Compensation Programs and Operations Lead
OpenAIVisit OpenAI website
AI research and deployment company building and deploying frontier AI products, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its API platform.
Recently funded151 current maintainers88 active leads20 new active leads99 lead step-downs12 early lead departures
San Francisco, United States
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About OpenAI
OpenAI’s mission is to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. It consists of the nonprofit OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group, a public benefit corporation governed by the Foundation.
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Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will own end-to-end management of global cyclical and ad hoc compensation programs. You will plan and deliver compensation cycles, develop controls and systems requirements, review models and reconciliations, coordinate handoffs, improve tooling, and create clear program resources.
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive compensation experience
- Experience leading global compensation programs and operations
- Experience as a Compensation Operations Analyst, Compensation Analyst, Compensation Partner, or Compensation Program Manager
- Expertise in base pay, incentives, equity, benchmarking, salary structures, and job architecture
- Experience leading complex compensation cycles and initiatives
- Advanced spreadsheet modeling
- Workday or comparable HR and compensation-platform experience
- Experience handling confidential information
Responsibilities
- Own the compensation program roadmap and calendar
- Lead compensation programs from planning through completion
- Translate compensation designs into eligibility rules, calculations, workflows, and approvals
- Build and review models and reconcile outcomes
- Establish quality checks, approvals, access controls, and audit trails
- Define systems requirements and lead user acceptance testing
- Prioritize ad hoc compensation initiatives
- Develop program guides, communications, and training
- Measure program performance and improve processes and automation
Benefits
- Equity
- Performance-related bonus eligibility
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Health Savings Account employer contributions
- Pre-tax health, dependent-care, and commuter accounts
- 401(k) plan with employer match
- Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave
- Flexible paid time off
- Paid company holidays and office closures
- Paid sick or safe time
- Mental health and wellness support
- Employer-paid life and disability coverage
- Daily office meals and eligible meal-delivery credits
- Relocation support
- Charitable donation matching
- Wellness stipends