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Technical Program Manager, Strategic Initiatives

OpenAI· Technical Program Management
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San FranciscoFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Technical Program Manager (TPM) focused on strategic initiatives to streamline safety governance and integration of safety research and mitigations into OpenAI products, ensuring safe deployment of models and effective risk management across research, product, engineering, legal, and policy.

Responsibilities

  • Manage key risk areas and corresponding stakeholders.
  • Keep track of a stack of existing and future mitigations for every major product and model deployment.
  • Standardize the lifecycle of risk assessment, setting safety bars, consolidating inputs from multiple stakeholders across research, product, engineering, legal and policy, pre-launch safety reviews and post-launch followup.
  • Manage pre-launch safety reviews.
  • Share launch calendars and key safety practices and evaluations with our key partner (i.e. Microsoft).
  • Develop comprehensive documentation for all the safety work, including metrics, evaluations, and progress tracking across multiple teams within OpenAI.
  • Help with publishing and open sourcing safety learnings, standards, datasets and benchmarks with the public.]
  • qualifications["An advanced degree in a hard science, with a PhD being advantageous, or demonstrated engineering expertise.","Extensive track record of delivering high-profile, complex technical projects under deadlines.","Technically adept with experience partnering with top-tier engineering and fundamental research teams.","Experience designing and implementing simple, scalable processes for complex problems.","Relentlessly resourceful and thrives in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.","Strong knowledge of content integrity and moderation, including industry best practices and regulatory guidelines.","Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.","Care about AGI safety."]
  • benefits=["Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts","Pre-tax Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)","401(k) retirement plan with employer match","Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)","Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees","13+ paid company holidays, and additional paid office closures, plus paid sick or safe time","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","Relocation assistance for eligible employees","Additional taxable fringe benefits (e.g., charitable donation matching and wellness stipends)"]
  • domains:[{"name":"Safety governance and deployment","description":"Safety research integration, governance, and risk management for model deployment","categories":["ai / ml","safety"] ,"stage":"development"}]
  • skills:[{"name":"Risk management","description":"Managing risk areas and stakeholders across research, product, engineering, legal and policy.","category":"domain","requirement":"required","proficiency_level":"expert","yoe":{"value":0,"min":0,"max":0}},{"name":"Safety reviews","description":"Pre-launch safety reviews and post-launch follow-up processes.","category":"domain","requirement":"required","proficiency_level":"expert","yoe":{"value":0,"min":0,"max":0}}],
  • tech_stacks:[{"name":"Safety governance frameworks","description":"Experience with building and standardizing risk assessment lifecycles.","category":"platform","area":"infra","importance":"primary"}]
  • locations:[{"description":"San Francisco, CA hybrid work model with 3 days in the office per week","location_type":"hybrid","location":"San Francisco, CA","onsite_days_per_week":3}]
  • compensations:[{"description":"$257K – $445K base with equity, plus bonuses and benefits","compensation_type":"base","min":257000,"max":445000,"unit":"USD","currency":"usd","period":"year"},{"description":"Equity and performance-related bonus(es)","compensation_type":"equity","unit":"%","currency":"usd","period":"year"}] }}{
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Qualifications

  • An advanced degree in a hard science, with a PhD being advantageous, or a demonstrated track record of engineering expertise.
  • Extensive track record of successfully delivering high-profile, complex technical projects against tight deadlines.
  • Technically adept, and have effectively partnered with engineering and fundamental research teams of the highest caliber.
  • Expertise in designing and implementing simple, scalable processes that solve complex problems.
  • Relentlessly resourceful and thrives in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.
  • Strong knowledge of content integrity and moderation, including industry best practices and regulatory guidelines.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
  • Care about AGI safety.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
  • Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
  • Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
  • Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
  • 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time
  • Mental health and wellness support
  • Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
  • Annual learning and development stipend
  • Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
  • Relocation support for eligible employees
  • Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends
Last updated Jul 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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