Director of Product Finance, Compute & Infrastructure Demand

Details

OpenAI’s Strategic Finance organization provides the financial insight and guidance that support the company’s long-term strategy and ambitious growth. The Applications Technology Strategic Finance team works closely with Product and Engineering to scale core offerings and bring new products to market, leading revenue forecasting and performance management across the product portfolio and partnering with Infrastructure Engineering to forecast infrastructure and compute demand and manage margin targets and headcount planning.

This role is based in OpenAI's San Francisco HQ with a hybrid work model (3 days in office per week). The company offers relocation assistance to new employees.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary finance partner to the AGI Deployment (Applications) Infrastructure Engineering organization.
• Own the consolidated compute demand forecast, partnering closely with capacity planning and supply teams to inform compute planning and allocation decisions.
• Own forecasting for infrastructure spend across products, including infrastructure software and other key cost drivers.
• Build and refine the financial framework that connects product usage, model behavior, inference settings, and infrastructure decisions to compute utilization, infrastructure costs, and product margins.
• Develop insight into tradeoffs between customer experience, growth, and profitability, including how latency, throughput, batching, model routing, and token usage affect margin performance.
• Develop frameworks to evaluate ROI on compute and infrastructure spend across products, features, model settings, and user segments to inform investment and optimization decisions.
• Create and run a durable cross-functional forum for compute economics, bringing together product, infrastructure, capacity planning, and finance to inform allocation, utilization, and margin tradeoffs.
• Lead weekly margin reviews and monthly BvA analysis, and partner with Accounting and Corporate Finance to align internal metrics and reporting.
• Prepare high-quality materials for executive and Board-level discussions.
• Manage and mentor a small finance team while remaining hands-on with analysis and execution.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in investment banking, consulting, or buy-side investing coupled with operational experience at a fast-paced, scaling company.
• Strong ability to critically evaluate opportunities and risks in financials.
• Ability to distill complex financial data into actionable insights and communicate effectively with leadership.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to craft compelling narratives using data.
• Attention to detail and commitment to accuracy in financial reporting and analysis.
• Familiarity with business models and metrics relevant to OpenAI.
• Enthusiasm for technology and artificial intelligence; extensively used AI.

Benefits

• Base pay range listed: $293K – $325K; offers equity and additional compensation components (bonuses) as applicable.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts.
• Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Paid parental leave and paid medical/caregiver leave.
• Paid time off (flexible PTO for exempt employees) and 13+ paid company holidays.
• Mental health and wellness support; employer-paid basic life and disability coverage.
• Annual learning and development stipend; daily meals in offices and meal delivery credits as eligible.
• Relocation support for eligible employees.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company focused on developing and deploying general-purpose AI systems safely and broadly. OpenAI is an equal opportunity employer and provides background checks and reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.