Senior Workplace Operations Manager

Openai India
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We’re looking for someone with:

  • 8+ years of experience in workplace, facilities, corporate real estate, hospitality operations, or a related field, including complex or multi-site environments.
  • Demonstrated independent leadership of workplace or facilities operations across multiple locations in India, including experience building or scaling operating models in Mumbai, New Delhi, and Bangalore.
  • Proven management of integrated facilities-management providers, contractors, and specialist vendors, including SLAs, performance reviews, escalations, and commercial accountability.
  • Ownership of country-level operating budgets, forecasting, procurement, invoice processes, and vendor spend.
  • Working knowledge of workplace safety, emergency preparedness, business continuity, and India facilities-related compliance, with sound judgment about when to involve specialists.
  • A strong track record of partnering with India business leaders, regional stakeholders, executives, landlords, vendors, and cross-functional partners without formal authority.
  • Strong project and change-management skills across concurrent workstreams, dependencies, and deadlines.
  • A systems mindset and experience turning recurring problems into clear processes, standards, reporting, and operating rhythms.
  • Clear, proactive communication of operational risks, priorities, decisions, and trade-offs.
  • Senior-level independent ownership, sound risk and escalation judgment, and the ability to move confidently between country strategy and hands-on execution.
  • The ability to thrive as the operating model evolves in a high-growth, fast-changing environment.
  • Preferred: experience in a high-growth global technology company or similarly complex, service-intensive organization.
  • Preferred: direct involvement in opening, expanding, relocating, or stabilizing offices in India.

We’re looking for someone with:

  • 8+ years of experience in workplace, facilities, corporate real estate, hospitality operations, or a related field, including complex or multi-site environments.
  • Demonstrated independent leadership of workplace or facilities operations across multiple locations in India, including experience building or scaling operating models in Mumbai, New Delhi, and Bangalore.
  • Proven management of integrated facilities-management providers, contractors, and specialist vendors, including SLAs, performance reviews, escalations, and commercial accountability.
  • Ownership of country-level operating budgets, forecasting, procurement, invoice processes, and vendor spend.
  • Working knowledge of workplace safety, emergency preparedness, business continuity, and India facilities-related compliance, with sound judgment about when to involve specialists.
  • A strong track record of partnering with India business leaders, regional stakeholders, executives, landlords, vendors, and cross-functional partners without formal authority.
  • Strong project and change-management skills across concurrent workstreams, dependencies, and deadlines.
  • A systems mindset and experience turning recurring problems into clear processes, standards, reporting, and operating rhythms.
  • Clear, proactive communication of operational risks, priorities, decisions, and trade-offs.
  • Senior-level independent ownership, sound risk and escalation judgment, and the ability to move confidently between country strategy and hands-on execution.
  • The ability to thrive as the operating model evolves in a high-growth, fast-changing environment.
  • Preferred: experience in a high-growth global technology company or similarly complex, service-intensive organization.
  • Preferred: direct involvement in opening, expanding, relocating, or stabilizing offices in India.