Backed by Greylock, Insight and Khosla.
About the role
As the Head of Enterprise Risk Management, you will help build and lead an integrated ERM program and the ERM platform that supports it. You will establish common risk language, governance, and decision processes while translating them into scalable systems, data products, and workflows. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 12+ years of experience across enterprise or operational risk, compliance, internal audit, security governance, finance, or related fields, including significant experience leading ERM or GRC programs
- A track record of building or materially scaling an enterprise risk program in a fast-growing, technology-driven, or otherwise complex global organization
- Strong command of ERM and assurance practices, including risk appetite, risk assessments, KRIs, controls, issue management, and the three-lines model, familiarity with frameworks such as COSO or ISO/IEC 27001/27017/27018/27701/42001
- Experience advising executives and presenting risk information to senior governance bodies, with the judgment to make complex tradeoffs clear and actionable
- Technical fluency with GRC platforms, data architecture, APIs, system integrations, cloud environments, and automated workflows, experience with infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, or policy-as-code is a plus
- Experience using data analytics, automation, or AI-enabled tools to improve risk sensing, evidence analysis, control monitoring, and reporting
More about this role
The OpenAI Risk & Audit team is building an enterprise risk capability for a company operating at the frontier of AI. We help leaders identify, understand, and manage the risks that matter most while enabling responsible innovation and durable growth.
We are developing a modern enterprise risk management (ERM) program and the technology foundation that powers it. Our work connects risk strategy, governance, compliance, and assurance with high-quality data, automated workflows, continuous monitoring, and AI-enabled analysis.
We partner across Finance, Security, Legal, Engineering, Product, People, Operations, and Internal Audit, and provide clear reporting to senior leadership and the Board. We aim to make risk ownership practical, decision-useful, and embedded in how OpenAI builds and scales.
As the Head of Enterprise Risk Management, you will help build and lead an integrated ERM program and the ERM platform that supports it. You will establish common risk language, governance, and decision processes while translating them into scalable systems, data products, and workflows.
You will own enterprise risk assessments, maintain a centralized risk register, develop risk appetite and...
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