Global Mobility Tax Manager

OpenAI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI is seeking a Global Mobility Tax Manager to own the strategy and operating model for mobility tax across international and domestic travel, assignments, and cross-border moves. You will translate complex tax requirements into clear policies, durable controls, and practical employee guidance.

You will lead through expertise across Payroll, Corporate Tax, Finance, Legal, and People, building dashboards, governance, and an automated, scalable program while partnering with external advisors.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of global mobility tax, expatriate tax, or related field experience.
• Experience in both leading tax advisory and in-house mobility teams.
• Ability to scale mobility programs in a multinational environment.
• Knowledge of individual income tax, payroll withholding/reporting, social security, and tax equalization/as needed.

Responsibilities

• Set the global mobility tax framework, governance, and service model.
• Build policies and decision frameworks for international/domestic mobility scenarios.
• Design end-to-end operating model: ownership, handoffs, controls, escalations, communications, vendor responsibilities.
• Partner with Payroll, Corporate Tax, Finance, Legal, People, and business leaders to inform workforce decisions.
• Establish reporting, dashboards, program health metrics, and issue-management routines.
• Automate high-volume workflows and use AI-enabled tools to improve case handling and data quality.
• Manage external tax advisors and vendor partners to meet standards and timelines.
• Monitor regulatory changes and strengthen policies and controls.

Skills

Global mobility tax

Cross-functional leadership

Policy design

Data analytics

Communication

Vendor management

Automation & AI

Stakeholder influence

Tools

Payroll systems

Tax software

Job description

About the Role

OpenAI is building a scalable global mobility tax program that enables employees and the business to move quickly while managing tax compliance, risk, and employee experience. As Global Mobility Tax Manager, you will own the strategy and operating model for mobility tax across international and domestic business travel, assignment planning, cross-border moves, and other priority mobility scenarios.

This is a high-impact role for a builder who can translate complex tax requirements into clear policies, durable controls, and practical employee and business guidance. You will lead through expertise and influence across Payroll, Corporate Tax, Finance, Legal, People, business teams, and external advisors.

In this role, you will:

• Set the global mobility tax framework, principles, governance, and service model in partnership with Corporate Tax teams.

• Build clear policies and decision frameworks for international and domestic business travel, assignment planning, cross-border transfers, and other mobility scenarios.

• Design the end-to-end operating model, including ownership, handoffs, controls, escalations, employee communications, and vendor responsibilities.

• Partner with Payroll, Corporate Tax, Finance, Legal, People, and business leaders to identify tax implications early and support sound workforce decisions.

• Establish reporting, dashboards, program health metrics, and issue-management routines that surface risk and drive timely remediation.

• Automate high-volume workflows and use AI-enabled tools to improve case handling, documentation, data quality, and employee support.

• Manage external tax advisors and vendor partners, service quality, and delivery against agreed standards, timelines, and outcomes.

• Monitor regulatory and business changes, assess program impact, and continuously strengthen policies and controls.

You might thrive in this role if you:

• Bring 8+ years of experience in global mobility tax, expatriate tax, business-traveler compliance, or a closely related field.

• Have experience in both a leading tax advisory firm and an in-house global mobility tax function.

• Have built or scaled mobility tax programs in a complex, fast-growing, multinational environment.

• Bring knowledge of individual income tax, payroll withholding and reporting, social security, tax equalization or protection, and business-traveler compliance.

• Can turn technical requirements into practical policies, controls, workflows, and clear guidance for employees and business partners.

• Have a track record of leading complex cross-functional programs, influencing senior stakeholders, and driving decisions through ambiguity.

• Use data, systems, and automation to improve compliance, visibility, efficiency, and service quality.

• Have experience managing global vendors and implementing mobility tax technology.

• Communicate with precision, exercise sound judgment, and balance employee experience with business and compliance needs.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

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