Senior Technical Recruiter

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
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 will own leadership searches for engineering managers and senior leaders from role definition and talent mapping through assessment, offer negotiation, and close. You will advise senior stakeholders with market intelligence, engage passive candidates, and manage complex closes.

Requirements

  • Substantial technical recruiting experience with track record of closing engineering leadership searches
  • Experience in executive search or in-house leadership recruiting
  • Ability to evaluate leadership scope and partner with hiring managers
  • Experience managing complex offers
  • Strong sourcing and execution skills
  • Clear communication and discretion

Responsibilities

  • Lead full-cycle searches for senior engineering leaders
  • Define role scope and requirements with hiring leaders
  • Develop talent maps and targeted search strategies
  • Engage passive leadership candidates
  • Assess leadership capabilities with hiring teams
  • Advise stakeholders using market intelligence
  • Own complex closing strategies and offer negotiation
  • Maintain a rigorous operating rhythm across searches
  • Strengthen leadership recruiting practices

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance with HSA employer contributions
  • Pre-tax Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter accounts
  • 401(k) with employer match
  • Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks birth parents, 20 weeks non-birthing) plus 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