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Program Manager, National Security Policy Operations

OpenAI· Global Affairs
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Hybrid (San Francisco), Hybrid (Washington, DC)$171k - $190kFull-timePosted 5d ago

About the role

OpenAI seeks a highly organized Program Manager to join the Global Affairs team, focusing on planning, coordination, and execution systems for the National Security Policy operations. The role centers on translating priorities into executable plans, maintaining program metrics, coordinating deliverables and external engagements, and improving operating models, with travel as needed.

Responsibilities

  • Run portfolio planning and team operations, including intake, workplans, milestones, owners, dependencies, risks, and progress reporting.
  • Build and maintain lightweight, repeatable operating systems for planning, meeting cadences, knowledge management, decision logs, and centralized tracking of developments, commitments, and follow-up.
  • Own the team's program metrics and central tracking of commitments, owners, deadlines, dependencies, decisions, and follow-up. Produce concise updates and practical dashboards.
  • Coordinate policy deliverables and external engagements from planning through follow-up. Assemble briefing packages; draft talking points, presentations, readouts, and updates; organize visits and convenings; manage review cycles; track action items through completion.
  • Own operational management of the team's contractors and consultants, coordinating onboarding, scopes of work, deliverables, contract renewals, invoices, and offboarding with Legal, Finance, Procurement, and other relevant teams.
  • Coordinate across Global Affairs, Research, Safety, Security, Product Policy, Legal, Communications, and OpenAI for Government to manage dependencies and advance priorities.
  • Continuously improve the team's operating model through feedback loops, retrospectives, and thoughtful use of AI and lightweight tooling.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of relevant experience in program management, project management, policy operations, strategic operations, chief of staff, government program delivery, or related roles.
  • Experience coordinating complex work across multiple stakeholders and building practical systems that help teams deliver.
  • Track record of independently driving complex cross-functional programs from scoping through delivery, managing stakeholders, dependencies, and risks while delivering measurable outcomes.
  • Strong analytical, writing, and communication skills; ability to synthesize inputs into crisp decision materials and updates.
  • Ability to understand strategic context while remaining hands-on in execution, influence without formal authority, and exercise sound judgment in fast-moving environments.
  • Genuine care for AI's impact on national security and society; familiarity with frontier risk, cybersecurity, biosecurity, critical infrastructure, defense/intelligence applications, or AI governance is a plus.

Skills

Required:Program managementStakeholder coordinationAnalytical writing and communicationPlanning and scheduling

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 accounts
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
  • Paid parental leave (birth parents up to 24 weeks; non-birth up to 20 weeks) plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
  • Paid time off including flexible PTO and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
  • 13+ paid company holidays and additional paid office closures; paid sick 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
  • Relocation assistance for eligible employees
  • Additional fringe benefits such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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