About the job
About Our Team
The Procurement organization plays a crucial role in fulfilling our mission by ensuring that every dollar is spent in a responsible, compliant, and efficient manner. The Procurement Help Desk serves as the vital link connecting thousands of incoming requests to the appropriate processes, stakeholders, or systems, thereby providing a swift, consistent, and compliant experience across Source-to-Contract (S2C), Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Employee Workflows (EWF), and Travel & Expense (T&E). This team is essential for OpenAI’s scalability without sacrificing compliance or service quality.
About the Position
We are seeking a Senior Manager, Procurement Help Desk to spearhead the intake and resolution processes for our Procurement function. You will oversee the entire request management lifecycle, from triage logic and intake routing to SLA compliance, stakeholder escalations, and system optimization.
This is a high-impact, execution-oriented role that merges operational rigor with program design. You will manage centralized intake workflows, address or redirect inbound issues, enforce service level agreements (SLAs), and maintain metrics from intake to resolution. You will collaborate cross-functionally with teams such as Legal, Tax, StratFin, Accounting, and Security to ensure that escalations are processed swiftly and compliantly, and partner with engineering to prepare systems for AI-driven support.
