M&A Security Programs Manager

OpenAI; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI seeks a Program Manager to build and own cross-functional programs spanning Security with a core focus on Mergers & Acquisitions. You will drive diligence, Day 1 readiness, integration, onboarding, and ongoing ownership across teams, applying AI and automation to scale operations while handling sensitive information with care.

You will partner across Corporate Development, IT, Legal, Privacy, Security, and GRC to define requirements, establish durable processes, and drive adoption of new

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience leading complex cross-functional programs, with a proven record of successful partnership in security, IT, infrastructure, privacy, trust, product risk, or other technical domains.
• Have carried programs from an ambiguous starting point through execution and lasting ownership.
• Have built a new program, workflow, or operating model yourself and can show how you earned adoption and improved results.
• Are curious about how teams work in practice and can find the underlying issue behind a missed handoff or recurring exception.
• Have used AI or automation to improve a real workflow and can explain what changed, how people adopted it, and where human judgment remains necessary.
• Have experience in Mergers & Acquisitions or related areas.
• Thrive in high-trust environments, bring rigor and systems thinking to ambiguity, and operate with a bias for aligned execution over org boundaries.
• Are structured, detail-oriented, and rigorous in ensuring quality, accountability, and durable delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own Security & IT M&A programs, including supporting System Operations and other engineering teams in defining and performing timely diligence assessments, and scoping, planning, and executing acquisition integrations.
• Partner with Corporate Development, IT, Infrastructure, Application, Legal, Privacy, Security, GRC, Corporate Security and other teams to understand cross-functional requirements and navigate tradeoffs.
• Learn partner teams' workflows and identify missed dependencies, bottlenecks, duplicated effort, and risks that could slow an integration or weaken its outcome.
• Establish scalable frameworks and processes to support core programs, including defining durable program goals and core measures of success.
• Use AI and automation to organize information, surface gaps, improve documentation, route work, and track follow-through, with appropriate handling of sensitive information and human review of risk decisions.
• Create and maintain program-level visibility across deals, risks, milestones, and dependencies, ensuring program outcomes are delivered reliably and at high quality.
• Communicate status, risks, tradeoffs, and decisions clearly to technical and executive audiences and drive cross-functional execution with urgency and care.
• Own additional programs that span Security and IT as organizational priorities evolve, applying and improving the systems built through the M&A portfolio.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Program management

Security awareness

Mergers & Acquisitions

AI/automation usage

Job description

OpenAI seeks a Program Manager to build and own cross-functional programs spanning Security with a core focus on Mergers & Acquisitions. You will drive diligence, Day 1 readiness, integration, onboarding, and ongoing ownership across teams, applying AI and automation to scale operations while handling sensitive information with care.

You will partner across Corporate Development, IT, Legal, Privacy, Security, and GRC to define requirements, establish durable processes, and drive adoption of new