Technical Program Manager, Trustworthy AI

Details

The Trustworthy AI team is investing in external assurances to build out a robust safety ecosystem. This includes enabling third party assessments for OpenAI’s flagship launches, piloting new assurance mechanisms like safety compliance reviews, and incorporating independent expert input as evidence for critical safety decisions. This role requires a blend of partnership management, cross-functional coordination, an understanding of AI safety research and evaluations, and strong communication skills to synthesize findings and translate them into decision-relevant actions.

This role is based in San Francisco, CA. The team uses a hybrid work model (3 days in the office per week) and offers relocation assistance to new employees.

Responsibilities

• Create strategic research partnerships.
• Proactively identify new partners for external assurances such as high-quality third party evaluators and academic research labs.
• Create feedback mechanisms for translating external research into actionable product and policy recommendations.
• Communicate progress, status, and risk effectively to stakeholders internally and externally.
• Drive tool and process improvements to improve efficiency.
• Strategize and execute on the vision for strategic research partnerships and grow/manage external assurance programs (including third party assessments and enabling independent academic research).

Requirements

• Experience running strategic academic collaborations and program management with technical and research teams.
• Ability to work with researchers and engineers internal to the company and in the external community to initiate projects, set goals and milestones, and drive execution across multiple teams.
• Understanding of AI evaluations and measurements and the ability to engage with technical teams on AI evaluations.
• Experience working with and managing stakeholders external to an organization, especially academic researchers.
• Ability to create executive summaries and synthesize technical and social science research.
• Experience working cross-functionally across product, research, and engineering teams.
• Interest and understanding of frontier AI safety and policy.

Benefits

• Compensation range: $270,000 – $340,000 (base pay may vary based on location, knowledge, skills, and experience). Offers equity and may include performance-related bonus(es).
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts.
• Pre-tax accounts (Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, commuter expenses).
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match.
• Paid parental leave and paid medical/caregiver leave.
• Paid time off (flexible PTO for exempt employees; up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees), 13+ paid company holidays, paid sick or safe time where required.
• 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.
• Additional taxable fringe benefits (charitable donation matching, wellness stipends) as applicable.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The company emphasizes safety and broadly shared benefits and is an equal opportunity employer. Background checks are administered in accordance with applicable law. Reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities are provided upon request.