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Legal Program Manager

OpenAISan Francisco, California, United StatesOnsite

About the Team


OpenAI's Legal team plays a crucial role in furthering OpenAI's mission by tackling innovative, fundamental legal issues in AI. If you're passionate about doing significant and unique legal work, this team is for you. The team comprises professionals from diverse fields, including technology, AI, privacy, IP, corporate, employment, tax law, regulatory, and litigation.As a Legal Program Manager, you will grow and manage large-scale cross-functional legal initiatives relating to litigation, discovery, investigations, IP, regulatory/governance, and legal operations.

This is a unique opportunity to be directly involved in the forefront of legal AI issues. You’ll work with our Deputy General Counsel, Senior Legal Program Managers, legal operations team members and work closely with internal and external counsel to define and execute successful legal systems, processes, and scale. You’ll play a significant hand in building legal solutions that will scale across OpenAI.This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

In this role, you will:



  • Collaborate with Legal, Engineering, Security, and other business and compliance teams to lead and build legal programs, including Litigation, Investigations, IP, Regulatory/Governance, and Privacy.

  • Work with our Legal team leaders to coordinate workstreams for complex cross-functional initiatives. 

  • Support cross-functional process and operational improvements of various programs, provide insights into overall program performance across the organization, and bring a focus on efficiency and scalability as the organization grows.

You might thrive in this role if you: 



  • 5+ years of experience in legal program management

  • 3+ years of litigation/regulatory focused experience

  • Are deeply familiar with litigation, investigations, IP, regulatory/governance, privacy and/or legal operations.

  • Proactively take ownership of projects by setting and achieving milestones and synthesizing input from cross-functional partners.

  • Have solid organizational and project management skills, a strong sense of ownership, and enthusiasm about AI technology; enjoy being continually challenged and can demonstrate sound judgment in ambiguous situations.

  • Use a mixture of scrappy building when needed and more formal methodologies like Lean principles or PMP.

  • Have the ability to navigate fast-paced technical environments.

  • SQL skills a plus.

About the Interview Process


We will accept applications and conduct interviews through December, targeting onboarding by January. The interview process may include a written assessment and several values, skills, and behavioral interviews with our team, virtually or in person.

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 do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. OpenAI Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy StatementFor US Based Candidates: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link.OpenAI Global Applicant Privacy PolicyAt 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.Compensation Range: $145K - $165K

Life at OpenAI

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. Their main product is ChatGPT. They've trained a model called ChatGPT which interacts in a conversational way. The dialogue format makes it possible for ChatGPT to answer followup questions, admit its mistakes, challenge incorrect premises, and reject inappropriate requests. 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.
Thrive Here & What We Value1. OpenAI is an equal opportunity employer that values diverse perspectives, voices, and experiences. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.2. Our commitment to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities is demonstrated through our global applicant privacy policy and the option for requests via a provided link.3. We believe in shaping the future of technology by creating AI systems that are safe, reliable, and have human needs at their core. Our mission includes encompassing diverse perspectives, voices, and experiences to benefit all of humanity.4. OpenAI's hybrid work model consists of 3 days in the office per week, promoting a collaborative environment while offering relocation assistance for new employees.5. We prioritize impact by supporting researchers, enabling initiatives that have enduring customer and business impact, focusing on data and insights, preparing for future transformative technologies, and engaging in robust security practices.6. Our commitment to safety is evident through our emphasis on creating AI systems with human needs at their core and a fast-paced environment that provides individuals with high autonomy while valuing diverse perspectives and experiences.7. OpenAI's dedication to ensuring AI benefits all of humanity includes providing reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities, adhering to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and considering qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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