OpenAI
Senior Procurement Manager – Infrastructure Complex Deals
$234K–$260K
San Francisco · Hybrid · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 29, 2026
About the job
Owns end-to-end procurement execution for complex infrastructure deals and builds scalable processes and automation to improve speed, financial discipline, and risk control.
What you'll do
- Manage engagements from intake and agreement execution through purchasing, obligations, amendments, renewals, final payments, and closeout.
- Assess commercial and operational readiness; resolve gaps, dependencies, approvals, and payment issues with cross-functional partners.
- Develop procurement standards and implement workflow automation and AI agents, including testing, monitoring, exception handling, and human controls.
What they ask for
- Independently managed complex procurement engagements through post-signature execution and closeout, including experience in at least one infrastructure category.
- Understand contractual obligations, payment structures, and procurement controls, and translate them into execution plans.
- Have built repeatable processes in an ambiguous environment and use procurement, contract management, and ERP systems and operational data to improve execution.
- Have delivered workflow automation or AI agent solutions with measurable results and can manage reliability, exceptions, and controls.
Nice to have
- Experience across multiple infrastructure categories, CSP commercial models, multi-entity purchasing, milestone payments, or escrow arrangements.
- Zip, Oracle, Ironclad, or comparable platforms; workflow configuration, low-code tools, APIs, or scripting.
Pay
$234K – $260K USD base salary
Tools
Zip, Oracle, Ironclad, ERP systems, APIs
AI focus
Design, implement, and manage workflow automation and AI agents to reduce manual effort and improve speed and accuracy, with testing, monitoring, exception handling, and human review and approval controls.
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