Procurement Operations Leader

The Procurement Operations Leader owns the operational backbone of how OpenAI turns requests into committed, controlled, and payable spend. This role sits at the center of our purchasing lifecycle — ensuring that every request, PO, and supplier record is complete, policy-aligned, and ready to scale through automation, BPO support, and AI-assisted workflows already in production. You’ll be responsible for the health of the intake-to-PO engine: how work enters the system, how it gets validated, how it routes, and how it lands in our financial systems. That includes strengthening the controls that keep us safe, the data that makes us fast, and the workflows that allow AI and self-service to do more of the work. This is a player-coach role. You’ll design the systems and guardrails that enable scale, and you’ll also step into the queue when something breaks, when volume spikes, or when a complex case needs hands-on leadership.