# Senior Employee Relations Partner at OpenAI

- Company: OpenAI
- What the company does: Backed by Greylock, Insight and Khosla.
- Company website: https://openai.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $234K to $260K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-03
- Apply by: 2026-10-18
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/212ea50e-b315-4aef-ba03-5552e66b3129
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/openai-senior-employee-relations-partner/

## About the role

We’re looking for a Senior Employee Relations Partner to focus on the non-investigative side of ER work, supporting high-trust, high-impact people matters. This includes conflict resolution, high-risk performance management, sensitive employee exits, and navigating workplace dynamics that require thoughtful, strategic support even when they don’t involve formal investigations. This role will report to the senior manager of the team.

## What they're looking for

- A Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of experience in employee relations or other People roles, ideally in high-growth, fast-paced, and highly dynamic environments. Experience in tech, research, or mission-driven orgs is a plus
- A non-conventional mindset. You bring creative, outside-the-box thinking to complex people issues, and you’re not bound by the way things have always been done. You know when structure helps, and when a bespoke approach is the better path
- A proven track record of handling complex matters with a steady, thoughtful, and pragmatic approach
- Exceptional interpersonal and relationship-building skills—you build trust quickly, communicate with warmth and clarity, and can connect with employees, managers, and senior leaders alike
- Demonstrated ability to design and implement scalable solutions—not only manage individual cases—including frameworks, tools, operating practices, or programs that improved how an organization handled recurring people challenges
- Experience and passion adopting or championing new technology, including AI-enabled tools, to improve team workflows. You approach AI adoption thoughtfully, with attention to confidentiality, accuracy, safeguards, and human judgment

Tags: People