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Director of Events Management

OpenAI· Marketing
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Hybrid (San Francisco)Full-timePosted 5d ago

About the role

Leadership role overseeing the events management portfolio, including flagship conferences, developer programs, executive gatherings, research events, and policy/media engagements. Manages a ~10-person team, partners with Creative and Technical Production, and aligns events with OpenAI’s brand and business priorities.

Responsibilities

  • Lead, mentor, and develop the team through clear goals, candid feedback, career support, and company context. Make tough calls on priorities and performance when needed, while maintaining trust, agency, and high standards.
  • Partner with the Global Head of Events to prioritize projects, assess new requests, and allocate capacity across the portfolio, surfacing tradeoffs and recommending what to pursue, sequence, or defer.
  • Build efficient, consistent operations through clear intake, briefs, project plans, approval paths, and reusable tools and playbooks that reduce duplicated effort and make ownership visible.
  • Manage agency partnerships, including selection, scopes of work, onboarding, and performance reviews. Set clear expectations for quality, cost, and accountability in partnership with Procurement, Legal, and production leads.
  • Build a deep understanding of each audience’s needs and expectations, and guide the team in translating those insights into thoughtful hospitality, accessible experiences, and relevant content.
  • Become an expert in OpenAI’s brand and what people should leave events thinking and feeling. Bring a clear point of view on what great looks like and what we want OpenAI to be known for, and sharpen it with the team.
  • Align cross-functional partners across Marketing, GTM, Product, Research, Global Affairs, Communications, and executive teams on event goals, audiences, messaging, and decisions.
  • Partner with Creative Production and Technical Production leaders on clear responsibilities, handoffs, and shared plans, ensuring event management needs are integrated into delivery.
  • Maintain visibility into budgets, timelines, dependencies, and risks across the portfolio. Help teams resolve issues early, navigate competing needs, and escalate consequential decisions with clear recommendations.
  • Establish practical measures of event outcomes and operational health. Share progress and learnings with leadership, and turn audience feedback and post-event reviews into improvements across the team.

Qualifications

  • 14+ years of experience in event management, including leading complex event portfolios and managing teams.
  • Experience leading complex event portfolios across audiences and formats, with a track record of building capable teams and delivering through others.
  • Thoughtful people leader who builds trust, coaches with care and candor, handles difficult conversations constructively, and creates a collaborative, low-ego team culture.
  • Systems-oriented approach to operations with ability to create clarity and efficiency while remaining flexible.
  • Experience building effective agency relationships and managing scopes, budgets, and performance while protecting quality.
  • Clear communicator capable of influencing across functions and seniority levels, with calm judgment under ambiguity and high-visibility work.
  • Curious about AI and motivated by OpenAI’s mission, with storytelling, hospitality, and audience-centered event mindset.

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, 20 weeks for non-birth parents) + paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
  • Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt, up to 15 days annually for non-exempt
  • 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 as eligible
  • Relocation support for eligible employees
  • Additional taxable 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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