Head of Data Science, Strategic Finance
AI research and deployment company building and deploying frontier AI products, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its API platform.
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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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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You will lead an established data science team supporting Strategic Finance, building forecasting approaches, customer lifetime value and acquisition-economics models, and partnering on budgets and resource allocation including compute investment. You will translate model outputs into clear recommendations for executives, strengthen tools and recurring analyses, and recruit and develop the team. The role is based in San Francisco with three in-office days per week.
Requirements
- Experience partnering closely with a CFO, Finance leadership or COO
- Experience leading data science in a large technology business or rapidly scaling company
- Deep forecasting judgment
- Experience building strong teams and developing talent
- Clear communication with technical and business audiences
Responsibilities
- Build forecasting approaches for scenario comparison and decisions under uncertainty
- Develop customer lifetime value and acquisition-economics models
- Partner with Strategic Finance on goals, budgets and resource allocation including compute economics
- Translate model outputs into clear operating recommendations for executives
- Strengthen tools, metrics and recurring analyses
- Recruit, coach and develop a high-performing team
- Work across consumer and business products
Benefits
- Equity
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Mental health and wellness support
- 401(k) with 50% matching
- Unlimited time off and 13 company holidays
- Paid parental leave (24 weeks birth-parent, 20 weeks parental) and family-planning support
- Annual learning & development stipend ($1,500 per year)
- Relocation assistance
