OpenAI
Hardware Strategic Sourcing Manager, Optics
$226K–$378K
San Francisco · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 11, 2026
- Experience
- Ten or more years.
About the job
Owns sourcing strategy and supplier partnerships for fiber and optical interconnect components supporting OpenAI’s next-generation AI infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Develop sourcing, supplier, cost, capacity, and supply-continuity strategies for optical interconnect components.
- Lead supplier evaluations, competitive sourcing, negotiations, qualification, and production ramp with engineering and operations teams.
- Manage supplier performance and supply risks, including pricing, capacity, quality, and multi-tier dependencies.
What they ask for
- 10 or more years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier management, or supply-chain leadership in a relevant hardware or optical industry.
- Demonstrated experience sourcing fiber-optic components, optical cable assemblies, passive optical assemblies, optical packaging/assembly services, or similar categories.
- Experience evaluating optical and interconnect suppliers against technical requirements and scaling high-speed optical connectivity.
- Proven record of competitive sourcing, complex commercial negotiations, supplier partnerships, and cost modeling.
Pay
$226K – $378K USD base salary
Tools
ERP, MRP, PLM
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