United States · Remote OK
$130k–$236k/yr
About the Team OpenAI, in close collaboration with our capital partners, is embarking on a journey to build the world’s most advanced AI infrastructure ecosystem. The Industrial Compute team is central to this mission, s…
Skills: Community engagement, Public affairs, Corporate communications, Stakeholder management, Public speaking
Singapore · Hybrid
About the Team OpenAI’s AI Success Engineer team partners with the world’s most ambitious organizations to translate cutting edge AI into real business value. We guide customers from first deployment through scaled enter…
Skills: Technical Account Management, Generative AI Consulting, Solutions Architecture, Program Management, Customer Advisory
San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid
$180k–$260k/yr
About the Team OpenAI’s User Operations team shepherds our customers’ adoption of AI and ensures that our customers' product experience is nothing short of exceptional. We are building the very first post-AGI support tea…
Skills: Technical Support, Escalation Management, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, API Configuration
New York, New York, United States · Hybrid
$252k–$335k/yr
About the team OpenAI’s Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE) team partners with global pharma and biotech, CROs, and research institutions to deploy production-grade AI systems across the R&D value chain. We operate at the…
Skills: Engineering Management, Technical Delivery, Production AI Systems, Life Sciences R&D, Backend Engineering
Singapore · Hybrid
About the Team OpenAI’s User Operations team shepherds our customers’ adoption of AI and ensures that our customers' product experience is nothing short of exceptional. We are building the very first post-AGI support tea…
Skills: SaaS Troubleshooting, Python, Scripting, Technical Support, Customer Relationship Management
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Hybrid
$401k–$445k/yr
About the Team OpenAI's mission is to ensure that artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. OpenAI for Government works with U.S. and allied government institutions to support the responsible adoption of AI acros…
Skills: Cybersecurity Leadership, Cyber Operations, National Security Strategy, Government Relations, AI Integration
Tokyo, Japan · Hybrid
About the Team OpenAI’s Forward Deployed Engineering team partners with customers to turn research breakthroughs into production systems. We operate at the intersection of customer delivery and core platform development.…
Skills: Engineering Management, Technical Delivery, Frontend Development, Backend Development, Production-Grade Coding
San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid
$293k–$385k/yr
About the Team The Monetization team is a new cross-functional group spanning engineering, product, research, and design. We are building the foundational systems that will help OpenAI scale access to intelligence respon…
Skills: Distributed Systems, Ads Integrity, Trust And Safety, Anti-Abuse, Fraud Detection
San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid
$266k–$300k/yr
About the Team OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. Customer Education plays an important role in that mission by helping people and organizations use increasingly …
Skills: Customer Education Strategy, Team Leadership, Curriculum Development, Program Management, Digital Learning
San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid
$197k–$280k/yr
About the team The Agent Enablement AI Deployment Engineering (ADE) team works across engineering, product, design, partnerships, and strategic customers to grow an open ecosystem of agent-enabled sites and services. We …
Skills: Full-stack Engineering, OAuth/OIDC, Identity Systems, API Design, AI Engineering
New York, New York, United States · Hybrid
$198k–$280k/yr
About the Team The AI Deployment Engineering team is responsible for ensuring the safe and effective deployment of Generative AI applications for developers and startups. We act as a trusted advisor and thought partner f…
Skills: Python, Javascript, Technical Consulting, API Integration, Prototyping
Tokyo, Japan · Hybrid
About the Team The Solutions Engineering team is made up of trusted technical advisors who help organizations adopt OpenAI’s technology safely, effectively, and responsibly. We partner closely with customers, Sales, Prod…
Skills: Cybersecurity, Solutions Engineering, AI Workflow Design, Application Security, Cloud Security
New York, New York, United States · Hybrid
$216k–$240k/yr
About OpenAI OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We build models and products that help people learn, create, and solve problems—and we work to do so safel…
Skills: Community Management, Technical Fluency, Product Enablement, User Research, Editorial Storytelling
San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid
$293k–$325k/yr
About the Team The Systems Integration team is responsible for building the infrastructure, tooling, and validation systems that ensure our device software our device software is reliable, testable, and ready to ship. We…
Skills: Bazel, Buildkite, Yocto, Starlark, Docker
San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid
$230k–$385k/yr
About the Team OpenAI's mission is to ensure that AGI benefits all of humanity. The Business Systems team helps make that mission possible by building the internal products and platforms that allow OpenAI to operate with…
Skills: Python, React, TypeScript, FastAPI, Postgres
Paris, Ile-de-France, France · Hybrid
About the Team Corporate Security helps protect OpenAI's people, offices, events, and operations through practical and risk-informed security programs. The team partners closely with Workplace, Legal, People/HR, Resilien…
Skills: Physical Security Operations, Corporate Security, Vendor Management, Incident Management, Emergency Readiness
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$157k–$221k/yr
About the Team OpenAI's Industrial Compute organization is building the world's most advanced AI infrastructure ecosystem. Working alongside our cloud partners, infrastructure providers, and internal engineering teams, w…
Skills: Data Center Operations, Asset Tracking, Vendor Coordination, Infrastructure Monitoring, Inventory Management
San Francisco, California, United States · On-site
$230k–$490k/yr
About the Team Frontier Systems Foundations, part of Compute Foundations at OpenAI, builds the systems software foundation that turns new compute infrastructure into reliable, usable capacity for frontier model training.…
Skills: Linux Kernel Development, Ubuntu, OS Image Engineering, Package Management, Firmware Integration
San Francisco, California, United States · Hybrid
$234k–$260k/yr
About the Team OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. Our Communications team includes External Communications, Internal Communications, and other strategic c…
Skills: Communications Strategy, Media Relations, Narrative Development, Executive Advising, Crisis Management
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Hybrid
$261k–$335k/yr
About the Team OpenAI’s mission is to build safe artificial general intelligence (AGI) which benefits all of humanity. This long-term undertaking brings the world’s best scientists, engineers, and business professionals …
Skills: Strategic Account Management, Federal Sales Strategy, Relationship Management, Pipeline Generation, Capture Strategy
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The Community Engagement Lead will serve as the primary liaison between OpenAI and local communities to build trust-based relationships for data center development. This role involves executing engagement strategies, representing the company in public forums, and collaborating with internal teams to address community concerns and highlight project benefits.
Candidates must have 8+ years of experience in community affairs, public engagement, or corporate communications. A proven track record of engaging diverse stakeholders for large-scale infrastructure or technology projects is required.
OpenAI, in close collaboration with our capital partners, is embarking on a journey to build the world’s most advanced AI infrastructure ecosystem. The Industrial Compute team is central to this mission, setting the core infra strategy and implementing this vision. From site selection to the buildout process, this team sits at the intersection of commercial, technical, strategy, and operations, interacting with teams and executives inside and outside of OpenAI.
The Community Engagement Lead will serve as the primary liaison between OpenAI and the communities where it plans to develop data centers, including Effingham County and the greater Savannah Metropolitan Area. This role ensures that OpenAI builds strong, trust-based relationships with local stakeholders, communicates proactively about our projects, and integrates community priorities into our development approach. The role spans engagement, communications, and reputation management, and will partner closely with the Economic Development and Environmental leads.
Build and maintain relationships with local leaders, community organizations, NGOs, and residents.
Develop and execute community engagement strategies for new and existing sites.
Represent OpenAI in public forums, hearings, and community events.
Partner with the Economic Development Lead on incentive compliance and community benefits.
Partner with the Environmental Lead on communicating environmental stewardship and sustainability efforts.
Develop proactive communications to address concerns, highlight benefits, and reduce risk of opposition.
Monitor community sentiment and advise executives on risks and opportunities.
Create a community engagement playbook that can scale across geographies.
8+ years in community affairs, public engagement, or corporate communications.
Proven track record engaging diverse community stakeholders for large infrastructure or technology projects.
Strong public speaking and facilitation skills.
Ability to manage sensitive political and reputational issues.
Experience integrating community benefits (workforce, education, infrastructure support) into development strategies.
Collaborative and adaptable, with experience working across government, community, and corporate teams.
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 OpenAI’s 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 information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.
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At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core. OpenAI is dedicated to putting that alignment of interests first — ahead of profit. To achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Our investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership. At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
Offices: San Francisco, CA 94110, US
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core. OpenAI is dedicated to putting that alignment of interests first — ahead of profit. To achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Our investment in diversity, equity, and inclusion is ongoing, executed through a wide range of initiatives, and championed and supported by leadership. At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
Offices: San Francisco, CA 94110, US
