Director of Product Finance, Compute & Infrastructure Demand

📋 Description

• • As the Director of Product Finance, Compute & Infrastructure Demand at OpenAI, you will be instrumental in guiding the financial strategy and decision-making for the company's cutting-edge AI products, specifically focusing on the critical areas of infrastructure and compute. This role is pivotal in ensuring that OpenAI scales its ambitious growth with financial rigor and operational efficiency, directly impacting the company's ability to deliver advanced AI solutions to the world.
• • In this high-impact position, you will act as the primary finance partner to the AGI Deployment (Applications) Infrastructure Engineering organization. Your day-to-day responsibilities will involve owning the consolidated compute demand forecast, collaborating closely with capacity planning and supply chain teams to ensure accurate compute planning and strategic allocation of resources. You will also be responsible for forecasting infrastructure spend across all of OpenAI's products, meticulously tracking costs related to infrastructure software and other significant cost drivers. A key aspect of your role will be to develop and continuously refine a robust financial framework. This framework will be designed to translate complex technical decisions and product usage patterns into tangible economic outcomes, clearly illustrating the relationship between model behavior, inference settings, infrastructure choices, compute utilization, overall infrastructure costs, and ultimately, product margins.
• • You will be tasked with developing deep insights into the delicate balance between customer experience, business growth, and profitability. This involves a nuanced understanding of how factors such as latency, throughput, batching strategies, model routing decisions, and token usage directly influence margin performance. Furthermore, you will create and implement frameworks to rigorously evaluate the Return on Investment (ROI) for compute and infrastructure expenditures. This evaluation will span across various products, features, model configurations, and user segments, with the ultimate goal of informing strategic investment and optimization decisions. To foster alignment and transparency, you will establish and lead a durable cross-functional forum dedicated to compute economics. This forum will convene key stakeholders from Product, Infrastructure, Capacity Planning, and Finance to collaboratively discuss and inform critical decisions regarding resource allocation, utilization optimization, and margin trade-offs. You will also lead weekly margin review meetings and conduct monthly Budget vs. Actual (BvA) analyses, working in close partnership with the Accounting and Corporate Finance teams to ensure alignment on internal metrics and reporting standards.
• • To support executive leadership and the Board of Directors, you will prepare high-quality, insightful materials that clearly articulate financial performance, strategic recommendations, and key risks and opportunities. This role offers a unique opportunity to influence the financial trajectory of groundbreaking AI products at the forefront of technological innovation. You will operate at the dynamic intersection of strategy, finance, and technology, contributing directly to OpenAI's mission of ensuring that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. If you possess a passion for driving sustainable growth, optimizing product performance, and navigating complex financial landscapes within a rapidly scaling technology company, this role presents an exceptional career advancement opportunity.
• • The Applications Technology Strategic Finance team, to which this role belongs, is dedicated to supporting OpenAI's long-term strategy and ambitious growth objectives. By providing essential financial insights and guidance, the team partners across Product, Partnerships, Engineering, and Go-To-Market (GTM) functions. Their primary focus is on strategically allocating resources to the highest-impact opportunities while diligently maintaining sustainable unit economics. This collaborative approach ensures that OpenAI's innovative products are developed and scaled efficiently, maximizing their potential and impact.
• • This position is based at OpenAI's San Francisco headquarters, operating under a hybrid work model that requires three days per week in the office. OpenAI is committed to supporting new employees with relocation assistance, making the transition to San Francisco smoother. The role offers a chance to be part of a company that is pushing the boundaries of AI research and deployment, with a strong emphasis on safety and the broad benefit of humanity. You will be contributing to a mission-driven organization that values diverse perspectives and experiences, fostering an inclusive environment where all voices are heard and respected. The company is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a fair and equitable hiring process.