OpenAI

Manager, Technical Deployment Leads (TDL), Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE)

This posting was open on OpenAI's own careers board when we last checked it.

Employer: OpenAI
Location: San Francisco
Seniority: Leadership
Experience asked for: Not stated
Pay band: $252K – $335K
Team: Forward Deployed Engineering

When we saw it

Posted 2026-07-24 — the date the employer published it
First seen 2026-07-27 — the first scan of ours that found it
Last seen open 2026-07-27
Archived 2026-07-27 — when we saved this copy

Found via OpenAI Careers (Ashby).

From the posting

About the Team OpenAI’s Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) team partners with customers to turn research breakthroughs into production systems. We operate at the intersection of customer delivery and core platform development. About the Role As a Technical Deployment Lead Manager (TDL Manager) in the FDE team, you will build and lead TDLs through high-stakes, ambiguous customer deployments and own technical and business value outcomes end to end. You’ll grow a team that can operate under pressure and help OpenAI learn from the field. You will lead TDLs who translate business outcomes into technical delivery plans, run day-to-day execution across FDEs, Researchers, and Customer Engineers, and partner with customer teams to ensure delivery supports their goals. You will set the bar on scope, sequencing, risk management, and communication. …

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