Procurement Operations Manager
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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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will coordinate subcontracting and purchasing from intake through completion, keep agreements, PO funding and billing schedules aligned, and lead research and remediation of supplier issues. You'll be the primary contact for intercompany invoice and payment status, own workflow requirements in the deployment operations platform, and build and test AI workflows. The role is hybrid in San Francisco, three days per week (Monday–Wednesday).
Requirements
- Hands-on experience in procurement, procure-to-pay, finance operations or related field
- Understanding of how agreements, approvals, PO funding, invoices and payments connect
- Practical AI fluency and experience improving workflows with automation
- Proficiency with spreadsheets and procurement or ERP systems
- Strong communication and sound judgment
Responsibilities
- Coordinate subcontracting and purchasing from intake through completion
- Update agreements, PO funding and billing schedules for staffing, scope and term changes
- Lead research and supplier issue remediation across contracts, POs, invoices and payments
- Serve as primary contact for intercompany invoice and payment status
- Coordinate procurement and ERP system issues with AP, Accounting and Finance Systems
- Own subcontracting workflow requirements and build AI support for intake and analysis
- Partner with Procurement Enablement and Finance Systems to improve workflows
- Measure cycle time, rework, issue aging and time saved
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
- 13+ paid company holidays and 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