Technical Program Manager, OpenAI
Data Platform
$270-340k
+ Equity
More information about location
AI research and development platform
Job no longer available
AI research and development platform
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$270-340k
+ Equity
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for people who have experience running large scale complex technical programs in infrastructure engineering
- We’re looking for a TPM with experience driving programs in infrastructure engineering orgs
- You’re rigorous but also fast in project execution
- You’re highly empathetic and people oriented with strong communication skills
- You care deeply about the mission
- 7+ years experience managing complex technical programs at large scale in Infrastructure
- Experience in core infrastructure, data infrastructure technology and cloud computing services
- Experience working in a high-pace environment with continuously evolving priorities
- Ability to work with research/engineering teams to set ambitious goals, milestones
- Strong track of execution in delivering ambitious goals on complex cross-functional projects
- Ability to see around the corners, anticipate and plan for risks
- Excellent communication skills
What the job involves
- As a Technical Program Manager, you will drive complex interdisciplinary research/engineering projects and programs across many teams
- You will work with researchers/engineers to initiate new projects, set ambitious goals and milestones, and drive execution across multiple teams
- You’re fluent with infrastructure engineering concepts, and be able to work with external partners in addition to internal partners to drive forward initiatives
- Operationalize and execute critical cross functional programs spanning many engineering teams and across 10+ external infrastructure partners including Azure teams
- Create technical roadmaps with milestones and coordinate across teams to deliver against them at all stages of the project lifecycle
- Develop and implement program management frameworks, and KPIs to achieve goals
- Communicate progress, status and risk effectively to stakeholders internally and externally
- Manage dependencies across multiple teams
- Proactively identify new opportunities
- Drive tool and process improvements to improve efficiency
Our take
OpenAI aims to research and deploy AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) that is safe, controllable and beneficial to all of humanity. The company began its mission by developing an API that can solve language-based tasks, such as answering written questions or pulling up relevant documents based on a query.
Following the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, which gained more than 1 million users in its first 5 days and is already worth billions, OpenAI announced a paid version named ChatGPT Plus which will be launched in the US first.
It is worth noting that OpenAI is not without controversy. Its products have sparked conversations regarding the morals and implications of AI tools, and recent investigations have uncovered misalignments between the company's public commitments and its alleged operations behind closed doors.
Whilst AI applications can be found in a vast variety of tech startups, this generally consists of the automation of algorithmic tasks such as data analysis and organization. OpenAI’s approach to designing true human-like artificial intelligence is futuristic, but with support from its high-profile partners (such as Microsoft), an annualised revenue reported at $ 2 billion in 2023, and the clear success of its products have the company well set to continue bringing advanced AI to the public.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
42% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Feb 2026
$110bn
LATE VC
Dec 2025
$1bn
LATE VC
Total funding: $179.9bn
Company benefits
- Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
- Flexible spending account for healthcare and dependent care
- Mental healthcare service
- Fertility treatment coverage
- 401(k) with generous matching
- 20-week paid parental leave
- Life insurance (complimentary)
- AD&D insurance (complimentary)
- Short-term/long-term disability insurance (complimentary)
- Optional buy-up life insurance
- Flexible work hours and unlimited paid time off (we encourage 4+ weeks per year)
- Annual learning & development stipend
- Regular team happy hours and outings
- Daily catered lunch and dinner
- Travel to domestic conferences
Company HQ
Mission District, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Sam Altman
(CEO)Former Y Combinator President & Chairman.
Ilya Sutskever
(Chief Scientist)Initially served as the company's Research Director, then became Chief Scientist in 2018. Co-founded DNNResearch and previously worked at Google as a Research Scientist.
Greg Brockman
(President & Chairman)Previously served as CTO of the company. Founding Engineer and former CTO of Stripe.
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