CareerPlan

Legal Program Manager

San FranciscoFull-time2026-11-06 → 2026-11-09
Hybrid

Core

Manage assigned legal programs and workstreams focusing on emerging user risk, sensitive user escalations, and intake/response workflows for OpenAI's AI safety and compliance mission.

Role type

Senior Legal Program Manager (Legal Operations)

Builds

Repeatable legal workflows, playbooks, and documentation for user safety and regulatory compliance

Domain

Artificial Intelligence / Legal Operations / Regulatory Compliance

Required skills

Program management, cross-functional coordination, workflow documentation, information synthesis, decision facilitation, process improvement, data verification, stakeholder management

Preferred skills

In-house legal experience, technology environment experience, user safety knowledge, legal escalations, incident response, operational data familiarity

Technologies

AI tools, automation tools

Responsibilities

Define program plans, owners, milestones, and dependencies; translate counsel guidance into repeatable workflows; build partnerships across Legal, Product, Safety, and Policy teams; clarify open questions and bring recommendations to decision-makers; maintain reliable source of truth for matters and deadlines; identify recurring issues and lead implementation of improvements

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC