About the Team
OpenAI’s mission is to build safe artificial general intelligence (AGI) which benefits all of humanity. This long-term undertaking brings the world’s best scientists, engineers, and business professionals into one lab together to accomplish this.
In pursuit of this mission, our Recruiting team is responsible for finding, assessing, and hiring exceptional talent across various fields and specialties, acting as consultative partners to our leaders across the organization. We’re an established, collaborative team with a balance of structure, process, and highly ambitious problems to solve for.
About the Role
Our team is growing to help OpenAI build the next phase of highly-capable intelligent computer systems. We’re looking for a highly experienced technical recruiter who advises hiring managers and partners closely. You're driven to work on high-value talent initiatives and are close to the industry’s most sought-after talent. You’ll work with our existing team members, including technical recruiters, coordinators, sourcers, and any cross-functional partners needed to succeed.
This role will support a myriad of specialties, starting with software, data and mobile engineering. This role reports to our Applied AI Recruiting lead.
In this role, you will:
Fully manage hiring needs and initiatives through forecasted headcount to opportunistic hires.
Partner with leaders and hiring managers to develop a deep understanding of our business's current and future hiring and develop strategies to fulfill those needs.
Act as the primary touchpoint for your candidates from source to close, striving for an exceptional experience and quick progress.
Act as a thought-partner and advisor to hiring teams, including candidate relationship management, closing support, and talent market intelligence.
Source talent for high-impact roles for OpenAI through a variety of creative channels and partner with our sourcing team.
We’re looking for:
10+ years of experience in technical recruiting in a high growth, tech company.
Demonstrated success in leading strategy and driving execution to hire top-tier talent including hiring talent in extremely niche talent markets.
Strong interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to build and maintain strong relationships, influence and partner effectively with hiring managers and leaders.
Exemplary verbal / written communication, and interpersonal skills.
You might thrive in this role if you:
Are deeply interested in technology and artificial intelligence, and their potential for positive impact on humanity
Are passionate about building and growing relationships
Connect and relate to a wide range of people, personalities, and values
Care deeply about building a diverse and inclusive recruiting pipeline and work environment
Have a track record of balancing multiple open roles in an organized method
Learn quickly and thrive in a constantly evolving environment with shifting priorities
Location and Workplace
This role is based in either our San Francisco HQ or remotely within the US, with occasional travel to other offices (typically quarterly).
Our in-office roles use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office with optional work from home on Thursdays and Fridays. We also offer relocation assistance to new employees.
Our open-plan offices have height-adjustable desks, conference rooms, phone booths, well-stocked kitchens full of snacks and drinks, and located near public transportation and lively city neighborhoods.
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 do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.
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