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Program Manager

OpenAI

OpenAI

Operations
San Francisco, CA, USA
USD 180k-240k / year + Equity
Posted on Jan 23, 2026

Location

San Francisco

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Hybrid

Department

IT

Compensation

  • SF$180K – $240K • Offers Equity

The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. If the role is non-exempt, overtime pay will be provided consistent with applicable laws. In addition to the salary range listed above, total compensation also includes generous equity, performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees, and the following benefits.

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts

  • Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)

  • 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 (up to 8 weeks)

  • Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees

  • 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)

  • Mental health and wellness support

  • Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage

  • Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth

  • Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible

  • Relocation support for eligible employees

  • Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.

More details about our benefits are available to candidates during the hiring process.

This role is at-will and OpenAI reserves the right to modify base pay and other compensation components at any time based on individual performance, team or company results, or market conditions.

About the Role:

The Program Manager, Capital Infrastructure Builds bridges the gap between Real Estate and Workplace Services, Corporate IT, Corporate Security and other partner teams to design and deliver technical solutions for new office buildout / remodel projects and industrial facilities (labs, manufacturing, secured facilities, datacenters/POPs). This includes all low voltage, ISP connectivity, network infrastructure, audio visual, physical security systems and related IT scopes of work.

In this role, you will:

  • Cross-functional coordination between internal teams, construction and related trades and other vendors/service providers.

  • Manage the design, bid, implementation, commissioning and handover process for ISP connectivity, low voltage cabling and network infrastructure (MDF/IDF, MPOEs, inside/outside cabling plant, etc.).

  • Manage the design, bid, implementation, commissioning and handover process for audio-visual/video-conference systems (digital signage, wayfinding systems, conference rooms, training rooms and all hands spaces).

  • Partner with the Corporate Security team to implement supporting infrastructure and network integration for access control, surveillance systems and intrusion detection.

  • Manage project schedules, status updates, executive communications for the builds portfolio.

  • Develop drawing packages and specification narratives in support of project design and execution.

  • Manage procurement and provide guidance to FP&A on budget and cost management.

  • Identify, categorize, mitigate and monitor project delivery risks.

You might thrive in this role if you have:

  • Strong project and program management capabilities.

  • Strong knowledge of the architectural design process (schematic design, design development, construction documents).

  • Strong knowledge of commercial real estate construction processes.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

  • Vendor management experience (Vendor vetting, RFP and bid response, performance management, handover).

  • Understanding of mechanical power, cooling systems and capacity planning.

  • Ability to read construction and engineering plan drawings.

  • PMP or equivalent project management certification.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

For additional information, please see OpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.

Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act, for US-based candidates. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.

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Compensation Range: $180K - $240K