ability to scale its infrastructure with the highest levels of safety, security, and efficiency.

You Might Thrive in This Role If You:

• Develop and execute global sourcing strategies for datacenter electrical infrastructure.

• Lead supplier evaluations, negotiations, and contract execution for mission-critical systems.

• Build long-term supplier partnerships that ensure quality, cost efficiency, and schedule adherence.

• Translate engineering requirements into sourcing specifications in collaboration with design and technical teams.

• Ensure effective integration of electrical systems into datacenter designs from planning through commissioning.

• Monitor supplier manufacturing, QA processes, and delivery milestones to ensure readiness.

• Identify supply chain risks and implement mitigation strategies to maintain schedule and performance.

• Ensure compliance with regional codes, industry standards, and safety regulations.

• Partner with finance, legal, operations, and program teams to align sourcing activities with project and budget goals.

• Provide senior leadership with reporting on sourcing progress, cost, and risk.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of sourcing, procurement, or project management experience in datacenter electrical systems or large-scale industrial infrastructure.

• Demonstrated success in negotiating and managing complex, high-value contracts.

• Strong understanding of datacenter electrical system design, redundancy strategies, and reliability requirements.

• Experience working with global suppliers and managing projects across multiple geographies.

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related technical field; advanced degree or professional certifications preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• 15+ years in hyperscale or large-scale facility infrastructure.

• Experience delivering multi-site projects under accelerated timelines.

• Familiarity with sustainable and energy-efficient electrical system design and operations.

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. 

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

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