Program Manager, National Security Policy Operations

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ABOUT THE TEAM

OpenAI's mission is to ensure that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We believe that achieving our goal requires effective engagement with public policy stakeholders and the broader community impacted by AI. The Global Affairs team builds trusted relationships that help external stakeholders understand advanced AI and ensure that their perspectives inform our work. Within Global Affairs, the National Security Policy team works across OpenAI to understand how increasingly capable AI systems affect security, governance, and democratic resilience, and to advance policies that support the responsible development and use of AI.

ABOUT THE ROLE

OpenAI is seeking a highly organized and skilled Program Manager, National Security Policy Operations to join the Global Affairs team, reporting directly to Sasha Baker, who leads the National Security Policy team. This is a hands-on program management role focused on running the planning, coordination, and execution systems that enable the team to operate effectively.

This person will translate team priorities into executable plans, synthesize data and inputs into clear program updates, manage key programs and workstreams, and create the operating discipline that keeps decisions, dependencies, and follow-through on track. This role sits at the center of the National Security Policy team's planning, prioritization, information flow, and execution. Success means giving the team clear visibility into commitments, dependencies, decisions, and risks; reducing fragmented operational work; enabling faster and better-informed decisions; and ensuring priorities move reliably from scoping through completion. The ideal candidate takes deep pride in program management as a craft and is energized by enabling policy and technical experts to do their best work. The role works closely with policy experts but is not primarily responsible for setting policy positions or serving as the team's external policy lead.

This role may be based in San Francisco or Washington, DC. It will require travel as necessary,

and we offer relocation assistance to new employees.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE

• Run portfolio planning and team operations, including intake, workplans, milestones, owners, dependencies, risks, and progress reporting. Surface capacity constraints, recommend sequencing and tradeoffs, and escalate decisions to the team lead, who sets priorities and makes resource decisions.
• Build and maintain lightweight, repeatable operating systems for planning, meeting cadences, knowledge management, decision logs, and centralized tracking of developments, commitments, and follow-up.
• Own the team's program metrics and central tracking of commitments, owners, deadlines, dependencies, decisions, and follow-up. Keep records current and reliable, and produce concise updates and practical dashboards that make progress, risks, and decisions clear to policy leaders.

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