Engineering Communications

About the Team

OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We believe our research will eventually lead to artificial general intelligence, a system that can solve human-level problems. 

Our Communications team includes PR/Media Relations, Internal Communications, Events, Community & Social, and other strategic comms functions. This team’s ethos is to support OpenAI's mission and goals by clearly and authentically explaining our technology, values, and approach to safely building powerful AI.

About the Role

We’re hiring a communications leader to spearhead OpenAI’s engineering communications. 

At OpenAI, we're solving unprecedented technical challenges in pursuit of our mission. That means the stories we will tell about our engineering work are also unprecedented. This person will work directly with our engineering leadership to uncover, shape, and amplify these stories across external channels.

You’ll help establish OpenAI’s reputation as a hub for extraordinary engineering by spotlighting the people and principles behind the breakthroughs powering ChatGPT, the API, and other products as well as the infrastructure that supports these systems at scale. You’ll also amplify how we’re using our own technology to create the software engineering organization of the future, and shaping what engineering communications looks like in the era of AGI.

We’re looking for someone who is energized by the opportunity to shape an engineering comms program from the ground up. This role reports to the Developer Communications Lead and is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of three days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

In this role, you will:

• Collaborate deeply with engineering teams to surface stories and amplify the impact of our technical work.

• Build and run OpenAI’s first dedicated engineering communications channels (e.g. technical blog, social presence, etc.).

• Develop external communication strategies to engage the engineering community, press, and the broader public.

• Cultivate trusted relationships with top-tier tech and engineering media.

• Support OpenAI engineers and technical leaders with speaking engagements, media opportunities, and public storytelling.

• Navigate and manage sensitive communications related to bugs, outages, and incidents.

• Partner cross-functionally across engineering, product, policy, marketing, and more.

You might thrive in this role if you:

• You want to help shape the public understanding of engineering at the frontier of AI.

• You are as comfortable in technical forums as you are with mainstream audiences.

• You love building programs from scratch and aren't afraid to take initiative.

• You have a strong point of view but are collaborative and low-ego.

• You get energy from high-stakes, high-impact work.

• Have 8+ years of experience in communications, with a strong track record in technical and engineering storytelling.

• Experience translating highly complex ideas into accessible, compelling narratives.

• Deep relationships in the tech and engineering press landscape.
  Strong strategic instincts, sound judgment under pressure, and an ability to thrive in fast-moving environments.

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. 

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

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