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Hardware Systems Planning Lead (1P)

OpenAI· Scaling
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San Francisco$257k - $344k + equityFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

OpenAI is seeking a 1P Hardware Systems Planning Lead to own the integrated demand, supply, and deployment plan for 1P AI infrastructure systems, connecting infrastructure demand and site power to configurations, XPUs, and hardware supply, and driving a single actionable deployment view across cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

  • Integrated Planning - Own the integrated planning process for 1P hardware systems, connecting system demand, deployment timing, site and configuration requirements, power availability, XPU needs, and supply commitments.

Qualifications

  • Significant experience in hardware systems planning, supply planning, program management, operations, or a related role supporting complex, high-volume technology products or infrastructure.
  • Strong understanding of dependencies among hardware demand, component supply, manufacturing capacity, system configurations, site readiness, power availability, and deployment schedules.
  • Experience building and managing integrated demand-and-supply plans at weekly granularity, including forecast changes, supply commits, gaps, scenarios, and recovery actions.
  • Demonstrated ability to pressure-test whether a plan is executable rather than simply consolidating inputs from different teams.
  • Exceptional analytical skills and the ability to translate complex datasets and technical dependencies into clear insights, decisions, and actions.
  • Strong program leadership, including experience establishing operating cadences, driving cross-functional accountability, and closing issues across organizations.
  • Demonstrated experience communicating effectively across cross-functional teams and with senior leadership, with the judgment to tailor the level of detail to the audience—distilling complex issues into concise, decision-ready updates while going deep on assumptions, dependencies, risks, and recovery plans when needed.
  • Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, high-ambiguity environment where requirements, priorities, and constraints evolve quickly.
  • High ownership, sound judgment, and a bias toward surfacing risks early and driving them through resolution.

Skills

Required:Integrated demand-and-supply planningProgram leadership and cross-functional coordination

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-births) plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
  • Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt
  • 13+ paid company holidays and additional paid office closures, plus paid sick or safe time
  • 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 for eligible employees
  • Additional taxable fringe benefits (e.g., charitable donation matching and wellness stipends)
Last updated Sep 10, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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