Technical Program Manager, Partnership Site Deployment
OpenAI
full-time
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Location: 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $285,000 - $355,000 per year
Job Level
SeniorLead
About the role
- Coordinate datacenter deployments in partnership with external development and operations teams
- Drive partner performance to meet critical commercial SLAs, construction schedules, and compute-deployment commitments
- Serve as the primary interface with external partners for contract alignment, risk escalation, and high-level reporting
- De-risk datacenter deployments by identifying critical path items, surfacing blockers early, and coordinating mitigations
- Manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring clear communication and timely decision-making
- Provide pre-construction support during project approval, establishing benchmarks and structures based on industry best practices
- Support rack manufacturing ramps by coordinating with partners to track production, shipping, and site-readiness milestones
- Lead structured program management from pre-construction through commissioning, including forecasting, budget tracking, documentation control, and regular executive updates
- Oversee project milestones and ensure alignment across vendors—including architects, engineers, suppliers, and construction teams—while maintaining and updating risk registers
- Support broader site-readiness initiatives such as delivery tracking, turnover planning, and handover readiness
- Establish critical timelines and commercial SLAs and drive supplier performance across the data center industrial base
Requirements
- Must be open to at least 3-5 days per week in Abilene, Texas or El Paso, Texas
- Bachelor's degree in construction management, engineering, or equivalent field
- Experience managing complicated and complex technical projects
- Experience managing large organizations with senior stakeholders
- A minimum of 7 years of professional experience in construction and project planning within large-scale, multi-project construction programs
- Proven experience leading project control teams for general contractors
- Strong collaboration skills and a proactive problem-solving approach
- Proficiency and fluency in Primavera P6, Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word), and Google Suite
- Familiarity with cost control tools such as eBuilder, Procore, or similar platforms
- Ability to effectively communicate financial and scheduling details from multiple construction sites to project stakeholders
- Excellent communication, presentation, and analytical skills in a highly collaborative environment
- Preferred: 10+ years of experience managing project delivery and controls across large data center projects
- Preferred: Experience managing projects and controls across multiple general contractors and sites
- Preferred: Expertise in communicating project risks to internal and external executive leadership