Backed by Greylock, Insight and Khosla.
About the role
This role is part of a shared hiring pathway for HRBPs at OpenAI. Instead of hiring directly for a single team, we evaluate candidates holistically first, then identify the best fit across our organization as you advance. This approach ensures alignment between your skills, interests, and where our needs are greatest—whether that’s partnering with technical leaders in engineering, supporting product teams driving user impact, or enabling operational excellence across business functions. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Deep HRBP expertise: 7–10+ years of HR experience, including at least 5 years as an HR Business Partner in high-growth or complex environments
- Strategic partnering: Able to see the big picture, guide leaders through tough trade-offs, and adapt quickly when priorities shift
- Multipliers who create impact: Skilled at giving candid feedback with care and building leadership capabilities across organizations
- Scrappy problem solving: Uses sound judgment to diagnose challenges, test creative solutions, and chart a path forward without a playbook
- Change leadership with calm & clarity: Brings steadiness, empathy, and influence in moments of ambiguity or transition
- High integrity: Known for discretion, fairness, and trustworthiness when the stakes are high
More about this role
The HR Business Partner (HRBP) team at OpenAI partners with leaders to navigate complex organizational and talent decisions where the right path is not always obvious. We are building a higher-leverage HRBP model: staying close enough to the business to understand its realities, while focusing our time on the work that requires judgment, influence, context, and leadership partnership.
This role is for an HRBP who can diagnose ambiguous situations, translate business strategy into organizational and talent decisions, coach leaders through consequential choices, and help build the operating rhythms that enable scale. While the role spans both strategic and operational work, the bar is not to be helpful on everything. The bar is to improve decision quality, strengthen leadership capability, and increase organizational effectiveness.
We operate with urgency, empathy, and sound judgment. We value sincerity, intellectual honesty, and collaboration over ego, and focus relentlessly on creating meaningful impact.
This role is part of a shared hiring pathway for HRBPs at OpenAI. Instead of hiring directly for a single team, we evaluate candidates holistically first, then identify the best...
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