About the Team
OpenAIs mission is to build safe artificial general intelligence (AGI) that benefits all of humanity. Achieving this requires bringing the worlds most exceptional talent under one roof to push the boundaries of whats possible.
Our Research Recruiting team plays a critical role in this effort. We are an embedded part of the research organizationworking side by side with our research staff to deeply understand evolving priorities build trust and strategically shape the future of OpenAIs talent.
About the Role
We are looking for a highly strategic recruiter to work closely with the Head of Research Recruiting on a small set of unusually important high-touch searches and candidate relationships. This role will focus on exceptional talent who does not move through a standard recruiting process: highly visible researchers technical leaders operators and other special-interest candidates where timing discretion market intelligence and tailored engagement matter as much as process execution.
This is not a conventional req-based recruiting role. You will help identify where the market is moving develop intelligence on top talent and competitor activity translate that intelligence into action and orchestrate bespoke recruiting strategies for candidates who require a more nuanced path into OpenAI. You should be able to translate these signals and states into clear actionable advice for leaders and then make it happen.
In this role you will:
Partner directly with the Head of Research Recruiting and research leadership team to define priority talent targets and shape bespoke engagement strategies.
Build and maintain deep market intelligence across frontier AI research engineering and adjacent talent ecosystems including competitor movement candidate motivations and relationship context.
Proactively identify map and cultivate exceptional high-profile talent before there is a formal or standard hiring process attached.
Translate weak signals and network intelligence into concrete recruiting actions outreach plans and leadership recommendations.
Manage highly tailored candidate journeys that may involve confidential outreach senior stakeholder alignment custom evaluation paths and complex closing strategy.
Coordinate with executive search firms sourcers recruiting coordinators and internal networks to move priority searches forward with speed and discretion.
Serve as a trusted advisor on candidate positioning timing risk compensation and closing strategy for especially sensitive or high-impact hires.
You might thrive in this role if you have:
Significant experience recruiting for highly technical senior executive or otherwise specialized talent.
Strong judgment and discretion in handling sensitive candidate conversations and confidential searches.
A real instinct for talent intelligence: you know how to gather market context read between the lines and turn incomplete information into useful action.
Track record of building relationships with hard-to-reach candidates who are not actively looking or who require a highly personalized process.
Experience partnering closely with senior leaders and influencing recruiting strategy in ambiguous fast-moving environments.
Comfort operating outside the standard process when needed while still bringing structure follow-through and sound judgment.
Deep interest in AI research technical talent markets and the broader ecosystem of labs companies and people shaping the frontier.
Workplace & Location
This role is based in our San Francisco Research office and we arent considering remote applications at this time. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office with optional work from home on Thursdays and Fridays. We also offer relocation assistance to new employees.
Our open-plan offices have height-adjustable desks conference rooms phone booths well-stocked kitchens full of snacks and drinks three in-house prepared meals daily outdoor space for working and socializing wellness rooms private bike storage and more.
About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core and to achieve our mission we must encompass and value the many different perspectives voices and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
We are an equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin sex sexual orientation age veteran status disability genetic information or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
For additional information please see OpenAIs Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement .
Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act for US-based candidates. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary confidential and non-public addition job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.
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