Supplier Master Data Lead, P2P Systems, Controls & Automation

OpenAI

. Lead supplier administration activities while maturing the operating model for supplier data governance, quality, and controls.

Posted 5/5/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $216,000 - $240,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead supplier administration activities while maturing the operating model for supplier data governance, quality, and controls.
Maintain accurate, complete, and audit-ready supplier master data across procurement and finance systems.
Oversee supplier onboarding, supplier record updates, tax documentation, banking changes, and related supplier lifecycle activities.
Strengthen controls around duplicate prevention, banking validation, payment readiness, sensitive supplier information, and data integrity.
Partner with Accounts Payable and Procurement Operations to resolve supplier setup issues that impact purchase orders, invoices, payments, close, and reporting.
Define and improve supplier data standards that support AI-enabled procurement workflows, automation, dashboards, risk reviews, operational reporting, and decision support.
Use AI tools to improve how supplier data is reviewed, enriched, monitored, documented, and acted on.
Identify recurring data quality issues, process gaps, and manual workarounds, then translate them into better workflows, standards, and automation opportunities.
Support supplier data cleanup, rationalization, and standardization efforts across systems and workflows.
Build clear documentation, process guidance, and operating routines that make supplier administration easier, more consistent, and more transparent.
Collaborate cross-functionally to improve the supplier and stakeholder experience while maintaining appropriate controls.
Balance speed, accuracy, risk, and business enablement in a fast-moving environment.

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of experience in supplier master data, vendor onboarding, procurement operations, accounts payable, finance operations, or a related procure-to-pay role.
High AI fluency, with demonstrated ability to use AI tools to improve how work gets done, reduce manual effort, strengthen analysis, improve documentation, and create scalable operating leverage.
Strong understanding of how supplier data impacts purchasing, invoicing, payments, reporting, compliance, financial controls, supplier risk management, and business decision-making.
Ability to improve operational processes through better data, automation, workflow design, and exception-based ways of working.
Strong systems orientation, with the ability to understand how data flows across procurement and finance platforms.
High attention to detail and a strong sense of ownership for data accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
Ability to identify patterns in operational issues and translate them into better processes, standards, controls, and system improvements.
Practical judgment around AI adoption — knowing where AI can accelerate work, where human review matters, and how to build trust in new ways of working.
Comfort working across Procurement, Finance, Accounting, Accounts Payable, Tax, Legal, Security, Third Party Risk Management, and business stakeholders.
Clear communication skills and the ability to explain process requirements in a practical, enablement-focused way.
Sound judgment when handling sensitive supplier, tax, payment, and banking information.
Ability to operate in ambiguity, bring structure to evolving processes, and raise the bar as the business scales.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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.

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Hard Skills & Tools

supplier master datavendor onboardingprocurement operationsaccounts payablefinance operationsdata governancedata qualityworkflow designautomationAI tools

Soft Skills

attention to detailownershipcommunication skillsjudgmentability to operate in ambiguitycollaborationprocess improvementanalytical thinkingproblem-solvingadaptability