Startup AI Engineering Lead — Scale Production & Impact

OpenAI, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; GBP 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI's Startups Applied AI Engineering team seeks an Manager to lead and scale the motion, helping high-growth startups move from experimentation to production with OpenAI's technologies.

You will balance team leadership, technical depth, and customer prioritization while collaborating across Sales, Product, Engineering, Research, and GTM to define scalable engagement models and playbooks.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of technical ICs serving startup customers.
• Identify blockers, advise on architecture, and drive deployment paths to production.
• Collaborate with Sales to accelerate adoption and account growth.

Job description

OpenAI's Startups Applied AI Engineering team seeks an Manager to lead and scale the motion, helping high-growth startups move from experimentation to production with OpenAI's technologies.

You will balance team leadership, technical depth, and customer prioritization while collaborating across Sales, Product, Engineering, Research, and GTM to define scalable engagement models and playbooks.