Senior Operations Analyst, User Safety & Risk Operations

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

41 current maintainers27 active leads7 new active leads120 lead step-downs17 early lead departures
San Francisco, United States
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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 will own ambiguous, high-priority safety and risk problems, analyze structured and unstructured data, build lightweight workflows and AI-assisted tools, lead sensitive investigations and launch-readiness work, and turn manual efforts into scalable mechanisms. The role may involve exposure to sensitive content.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in trust and safety operations, investigations, incident response, product operations, technical program management or similar field
  • Track record as a generalist delivering with limited structure
  • Highly data savvy with qualitative and quantitative analysis
  • Technically fluent with AI tools, dashboards and data tooling
  • Strong judgment in sensitive situations
  • Clear written communication

Responsibilities

  • Own ambiguous safety and risk problems from definition through execution
  • Analyze structured and unstructured quantitative and qualitative data
  • Build and test lightweight workflows, tools and automations
  • Turn one-off insights into scalable operating mechanisms
  • Lead sensitive investigations, incident response and launch-readiness work
  • Work with cross-functional and external partners to resolve operational gaps
  • Measure outcomes and adjust quickly
  • Coach junior operators

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Performance-related bonus
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer HSA contributions
  • Pre-tax Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA and commuter accounts
  • 401(k) with employer match
  • Paid parental leave up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents
  • Paid medical and caregiver leave up to 8 weeks
  • Flexible PTO for exempt employees
  • 13+ paid company holidays and company office closures
  • Paid sick or safe time
  • 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