Strategic Sourcing Leader, Professional Services

# Strategic Sourcing Leader, Professional Services

OpenAISan Francisco (Hybrid)
Full-time $266,000 – $295,000 / year Upload your resume once and Scout applies for you Apply with Scout Share this job:

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Leads the Professional Services sourcing team and sets portfolio strategy across consulting, legal, finance, people services, and managed services. The role combines people management, supplier negotiations, commercial oversight, and adoption of AI-supported sourcing workflows.
* Permanent* Hybrid
* 10+ years### Skills and expertise

Strategic sourcing

Procurement

Category management

Supplier negotiation

Contract management

Spend forecasting

Supplier performance managementAI-assisted workflows### Key responsibilities
* Lead and develop the sourcing team, setting objectives, delegation, performance, and capability plans.
* Set portfolio strategy and manage sourcing priorities, supplier relationships, and complex negotiations.
* Use approved AI tools and improve sourcing workflows while validating sources and retaining human judgment.## How this job compares

Compared with 474 open manager operations jobs on October 10, 2026.Pay:
This job pays $266K to $295K a year. The 199 open manager operations jobs that publish US pay start at $141K on average, so this job starts about 89% higher.

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Remote work:
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AI in this role:
Medium. The role uses AI tools and works with AI systems as a regular part of the job. The role explicitly uses approved AI tools for supplier research, proposal analysis, negotiation preparation, and reporting, and leads adoption across the team. AI supports sourcing work but is not the role’s primary function.## Full description

About the TeamOpenAI Finance helps ensure the organisation is positioned for long-term success as we pursue our mission. The Strategic Sourcing & Procurement team helps OpenAI scale responsibly and at speed by choosing the right external partners, structuring strong commercial agreements and building resilient supplier relationships. We partner with teams across the company to turn rapidly evolving needs into practical, economically sound solutions.

Professional Services provides specialist expertise and capacity across OpenAI, spanning consulting and advisory, finance and accounting, legal, people-related services and managed services. Our sourcing team helps business leaders define the outcomes they need, select capable partners and establish clear commercial and delivery accountability.

About the Role We are seeking a Strategic Sourcing Leader to lead and develop the Professional Services sourcing team and set direction across its portfolio. This is a people-management role with accountability for team performance, commercial quality, stakeholder experience and sustained business outcomes. You will translate business priorities into category strategies, achievable delivery plans and clear decision authority, while developing the judgement and independence of experienced sourcing professionals.

You will oversee a broad portfolio, from strategic advisory relationships and enterprise programmes to a high volume of statements of work and renewals. You will remain hands-on in selected complex negotiations and critical decisions, while enabling the team to own and deliver its work. Working with senior leaders across Finance, Accounting, Legal, People, Extended Workforce and the business, you will create clarity from incomplete information, resolve competing priorities and adapt the team's approach as OpenAI grows.

This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of three days in…