About the job
As the Head of Measurement & Performance Intelligence, you will build the function responsible for evaluating and improving the performance of OpenAI’s compute platforms. You will define how workloads are measured across new and existing systems, establish the metrics and acceptance criteria used during platform bring-up and production validation, and translate performance data into actionable guidance for architecture decisions, platform quality, capacity allocation, and vendor engagement.
Responsibilities
Build and lead the measurement and performance intelligence function for OpenAI’s compute platforms
Define platform performance metrics, benchmarking methodologies, and acceptance criteria across NPI and production environments
Partner with training, inference, and infrastructure teams to evaluate real-world workload behavior and identify optimization opportunities
Translate performance data into actionable recommendations for system architecture, platform quality, workload placement, and capacity strategy
Drive continuous performance validation across evolving hardware, software, networking, and storage systems
Work closely with external platform and hardware partners to evaluate system performance, influence roadmaps, and improve platform reliability and efficiency
Establish scalable processes, tooling, and reporting frameworks for performance analysis across OpenAI’s infrastructure fleet
Qualifications
Minimum
No minimum qualifications listed.
Preferred
Have experience leading performance engineering, benchmarking, systems architecture, or infrastructure optimization teams at large scale
Bring strong technical depth across distributed systems, AI/ML infrastructure, HPC, datacenter systems, or large-scale compute platforms
Have experience defining performance metrics and validation frameworks for complex hardware or infrastructure systems
Are comfortable operating across hardware, software, and infrastructure boundaries to drive measurable platform improvements
Can translate highly technical performance data into clear business, operational, and strategic recommendations
Thrive in highly cross-functional environments with fast-moving technical and organizational complexity
Have strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence senior technical and business stakeholders internally and externally