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Cyber Enablement Lead, Gov

OpenAI· OpenAI for Gov
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Hybrid (Washington, DC)$207k - $230kFull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Lead Daybreak government enablement strategy and deliver training to translate frontier AI capabilities into practical government cyber workflows and mission outcomes.

Responsibilities

  • Set the vision and own the execution of Daybreak’s government enablement strategy, from audience research and learning objectives to curriculum, delivery, and measurable mission impact.
  • Serve as a trusted cyber ambassador for OpenAI, leading substantive conversations about our tools and capabilities with U.S. and international government leaders, customers, and the broader cyber community.
  • Help government leaders understand and respond to AI’s changing cyber landscape through executive briefings, public speaking, and thought leadership grounded in operational experience.
  • Personally lead technical training, live demonstrations, hands-on workshops, and executive conversations that help AOs, CISOs, cyber operators, developers, and senior leaders apply Daybreak to their work.
  • Bring frontline experience into product development. Serve as a key point of contact for Daybreak Blue and Red, translating user feedback, deployment friction, and unmet mission needs into actionable product recommendations.
  • Create practical learning materials, including scripts, recorded demonstrations, interactive labs, digital courses, videos, facilitator guides, and playbooks.
  • Convene and lead our cyber councils, bringing leaders and practitioners into candid conversations that surface hard questions, share field lessons, and build a community of practice.
  • Deliver tailored engagements for specialist teams and repeatable learning programs that equip thousands of practitioners to use Daybreak effectively.
  • Translate frontier capabilities into practical government workflows across the cybersecurity lifecycle, connecting Daybreak’s applications and deployment requirements to challenges such as critical infrastructure security and defense of critical networks.
  • Develop practical guidance for human-machine teaming in cyber, including where AI adds value, where human judgment is essential, and how teams validate results and act responsibly.
  • Coordinate across product, security, deployment, and customer teams to address adoption barriers and keep enablement technically accurate, operationally relevant, and current as capabilities and requirements evolve.
  • Assess demonstrated proficiency, track sustained adoption, and use evidence of stronger cyber performance and mission outcomes to improve programs.

Qualifications

  • Hold an active security clearance, preferably TS/SCI
  • Bring deep cybersecurity expertise across threat modeling, vulnerability discovery and validation, prioritization, remediation, detection, incident response, and recovery, with the judgment to connect these disciplines to government missions.
  • Have deep fluency in Daybreak’s capabilities, applications, and deployment requirements, and can translate that knowledge into credible advice and practical government cyber training.
  • Have personally built and delivered cybersecurity enablement that changed how people work, from focused engagements with specialist teams to programs reaching thousands of practitioners.
  • Are a compelling speaker, writer, educator, and hands-on creator. You can set the strategy, write the script, record the demonstration, build the lab, and lead the workshop, roundtable, or private executive session.
  • Can earn trust in executive briefings and technical deep dives, adapting your language, examples, and level of detail while giving audiences a clear reason and a practical way to act.
  • Know how to read a leader and a room. You combine presence and emotional intelligence with humility, listen carefully, welcome hard questions, and make people comfortable learning something new.
  • Understand government cyber missions, security requirements, and operational constraints, ideally across DOW, federal civilian agencies, and state and local government, and can build approaches that work within those realities.
  • Turn ambitious goals into disciplined execution, leading cross-functional work, incorporating feedback, and taking ownership of demonstrated proficiency, sustained product use, and stronger defenses.
  • Have built and led teams of cyber enablement professionals, setting a high bar for technical credibility, teaching quality, and execution while helping others grow.
  • Bring a practical understanding of U.S. cybersecurity laws, regulations, and policies, and can explain their implications for government adoption and deployment.
  • Have served in a government cyber role and bring a deep commitment to the people behind the mission, including public servants, warfighters, and the intelligence community.

Skills

Required:Active security clearance (preferred TS/SCI)Cybersecurity expertise across threat modeling, vulnerability discovery and validation, prioritization, remediation, detection, incident response, and recovery

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 (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
  • Mental health and wellness support
  • Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
  • Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
  • 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, may also be provided.
Last updated Oct 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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