Support Delivery Lead, Ads

at OpenAI
USD 234,000-260,000 per year
SENIOR
✅ Hybrid
✅ Relocation

Tech Stack

AI @ 4 Leadership @ 8 People Management @ 8 Prioritization @ 7 Reporting @ 6

Details

The Ads Support Delivery team helps operate and grow the Ads product through technical guidance, troubleshooting complex delivery and monetization issues, and close collaboration with Product, Engineering, Trust & Safety, and Go-To-Market teams. The team combines human support with automation, self-service, and AI-enabled workflows to deliver a high-quality customer experience at scale.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and support a team of Ads support engineers, providing the tools, clarity, and coaching needed to operate in a technically complex domain.
  • Set expectations and operating standards, run recurring performance reviews, and create development plans that build ad technology fluency and customer-facing excellence.
  • Design and continuously improve support coverage for ad buyers, including campaign setup, delivery, billing, measurement, policy navigation, monetization, and integrations.
  • Serve as a bridge between Support Delivery, Engineering, Product, and Go-To-Market teams.
  • Drive alignment on priorities, escalation paths, launch readiness, tooling improvements, and mechanisms to reduce recurring customer pain points.
  • Partner with Engineering to resolve complex customer issues and generate insights for product development and Go-To-Market strategies.
  • Handle escalated customer and partner engagements professionally.
  • Develop strategies to improve the efficiency, scalability, and growth of the User Operations team.
  • Partner with Product and Engineering on Ads launches and changes to ensure support readiness through playbooks, known issues, tooling, and training.
  • Identify rollout risks and ensure support feedback loops influence product decisions.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of leadership experience in Support Delivery, Customer Operations, Ads Operations, or similar environments, including direct people management.
  • Experience supporting advertising products and workflows, with a demonstrated understanding of advertiser needs.
  • Strong cross-functional leadership skills and a track record of influencing Product and Engineering roadmaps using customer impact, operational data, and clear prioritization.
  • Ability to define, implement, and manage operational and business KPIs; comfort building reporting mechanisms and running metrics-driven operating cadences.
  • Strong project and program management skills, including the ability to drive complex initiatives across time zones and stakeholder groups.
  • An automation-first approach, with experience applying AI, tooling, and systems thinking to design and implement processes that scale support impact.

Work Arrangement

This role is based in San Francisco, California, with a hybrid work model requiring three days in the office per week. Relocation assistance is offered to new employees.

Benefits

  • Equity, performance-related bonuses for eligible employees, and a base salary of $234,000–$260,000 per year.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts.
  • Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts, dependent care, and commuter accounts.
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
  • Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave.
  • Paid time off, company holidays, office closures, and 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 office meals and eligible meal delivery credits.
  • Relocation support for eligible employees.
  • Additional taxable fringe benefits, including charitable donation matching and wellness stipends.

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