Technical Systems Program Manager, User Operations

OpenAI•San Francisco, CA

1d•$216,000 - $240,000•Hybrid

About The Position

OpenAI’s top-of-funnel is evolving into a signal-driven, data-orchestrated engine powered by AI-native workflows, enriched customer intelligence, and increasingly interconnected systems. We are looking for a Technical Systems Program Manager to help drive the strategy, alignment, prioritization, and execution of these systems across Salesforce and adjacent platforms. This role will partner closely with Engineering, Revenue Operations, Data, and Enterprise Platform teams to operationalize scalable CRM workflows. The ideal candidate combines strong technical fluency, operational systems thinking, and stakeholder leadership with the ability to drive execution across highly cross-functional environments. This role is based in San Francisco, CA, and the team works a hybrid schedule (Monday - Wednesday in office). We will offer relocation assistance if needed.

Requirements

8+ years of experience driving high-impact technical programs in a program management, technical program management or adjacent role
Strong understanding of CRM workflows customer systems supporting user operations or support organizations
Experience working across CRM systems, routing engines, and adjacent systems
Proven ability to drive complex cross-functional initiatives from discovery and stakeholder alignment through execution and operationalization
Strong technical fluency across APIs, integrations, event-driven architectures, enterprise SaaS ecosystems, and Salesforce platform capabilities
Experience partnering closely with Engineering, Revenue Operations, Security, and Enterprise Platform teams
Experience operating within SOX/SOC2-controlled environments with strong understanding of SDLC, QA, release management, and operational governance
Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly communicate priorities, tradeoffs, risks, and execution plans

Nice To Haves

Ability to independently reason through technical system design, integration dependencies, and operational tradeoffs alongside engineering teams
Experience working within AI-native, high-growth, or highly ambiguous operating environments
Exposure to global support operations
Ability to operate scrappily and iteratively while maintaining a strong bias toward scalability, governance, and long-term maintainability

Responsibilities

Own and drive CRM systems initiatives across support
Partner with senior business stakeholders and engineering teams to identify operational pain points, define scalable solutions, evaluate technical tradeoffs, and execute across Salesforce and adjacent platforms
Align cross-functional stakeholders including Revenue Operations, Support Delivery, Risk, Engineering, Data, Legal, and Enterprise Platform teams while driving prioritization and execution
Help operationalize AI-native workflows by defining and building scalable automation, orchestration, agentic workflows, and human-in-the-loop processes in partnership with cross-functional teams