International Strategy and Operations Lead

at  OpenAI

The International Strategy and Operations team’s core responsibility is to develop OpenAI’s strategy in markets outside of the US and to lead cross-functional operations to further the company’s mission.

We are looking for founding members for our International Strategy and Operations team, responsible for developing OpenAI’s strategy in markets outside of the US. This person will drive cross-functional alignment across all functions in the company on matters related to OpenAI’s international operations.
This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

In this role, you will:

• Drive global expansion strategy (in partnership with exec, GTM leadership and global affairs leadership) – what markets we pursue, when, and why.
• Execute research to and lead cohesive market strategy development for newly launched markets (in partnership with GTM and GA leadership).
• Launch new markets and drives coordinates across supporting teams.
• Support hiring of initial staff in the market.
• Develop talent strategy and coordination between HQ and international offices.
• Partner with product, engineering, design, and the broader product team to ensure operational readiness of new markets
• Present company executives on progress and status of international offices

You might thrive in this role if you:

• Experience in growth, business operations, or another role that marries strategy, operations, and data in tech, finance or consulting.
• Have experience working on products where developers, engineers, or technical teams are the customer
• Use tools like SQL, Python, Excel and other BI tools (Mode, Tableau, Looker, etc.) daily
• Are comfortable reading and writing some code to prototype or test API and platform features
• Have extensive experience in taking end-to-end ownership of large, ambiguous problems and breaking them down into clear, actionable plans.
• Can context switch with ease and dynamically prioritize a portfolio of work
• Have a proven track record of leading cross functional projects with a broad set of stakeholders to success