Executive Business Partner (Technical VP Support)

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About the Team

Our Executive Business Partners serve as trusted advisors and collaborators to OpenAI's executives and leaders, focused on strong communication and operational excellence across teams. With a focus on elevating the impact and efficiency of leadership, we anticipate needs, streamline processes, and provide comprehensive support to ensure our executives can focus on high-impact initiatives. We play a pivotal role in driving success and achieving key milestones by cultivating strong relationships and leveraging our deep understanding of business objectives. With a commitment to excellence and a proactive approach, we are dedicated to empowering our executives and contributing to the overall growth and success of the company.

Our leadership team reflects OpenAI’s culture and core values and is a mission-driven, kind, and thoughtful group. We take pride in creating a work environment that fosters collaboration, open communication, and authenticity, making OpenAI an excellent place to work for highly accomplished professionals.

We’re looking for an Executive Business Partner to support two technical executives who run highly cross-functional teams that service every product line.

About the Role

The Executive Business Partner will be a proactive and adaptable partner to executives, managing complex scheduling, coordinating projects, and optimizing workflows. This role requires independence, task-level ownership, and a deep understanding of OpenAI’s mission to foster AGI that benefits humanity. The ideal candidate is comfortable with ambiguity, rapidly-evolving business priorities, and can drive best practices to help scale exec and team operations.

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.

Responsibilities

• Build strong connections within the immediate team and across other departments, becoming a trusted partner to leaders. This includes understanding team dynamics, priorities, and stakeholders, and facilitating seamless coordination on high-stakes projects.
• Share information clearly and efficiently, adapting communication styles for a broad range of audiences.
• Balance the calendars and priorities of multiple leaders, demonstrating prioritization skills and agility in adapting to shifts in priorities while maintaining accuracy and meeting deadlines.
• Operate with discretion and independence, proactively optimizing processes and flagging risks, while ensuring sensitive information is handled with care.

Requirements

• 9+ years of experience in an executive support role or a similar support function.
• Experience supporting VP-level senior technology leaders.
• Experience working directly with technical teams (Engineering, Product, and/or Design) in a high-growth startup or similar environment.
• Experience supporting multiple leaders with complex and highly cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability managing and optimizing extremely busy calendars.
• Strong mastery of project-based tools and tracking near-/long-term deliverables.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; ability to tailor messages to different audiences.
• Professionalism and discretion; understanding of confidentiality and transparency balance.
• Independent, task-level operator with strong attention to detail.
• Collaborative, one-team mindset.
• Extremely fluent in Slack, Google Calendar, Docs, Sheets, Gmail, and other modern productivity software; eagerness to learn new tools.
• Genuine interest in the technology OpenAI is building and the transformative potential of AI.
• Comfortable working in a rapidly changing and often ambiguous environment.

Benefits

• $115.39 per hour (role offers equity).
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts.
• Pre-tax accounts (Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, commuter expenses).
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Paid parental leave and paid medical/caregiver leave.
• Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees.
• 13+ paid company holidays and periodic coordinated office closures.
• Mental health and wellness support; employer-paid basic life and disability coverage.
• Annual learning and development stipend; daily meals in offices and meal delivery credits as eligible; relocation support for eligible employees.
• Background checks conducted per applicable law; reasonable accommodations available for applicants with disabilities.