Senior Manager, Supply Systems

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About the Team

The Finance Platform & Technology team at OpenAI builds and scales the future-proof systems and data architecture that power our core financial operations. We enable business agility, compliance, and operational excellence across quote-to-cash, procure-to-pay, inventory, and asset management for both B2B and B2C. Our focus is on modernizing workflows through strategic integrations, scalable automation, and seamless data flows—empowering smarter decisions, reliable reporting, and sustainable growth as OpenAI evolves.

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Manager, Supply Systems to lead the design, implementation, and ongoing management of our global supply chain technology landscape. This leader will own the strategy and execution for core supply chain systems, ensuring they scale to support OpenAI’s growing business operations while integrating seamlessly with Finance, Procurement, and People systems.

This is a hands-on leadership role that requires deep expertise in ERP and supply chain platforms (deep hands-on knowledge and experience across Oracle Fusion Supply Chain modules is essential), strong architecture experience across complex supply chain system landscapes, and the ability to partner closely with Product, Engineering, Finance, and Supply Chain leadership to enable efficient, auditable, and AI-enabled processes.

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.

Responsibilities

• Drive execution and continuous improvement of supply chain systems leveraging Oracle Fusion Supply Chain modules, ensuring operational excellence, compliance, scalability, and extensibility.
• Drive stakeholder management and cross-functional partnerships with Finance, Procurement, Engineering, and other teams to align business priorities with systems strategy.
• Identify and manage system integrators and external partners to implement the roadmap while building internal capabilities.
• Build, manage, and mentor a high-performing team of systems managers, engineers, contractors, and solution architects; provide guidance, career development, and coaching.
• Own end-to-end design and delivery for procurement, supply and demand planning, manufacturing, logistics, inventory, order management, and product lifecycle systems.
• Partner with Finance, Procurement, People, and Engineering teams to create trustworthy, auditable, single-source-of-truth datasets for supply chain operations.
• Drive integrations with upstream and downstream systems (Workday, ERP, Anaplan, Zip, Databricks).
• Ensure systems and processes are designed to support security, data governance, and regulatory requirements.
• Establish frameworks for change management, testing, and controls, enabling smooth releases and business continuity.
• Partner with business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable, automated, and AI-enabled solutions.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in supply chain systems, with at least 5 years in a leadership role.
• Proven success leading large-scale ERP or supply chain transformations (Oracle Fusion Supply Chain or SAP experience is a plus).
• Deep, hands-on knowledge and experience across Oracle Fusion Supply Chain modules (essential).
• Strong domain expertise across supply chain planning, supply and demand planning, order management, procurement, PLM, and manufacturing.
• Experience working in fast-growing, global companies with complex supply chain needs.
• Strong background in system integration, data architecture, and analytics.
• Familiarity with compliance at scale and growth requirements.
• Track record of building and mentoring high-performing teams.

Nice to Have

• Prior experience with Databricks, Anaplan, or Workato/OIC integration platforms.
• Exposure to agentic AI and automation in supply chain workflows.
• Experience working with contract manufacturers on integrations.

Benefits

• Base pay indicated: $295K (total compensation may include equity, performance-related bonus(es), and other components).
• 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) retirement plan with employer match.
• Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave; flexible PTO.
• 13+ paid company holidays and additional company office closures.
• 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.

For additional information about company policies, background checks, and accommodations, see the original posting on OpenAI's careers site.