Legal Programs Lead: Risk & Workflow Innovation

OpenAI, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance to new employees

Hybrid work model (3 days in office)

Job summary

OpenAI, Inc. is seeking a Legal Program Manager to independently manage assigned legal programs with a focus on emerging user risk. You will partner with counsel and technical and business teams to set priorities, scope, and drive day‑to‑day execution.

This full‑time role is based in San Francisco, CA, or New York, NY, offering a hybrid work model with relocation assistance to new employees. You will develop repeatable processes and maintain a reliable source of truth for decisions and actions.

Qualifications

• Experience independently managing programs or projects in legal operations, business operations, compliance, policy, investigations, or related field.
• Experience coordinating work across teams and driving open questions to resolution.
• Ability to document workflows, playbooks, and processes clearly.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage assigned legal programs and workstreams: plan, owners, milestones, dependencies, blockers, and execution.
• Translate guidance into repeatable workflows, intake, escalations, information gathering, and coordination.
• Build partnerships across Legal, Product, Safety, User Operations, Policy, and other teams; clarify ownership and handoffs.
• Clarify open questions, synthesize input, present recommendations, and escalate as needed.
• Maintain a reliable source of truth for matters, owners, deadlines, decisions, and actions; provide progress reporting.
• Identify recurring issues and drive improvements with tools and automation.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional collaboration

Documentation

Analytical skills

Communication

Job description

OpenAI, Inc. is seeking a Legal Program Manager to independently manage assigned legal programs with a focus on emerging user risk. You will partner with counsel and technical and business teams to set priorities, scope, and drive day‑to‑day execution.

This full‑time role is based in San Francisco, CA, or New York, NY, offering a hybrid work model with relocation assistance to new employees. You will develop repeatable processes and maintain a reliable source of truth for decisions and actions.