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Model Safety Program Manager, User Safety & Risk Operations

AI research and deployment company building and deploying frontier AI products, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its API platform.

49 current maintainers29 active leads5 new active leads117 lead step-downs16 early lead departures
San Francisco, United States
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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About the Role

You'll build and run operational programs for emerging model safety risks as a senior individual contributor in San Francisco. You'll define what programs need to detect, when to escalate and how to measure success, lead pilots through evidence-based rollout decisions, and establish documentation, training and ongoing ownership. The role may involve exposure to sensitive content.

Requirements

  • Experience leading complex cross-functional programs from unclear start through launch and operation
  • Sound judgment in high-stakes or sensitive work
  • Experience defining success measures and using data to make decisions with technical fluency
  • Clear writing and track record of securing decisions across teams you don't manage

Responsibilities

  • Turn ambiguous safety priorities into programs with owners, milestones, procedures and measurable outcomes
  • Lead pilots for proactive detection and response and set launch and escalation criteria
  • Bring cross-functional partners together to resolve ownership and dependencies
  • Build reporting and feedback loops for Safety, Research and Product partners
  • Establish documentation, training, quality checks and a plan for ongoing ownership

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer HSA contributions
  • Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter pre-tax accounts
  • 401(k) with employer match
  • Paid parental leave, medical and caregiver leave
  • Flexible PTO
  • 13+ paid company holidays and company office closures
  • Mental health and wellness support
  • Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
  • Annual learning and development stipend
  • Daily meals in offices and meal delivery credits
  • Relocation support
  • Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends
  • Equity
  • Performance-related bonus
Model Safety Program Manager, User Safety & Risk Operations at OpenAI | JobStash