# Economic Development Lead at OpenAI

- Company: OpenAI
- What the company does: Backed by Greylock, Insight and Khosla.
- Company website: https://openai.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: US - Remote
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $176K to $285K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-08
- Apply by: 2026-10-23
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/ba803f51-53d8-44b8-8bb7-b79f21d6a4c8
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/openai-economic-development-lead/

## About the role

The Economic Development Lead works upstream across the national pipeline, beginning engagement before a project is public and helping shape the incentive, relationship, community-benefit, and approval strategy for sites under evaluation.

## What they're looking for

- 6+ years in economic development, public-private partnerships, infrastructure development, government affairs, or a related field
- Experience structuring and negotiating incentive packages for large infrastructure, energy, technology, or real estate projects
- Strong relationships and judgment across local, state, and regional economic-development stakeholders
- Ability to connect incentives, community benefits, legal commitments, project economics, and approval risk
- Excellent cross-functional coordination, negotiation, and executive-communication skills

Tags: Scaling