Compute Business Operations Lead

OpenAI • San Francisco, CA

95d

About The Position

We’re hiring a Compute Business Operations Lead to drive high-priority, cross-functional initiatives that shape how OpenAI scales its compute infrastructure. This role blends strategic thinking and operational excellence: you’ll bring structure to ambiguous problems, coordinate across technical and business teams, and ensure our most critical compute priorities move forward with clarity and speed. Rather than focusing on a single work stream, you’ll work across the breadth of the Compute organization. You’ll take ownership of complex, high-stakes projects that don’t fit neatly into existing functions, help shape strategy, and build the mechanisms that let us scale efficiently. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

Requirements

• Have 7+ years of experience in strategy, business operations, private equity, management consulting, venture capital, or similar fields, with 2+ years spent operating inside a company.
• Excel at bringing clarity and structure to ambiguous problems and driving them to completion in fast-moving environments with multiple stakeholders and objectives.
• Able to see around the corner for future challenges and eager to solve them with a high sense of ownership, initiative and agency.
• Proficiency building systems and proficiency that scale long-term.
• Communicate clearly with executives, engineers, and operators alike, adapting your approach to the audience.
• Are highly analytical and comfortable using data to inform decisions.
• Move fluidly between strategy and detail, balancing long-term vision with day-to-day execution.
• Build trust quickly, collaborate well across functions, and bring clarity to fast-moving environments.
• Are energized by OpenAI’s mission and the challenge of scaling world-class compute infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Take end-to-end ownership of critical compute initiatives that span multiple teams and functions.
• Shape and operationalize programs that support OpenAI’s infrastructure scale-up, turning one-off efforts into repeatable systems.
• Collaborate with internal technical, product, finance, and operations teams and external compute partners to align priorities and deliver results.
• Build clear frameworks, reporting, and communication channels that help leadership make informed decisions.
• Identify gaps in how we plan and execute across the compute lifecycle, and design solutions that endure as we scale.
• Serve as a trusted partner to leadership, helping scope, prioritize, and execute the most important cross-functional compute projects.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance to new employees.
• Hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week.

What This Job Offers

• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees