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About the role
We are looking for a curious, high-agency Research Program Manager who can reason from first principles, make sense of incomplete or conflicting information, and move difficult work forward. You will help shape the substance of governance reviews, connect ideas and evidence across teams, and develop recommendations that are both well-founded and practical.
What they're looking for
- Research program management or strategy and operations in a technically complex organization
- AI safety, preparedness, model evaluations, cybersecurity, or technical risk management
- Advisory committees, board-facing work, executive decision support, or other consequential reviews
- Translating policies, standards, or governance decisions into practical requirements and programs
- Strategic partnerships or sensitive deployment contexts
More about this role
OpenAI’s Governance team helps shape how the company responsibly develops and deploys increasingly capable AI. We bring together technical evidence, policy, and operational perspectives to help the company address emerging risks, resolve difficult questions, and make well-supported decisions.
Our work includes shaping and improving governance practices, supporting effective oversight, developing clear assessments and recommendations, and ensuring that decisions lead to action. We work closely with research, safety, security, legal, and product teams to identify gaps, reconcile different views, and improve our approach as capabilities and circumstances change.
We are looking for a curious, high-agency Research Program Manager who can reason from first principles, make sense of incomplete or conflicting information, and move difficult work forward. You will help shape the substance of governance reviews, connect ideas and evidence across teams, and develop recommendations that are both well-founded and practical.
The work requires someone who can use established approaches where they fit, recognize when circumstances call for a different approach, and update their thinking as new...
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