OpenAI
Strategic Sourcing Lead, Professional Services – Human Data
$234K–$260K
San Francisco · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years
About the job
Own OpenAI’s Professional Services sourcing strategy, negotiations, supplier ecosystem, and scalable procurement processes across business functions.
What you'll do
- Set category priorities and manage complex sourcing workstreams from intake through contracting, governance, and renewals.
- Lead negotiations, develop commercial structures, and improve supplier performance, spend visibility, and executive reporting.
- Use AI to redesign sourcing workflows while maintaining appropriate human judgment and controls.
What they ask for
- 8+ years of progressive experience in strategic sourcing, procurement, or category management, with significant depth in Professional Services.
- End-to-end ownership of Professional Services category strategy and sourcing.
- Experience leading complex services negotiations and building or improving category operating mechanisms.
- Demonstrated experience using AI to redesign sourcing workflows while preserving human review and controls.
Pay
$234K – $260K USD base salary
AI focus
Use AI to improve sourcing intake, market and supplier analysis, negotiation preparation, contract and spend analysis, documentation, reporting, and decision support.
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