Tech Lead Manager, Education

OpenAI; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI's Education team is seeking a hands-on Tech Lead Manager to guide a small cohort of senior full-stack engineers building AI-native learning experiences in ChatGPT. You will write and ship code, mentor engineers, and shape the technical direction of our education products.

You will partner with research, Consumer Learning, and model teams to translate education insights into product improvements that help students and educators use AI more effectively.

Job description

About the Team

OpenAI’s Education team is building products that advance how people learn with AI. The team works across higher education institutions, K-12 districts, and country-level partnerships, including applied research on how AI affects learning and cognitive outcomes. The team owns owns ChatGPT Edu, ChatGPT for Teachers, and related product/research work. The team partners closely with go-to-market, research, Consumer Learning, and model teams to turn education-specific insights into product experiences that can improve ChatGPT more broadly.

Some of our recent work:

New Education Plugins for ChatGPT Work and Codex New tools for understanding AI and learning outcomes Education for countries Advancements in higher education Early product work - Introducing Study Mode

About the Role

We’re looking for a hands-on Tech Lead Manager to lead and manage a team of senior full-stack engineers building AI-native learning experiences in ChatGPT. This person will combine technical execution, product judgment, and people leadership: they will write and ship code, manage engineers, and help shape the product direction for how students and Educators use AI.

In This Role, You Will Lead and manage a team of three senior full-stack engineers. Build product experiences for ChatGPT Education, ChatGPT for Teachers, and AI-native learning workflows. Partner with research teams on field studies, randomized control trials, classifiers, data pipelines, and cognitive-outcome measurement. Collaborate with Consumer Learning and model teams to translate education insights into broader ChatGPT behavior and product improvements. Drive execution across product, engineering, research, go-to-market, and partner teams. Help define product strategy, priorities, and delivery plans for a new product pod.

You Might Thrive In This Role If You Have several years of direct people-management experience with engineers. Are still highly technical and comfortable doing IC engineering work. Have strong pr