About the Team
OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Strategy & Operations team is responsible for driving cross-company preparation for critical moments, coordinating response to escalations, and working with partners to manage company-critical programs.Guiding OpenAI's work through complex issues, the team works to ensure safe and beneficial development of AI tools.
About the Role
This role will work closely with other members of the team and cross-functional partners, and reports directly to the Head of Strategy & Operations. We are seeking a senior leader who can independently drive internal coordination around high-stakes incidents. Candidates should have a high level of maturity, emotional intelligence, strong executive presence, and excellent judgment in complex high-profile situations.
This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.
You will:
Drive processes across various teams to ensure a unified, efficient response during critical periods.
Absorb a significant amount of information from a variety of inputs to frame decisions and communicate clear updates, recommendations, and trade-offs for an executive audience.
Actively collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure effective prioritization and response to fast-moving issues.
We're looking for a blend of:
10+ years proven experience managing multiple complex projects in a fast-paced environment.
Experience in crisis preparation and response at high levels of an organization.
Demonstrated ability to clearly communicate challenges, recommendations and trade-offs to executives under pressure.
Outstanding organizational and written communication skills
Demonstrated ability to work on and understand technically complex projects, and to work closely with highly technical teams.
Exceptional work ethic with an ability to proactively prioritize, lead, and manage workload.
About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.
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