Strategic Operations Lead, User Safety & Risk Operations
Core
Building operational capacity and defining operating models for new, ambiguous areas of User Safety & Risk Operations at OpenAI.
Role type
Senior IC Strategic Operations Lead
Builds
Operating models, launch plans, workflows, and escalation paths for new product deployments and partnerships.
Domain
AI Safety & Risk Operations
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure
Required skills
Strategic thinking, technical fluency, data literacy (SQL, dashboards), workflow design, stakeholder alignment, risk tracking, AI tool usage, implementation execution.
Preferred skills
Cloud/enterprise deployment experience, post-launch monitoring design, implementation consulting, prototyping lightweight tools/automations.
Technologies
SQL, spreadsheets, dashboards, AI-assisted development tools, low-code/no-code platforms, scripting.
Responsibilities
Lead strategic operational builds from problem statement to implemented model; Build launch and early-life operating models for complex partner deployments; Translate technical/policy constraints into practical workflows; Define safety/risk signal monitoring and escalation; Partner with senior leaders to translate needs into execution plans; Use data to analyze workflow health and bottlenecks.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC