Head of Sourcing Enablement & Delivery
AI research and deployment company building and deploying frontier AI products, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its API platform.
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About OpenAI
OpenAI’s mission is to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. It consists of the nonprofit OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group, a public benefit corporation governed by the Foundation.
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About the Role
You will lead sourcing operational delivery, contracting enablement and AI transformation, reporting to the Head of Strategic Sourcing. You will build teams, service models and cross-functional partnerships, manage Sourcing Delivery and Contract Management leaders, strengthen contracting with Legal, and partner with GTM, Sales and Partnerships. Hybrid, 3 days in the San Francisco office.
Requirements
- 12+ years in strategic sourcing, procurement, vendor management or commercial leadership
- Experience building or transforming a procurement capability
- Experience managing managers and developing teams
- Experience working with marketing, sales or commercial teams
- Knowledge of the procurement industry
- Ability to use market research and analysts to inform roadmaps
- Experience turning AI or enterprise technology into adopted capabilities
- Ability to set direction when the path is undefined
Responsibilities
- Build and lead the organization
- Own sourcing enablement and delivery operations
- Lead the sourcing operating rhythm
- Strengthen contracting with Legal and Procurement Operations
- Lead RACI development
- Create mechanisms to bring sourcing into decisions earlier
- Build and prove AI-enabled ways of working
- Define Procurement's commercial-enablement approach with GTM, Partnerships, Legal and Compliance
- Bring procurement-buyer expertise into GTM
- Drive OpenAI adoption across the procurement industry
- Embed business-integrity and confidentiality safeguards with Legal and Compliance
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance with HSA employer contributions
- Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter pre-tax accounts
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid parental leave, medical and caregiver leave
- Flexible PTO for exempt employees
- 13+ paid company holidays and 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
- Relocation support
- Equity
- Performance-related bonus
- Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends