Compliance Manager • Senior

Who you are

You have a strong background in policy development and a deep understanding of AI safety — your experience allows you to identify and develop cohesive taxonomies of harm on high-risk topics with a sense of urgency. You can balance internal and external input in making complex decisions, carefully thinking through trade-offs while writing principled, enforceable policies based on core values. Your ability to communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders ensures that you can advocate for safety while fostering a culture of trust and transparency.

You thrive in collaborative environments, working closely with research teams to inform model training and policy creation — your insights help shape the future of AI technologies, ensuring they do not create harm. You are adept at navigating the complexities of AI safety, understanding the nuances of catastrophic risk, mental health, and teen safety. Your analytical mindset allows you to define evaluation criteria for foundational models’ ability to reason about safety, ensuring that policies are actionable and objective.

What you'll do

In this senior role, you will help shape policy creation and development at OpenAI, making a significant impact on AI safety. You will drive rapid policy taxonomy iteration based on data, ensuring that model behavior aligns with desired human values and norms. Your responsibilities will include co-designing policies with models and for models, focusing on key areas such as catastrophic risk and multimodal safety. You will work closely with research teams to ensure that policies are informed by the latest findings and best practices in AI safety.

You will be responsible for defining evaluation criteria for foundational models, ensuring that they can reason about safety effectively. Your role will involve making complex decisions that balance various inputs, and you will be expected to write clear and enforceable policies that reflect OpenAI's commitment to safety and transparency. You will also engage with external stakeholders to gather insights and feedback, ensuring that policies are comprehensive and well-informed.

What we offer

OpenAI offers a hybrid work model, allowing you to work three days in the office per week while providing relocation assistance for new employees. You will be part of a team that is at the forefront of AI safety, contributing to groundbreaking technologies that have the potential to solve immense global challenges. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't match every requirement, as we value diverse perspectives and backgrounds.