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Technical Program Manager, Storage & Data Infrastructure

OpenAI· Technical Program Management
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San Francisco$257k - $445k + equityFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Technically deep TPM responsible for independently defining and leading multiple programs across data platforms, online databases and storage infrastructure, translating model/product/data-consumer requirements into architecture and guiding adoption and expansion.

Responsibilities

  • Translate model, product and data-platform needs into precise access patterns, consistency, durability, freshness, availability and scalability requirements. Connect memory, history, retrieval and resumable work to capability and end-to-end latency.
  • Partner with engineering to transform data and storage architecture into repeatable scale units: standardized provisioning, placement, routing, data movement and readiness checks that bring storage, compute and networking online together. Tie each expansion to the workloads it can serve.
  • Lead cross-stack programs connecting ingestion and processing, databases and indexes, and file/object storage. Make data ownership, schema compatibility, change-data-capture, replay and consumer-readiness contracts explicit so the full data path remains correct and usable.
  • Make cost and efficiency architectural inputs. Evaluate physical versus logical footprint, index and replication amplification, redundant copies, tiering, caching and network movement against the cost of serving useful workloads.
  • Drive resilience and recovery programs with explicit failure scenarios and validation. Distinguish database backup, failover and point-in-time recovery from execution/workspace save-and-restore; verify correctness, recovery time, safe resumption and isolation from live traffic.
  • Coordinate lifecycle correctness across files, objects, databases and data platforms, including metadata, retention, deletion and snapshots. Incorporate privacy, access control, auditability and residency requirements into the design and consumer contracts.
  • Lead adoption and major migrations through compatibility checks, representative workload testing, staged cutovers, rollback and operational handoff. Improve APIs, guardrails and self-service so new capacity and capabilities can be consumed predictably.
  • Measure architecture changes through product and platform outcomes: task completion and continuity, data freshness, query/retrieval and snapshot latency, throughput, reliability and cost/efficiency. Use those results to drive durable performance and operational improvements.

Qualifications

  • independently owned complex production programs in data platforms, databases or storage infrastructure and can explain the architectural decisions, your contribution and the resulting impact.
  • deep working knowledge of hyperscaler/cloud storage technologies, such as Amazon S3 or Azure Blob Storage, including their performance, placement, resiliency and cost constraints.
  • understanding the full data and storage stack: product access patterns and APIs; ingestion and processing; databases, storage engines and indexes; caching, replication and data movement; and the durable-storage, CPU and network layers that support them.
  • translate model, product and data-consumer needs into precise platform requirements, challenge assumptions and define evidence that a capability, recovery path or scaling change is ready.
  • led delivery across product, model, data, database, storage and infrastructure teams, especially where no single team owns the end-to-end result.
  • use workload evidence to make tradeoffs across capability, correctness, reliability, latency and cost/efficiency, and build mechanisms that improve decisions as requirements change.
  • communicate complex decisions clearly and maintain ownership through production adoption, not only a launch milestone.

Skills

Required:Program management for data platformsCloud storage technologies (S3, Azure Blob)Data and storage stack comprehension

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.
Last updated Sep 10, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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