Frontier AI Safety Program Manager & External Partnerships

Showcify; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Hybrid work model

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking a Research Program Manager on the Frontier Assurance team to design and manage third-party assessments of frontier models and safety safeguards. You will coordinate external research partnerships, translate findings for safety decisions, and help publish transparent evaluations.

Basing in San Francisco with a hybrid schedule and relocation support, you will work across research, product, policy, and communications to ensure rigorous external scrutiny informs deployment.

Qualifications

• Experience designing third-party assessment programs for frontier AI models.
• Ability to coordinate multi-stakeholder external partnerships with academic labs and independent experts.
• Strong communication of complex evaluation results to diverse audiences.

Responsibilities

• Design and run third-party assessment programs for frontier models and safeguards, defining scope, timelines, and deliverables.
• Build and manage strategic research partnerships with external evaluators and academic labs.
• Translate external findings into actionable safety recommendations for safeguards and deployment.
• Explain evidence behind OpenAI’s safety approach to both expert and public audiences.
• Lead public transparency programs, including system cards and summaries of assessments.

Skills

Research partnerships

Program management

External collaboration

Communication

Job description

OpenAI is seeking a Research Program Manager on the Frontier Assurance team to design and manage third-party assessments of frontier models and safety safeguards. You will coordinate external research partnerships, translate findings for safety decisions, and help publish transparent evaluations.

Basing in San Francisco with a hybrid schedule and relocation support, you will work across research, product, policy, and communications to ensure rigorous external scrutiny informs deployment.