Applied AI Engineering Manager, Startups | Scale

OpenAI, Inc.; Greater London; Sur place; GBP 150 000 - 190 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

OpenAI is seeking an Applied AI Engineering Manager for Startups to lead a high-velocity team that takes startups from experiment to production. You will balance leadership, technical depth, and customer-focused delivery with cross-functional influence across Sales, Product, Engineering, and Research.

You will define scalable deployment playbooks, mentor engineers, and drive repeatable patterns that improve adoption, performance, and long-term account value in a fast-moving startup segment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience founding, scaling, or operating within early-stage startups in technical leadership roles.
• Experience building and leading technical, customer-facing teams in high-growth environments.
• Depth across APIs, platform products, AI/ML systems, and production deployment considerations.

Responsabilités

• Define and refine the strategic vision and operating model for the Startups Applied AI Engineering team.
• Lead and grow a team of technical ICs supporting startup customers across multiple company types.
• Help startups move from experimentation to production by identifying blockers and advising on architecture.
• Partner with Sales to accelerate adoption, production usage, and account growth.
• Represent the technical voice of startup customers, capturing feedback on DX, product gaps, and deployment blockers.
• Translate needs into repeatable playbooks, reference architectures, and customer-facing assets.
• Serve as senior escalation point for priority startup customers, including founders and CTOs.
• Balance urgent customer needs with openAI’s product priorities and roadmap changes.
• Coach Applied AI Engineers on technical quality, judgment, and cross-functional partnership.
• Collaborate across GTM teams to support startups from early adoption to scaled production.

Connaissances

Startup leadership

Technical leadership

APIs and platform products

AI/ML systems

Developer workflows

Production deployment

Executive communication

Description du poste

OpenAI is seeking an Applied AI Engineering Manager for Startups to lead a high-velocity team that takes startups from experiment to production. You will balance leadership, technical depth, and customer-focused delivery with cross-functional influence across Sales, Product, Engineering, and Research.

You will define scalable deployment playbooks, mentor engineers, and drive repeatable patterns that improve adoption, performance, and long-term account value in a fast-moving startup segment.