Technical Program Manager, Partnership Site Deployment - Stargate

Details

OpenAI's Stargate team is hiring a Technical Program Manager to coordinate datacenter deployments in partnership with external development and operations teams. This role focuses on site deployment management for large-scale data center / supercomputer projects, ensuring on-time delivery, partner performance, and that strategic partners meet contractual milestones for AI compute delivery.

Location requirement: Must be open to at least 3-5 days per week in Abilene, Texas or El Paso, Texas. The posting also references San Francisco as a location.

Responsibilities

• Drive partner performance to meet critical commercial SLAs, construction schedules, and compute-deployment commitments.
• Serve as the primary interface with external partners for contract alignment, risk escalation, and high-level reporting.
• De-risk datacenter deployments by identifying critical path items, surfacing blockers early, and coordinating mitigations.
• Manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and timely decision-making.
• Provide pre-construction support during project approval, establishing benchmarks and structures based on industry best practices.
• Support rack manufacturing ramps by coordinating with partners to track production, shipping, and site-readiness milestones, ensuring racks arrive on schedule and meet quality standards.
• Lead structured program management from pre-construction through commissioning, including forecasting, budget tracking, documentation control, and regular executive updates.
• Oversee project milestones and ensure alignment across vendors—including architects, engineers, suppliers, and construction teams—while maintaining and updating risk registers to evaluate contingencies and drive resolution.
• Support broader site-readiness initiatives such as delivery tracking, turnover planning, and handover readiness.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, or equivalent field (or equivalent experience).
• A minimum of 7 years of professional experience in construction and project planning within large-scale, multi-project construction programs.
• Experience managing complicated and complex technical projects and large organizations with senior stakeholders.
• Proven experience leading project control teams for general contractors.
• Proficiency and fluency in Primavera P6, Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), and Google Suite.
• Familiarity with cost control tools such as eBuilder, Procore, or similar platforms.
• Ability to effectively communicate financial and scheduling details from multiple construction sites to project stakeholders.
• Strong collaboration skills and a proactive problem-solving approach; excellent communication, presentation, and analytical skills in a highly collaborative environment.

Preferred

• 10+ years of experience managing project delivery and controls across large data center projects.
• Experience managing projects and controls across multiple general contractors and sites.
• Expertise in communicating project risks to internal and external executive leadership.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Stargate team sets core infrastructure strategy and implements that vision, spanning site selection through buildout and coordinating across commercial, technical, strategy, and operations teams.

OpenAI is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law.

Benefits

• 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 leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave.
• Flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees.
• 13+ paid company holidays and periodic 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.
• Additional taxable fringe benefits (charitable donation matching, wellness stipends) as applicable.