Product Manager, Safety Measurement

Details

Safety Systems manages the complete lifecycle of safety efforts for OpenAI’s frontier models, ensuring models are deployed responsibly and have a positive impact on society. The Safety Measurement Product Manager owns OpenAI's approach to measuring harm and safeguard efficacy in production, driving strategy for the suite of safety measurement platforms and products used across the company. This role partners closely with safety research and engineering teams to determine what, where, and how to measure safety, feeds insights into leadership decisions and safety work, and represents the company's topline safety metric.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with data science, research, engineering, policy teams, and other stakeholders to craft a vision for understanding safety outcomes and prevalence on OpenAI’s platforms.
• Define strategic priorities and product roadmaps focused on improving safety measurement approaches and scaling the measurement platform to more use cases, products, and cross-functional needs.
• Establish repeatable processes to integrate cutting-edge AI safety research into OpenAI’s safety measurement products.
• Develop and continuously refine clear, actionable success criteria that capture the ambitions for safety measurement.
• Represent quantitative progress on safety to senior leadership and prioritize incoming requests from partner teams.

Requirements

• 6+ years of product management or related industry experience, with specific expertise in AI safety, trust & safety, integrity, or related domains.
• Background in data science, statistics, economics, or related fields.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills; experience driving consensus and action in ambiguous spaces.
• Ability to identify and challenge underlying assumptions through insightful questioning and to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and persuasively.
• Intellectual curiosity in interdisciplinary fields such as human-computer interaction, psychology, philosophy, or similar areas.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Location & Relocation

• This position is based in San Francisco, CA.
• Relocation assistance is available; relocation support is also listed among company benefits.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company focused on ensuring general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The company emphasizes safety, responsible deployment, and diverse perspectives. OpenAI is an equal opportunity employer and provides information about background checks and applicant accommodations.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts.
• Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
• Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents) 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 multiple company office closures per year, plus paid sick or safe time as required by law.
• 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 and additional taxable fringe benefits such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends.
• Total compensation includes base salary (range listed), generous equity, and performance-related bonuses for eligible employees.