Legal Program Manager (Regulatory Compliance)

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OpenAI’s Legal team works on novel legal issues in AI, including technology, privacy, intellectual property, corporate, employment, tax, regulatory, and litigation matters. The regulatory compliance team translates legal requirements into practical programs that support responsible AI development and deployment.

As a Legal Program Manager focused on regulatory compliance, you will build and manage cross-functional programs that translate counsel’s guidance into practical, sustainable operations. Your initial focus may include content moderation and/or frontier AI governance, depending on team priorities and your strengths. You will work with internal and external counsel, legal program managers, technical teams, and business teams to coordinate implementation, evidence collection, reporting, and ongoing compliance. This full-time role is based in San Francisco, California, or New York City, New York.

Responsibilities

• Lead regulatory compliance programs end to end, including defining scope, owners, milestones, dependencies, risks, and escalation paths.
• Drive execution with counsel and cross-functional partners.
• Translate regulatory guidance into repeatable workflows, controls, and documentation.
• Support content moderation disclosures, transparency reporting, reporting and appeals workflows, or frontier AI model launch readiness, evaluation and risk-management evidence, and incident reporting, depending on the portfolio.
• Build partnerships across Product, Engineering, User Operations, Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC), Global Affairs, Communications, and Go-to-Market.
• Support regulatory inquiries, audits, and investigations by organizing evidence and responses with counsel.
• Maintain a reliable source of truth for obligations, controls, decisions, evidence, and reporting.
• Demonstrate compliance readiness and control effectiveness while improving program timeliness and evidence quality.
• Identify execution risks and compliance gaps, track remediation, and escalate blockers.
• Establish success measures and operating cadences while keeping legal conclusions subject to counsel’s review.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in program management, regulatory compliance, or a related field in a technology-focused or highly regulated environment.
• Relevant legal, regulatory, or compliance program experience.
• Experience working with an in-house legal team; regulatory matters and in-house technology experience are strongly preferred.
• Experience building and scaling compliance programs, translating legal or regulatory requirements into operational workflows, and maintaining reliable documentation and evidence in partnership with counsel.
• Ability to take ownership of complex projects, set and achieve milestones, synthesize cross-functional input, and build trust across legal, technical, and business teams.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills.
• Sound judgment under pressure and the ability to adapt to changing priorities and make progress through ambiguity.
• Resourceful, hands-on approach and enthusiasm for AI technology, with the ability to learn unfamiliar technical concepts and navigate fast-moving technical environments.
• Familiarity with content moderation, online safety, frontier AI governance, data governance, privacy, or emerging technology law is a plus.
• Data analysis or SQL skills are a plus.
• Professional qualifications such as PMP, PMI-ACP, CPA, or CISSP are a plus.

Benefits

• Equity, performance-related bonuses for eligible employees, and medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts.
• Pre-tax accounts for health and dependent care expenses, as well as commuter expenses.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
• Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave.
• Paid time off, paid company holidays, office closures, and paid sick or safe time as required by applicable law.
• 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 taxable fringe benefits may include charitable donation matching and wellness stipends.