Executive In Residence, Cyber

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About the Role

OpenAI is seeking an accomplished CISO, CSO, or equivalent cybersecurity executive to help security leaders turn frontier AI into practical cyber defense. As an Executive in Residence, you will be a visible industry voice and a trusted peer to senior customer and partner leaders, working alongside account, technical, product, research, and deployment teams.

The role combines invited speaking and executive engagement with work that helps customers move from interest to adoption. You will also bring field insights into OpenAI’s cyber efforts and advance selected strategic initiatives agreed with cyber leadership.

About OpenAI Cyber

Cybersecurity is entering a period of fundamental disruption, and AI creates an opportunity to raise the bar for defense across the industry. OpenAI is bringing together frontier research, security products, and partnerships to help defenders scale their expertise, protect more systems, and close the gap between identifying risk and taking action.

Responsibilities

• Represent OpenAI in consequential industry conversations through invited keynotes, substantive panels, and executive briefings on AI and cyber defense.
• Develop original talks and articles grounded in operating experience, evidence, and practical lessons.
• Convene senior security leaders through CISO dinners, closed-door roundtables, and peer discussions.
• Build lasting relationships across relevant regions and priority industries.
• Work with account and technical teams to identify defensive workflows, build executive sponsorship, address organizational barriers, and shape pilots with clear objectives, owners, and next steps toward deployment.
• Capture customer needs, adoption barriers, and deployment lessons, and translate recurring themes into recommendations for product, research, and field teams.
• Lead selected strategic initiatives where executive experience, industry relationships, or cross-team coordination can accelerate progress.
• Help teams prepare for senior security conversations and develop effective executive briefing materials.
• Prioritize independently invited thought leadership, major industry forums, and curated executive engagements with clear purposes, appropriate audiences, and follow-through owners.

Requirements

• Experience as a CISO or equivalent security executive with direct accountability for a substantial security program, including decisions about risk, investment, incidents, and organizational change.
• An established reputation among senior security leaders in a relevant region, sector, or the broader industry.
• A strong speaking record and the ability to hold a room, handle unscripted questions, and lead candid peer discussions.
• Clear, technically credible, and useful communication.
• Technical depth in security architecture and defensive operations, with the judgment to explain the capabilities, limitations, and implications of AI to executives and boards.
• Trusted relationships with CISOs and other senior technology leaders, along with a record of building relationships beyond an existing network.
• Experience turning executive alignment into action across teams, with evidence of adoption, deployment, or measurable improvements in security outcomes.
• Ability to listen closely, exercise discretion, represent customer needs accurately, and distinguish evidence from speculation.

Additional Experience Valued

• Deep experience in technology, retail, telecommunications, life sciences, or healthcare, or a strong regional security leadership network.
• Practical experience applying AI to security, leading enterprise technology adoption, or advising organizations through significant changes in security operations.
• Published practitioner work, influential research, or sustained contributions to security communities.

Success Measures

• Demand for participation in respected industry forums and the relevance and seniority of audiences attracted.
• Scale and scope of online presence sharing OpenAI’s message.
• Stronger executive relationships resulting in customer decisions, well-scoped pilots, and progress toward sustained deployment.
• Field insights influencing product, research, or deployment decisions.
• Delivery of agreed strategic initiatives.
• Practical content and briefings that customers and field teams use, with evidence of useful follow-through.

The role involves regular travel for customer meetings and industry engagements.

Benefits

• Base salary of $333,000–$370,000 per year.
• Equity and performance-related bonuses for eligible employees.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts.
• Pre-tax accounts for healthcare, dependent care, and commuter expenses.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
• Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave.
• Paid time off, company holidays, and paid sick or safe time.
• Mental health and wellness support.
• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage.
• Annual learning and development stipend.
• Daily office meals and eligible meal delivery credits.
• Relocation support for eligible employees.
• Additional benefits may include charitable donation matching and wellness stipends.