openai - Senior Technical Recruiter, Engineering Leadership
Responsibilities
• Lead full-cycle searches for engineering managers and senior engineering leaders across Applied Foundations. • Partner with hiring leaders to define role scope, leadership expectations, technical requirements, and the outcomes a successful hire will deliver. • Develop talent maps and targeted search strategies, combining direct sourcing, referrals, market research, and long-term relationship building. • Engage passive leadership candidates through thoughtful outreach and substantive conversations about their experience, motivations, and potential impact at OpenAI. • Partner with hiring teams to assess leadership capabilities, including building teams, developing managers, setting technical direction, and leading through change. • Advise senior stakeholders using market intelligence and search evidence, including when to revisit requirements, broaden a talent pool, or adjust the hiring approach. • Own complex closing strategies, partnering with hiring leaders and compensation colleagues to navigate competing opportunities, equity considerations, counteroffers, and career decisions. • Maintain a rigorous operating rhythm across searches, communicating progress, surfacing risks early, and delivering a consistent, thoughtful candidate experience. • Strengthen leadership recruiting practices by sharing insights, improving assessment approaches, and helping teammates navigate challenging searches. • Bring substantial technical recruiting experience, with a demonstrated track record of personally owning and closing engineering leadership searches. • Have experience in executive search, in-house leadership recruiting, or a comparable environment requiring targeted research, senior stakeholder partnership, and discretion. • Can evaluate leadership scope beyond titles and partner with hiring managers to distinguish technical expertise, people leadership, and organizational impact. • Build credibility with senior engineering leaders and offer clear recommendations, including constructive pushback when needed. • Have successfully managed complex offers and understand how compensation, role scope, organizational context, and personal motivations influence a leadership candidate’s decision. • Combine strategic judgment with strong sourcing and execution skills, taking ownership from search kickoff through close. • Learn unfamiliar technical domains quickly and adapt effectively as priorities or role requirements evolve. • Communicate clearly, handle sensitive information thoughtfully, and approach feedback with humility and a willingness to update your perspective.
Benefits
• $172K – $295K • Offers Equity • The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. If the role is non-exempt, overtime pay will be provided consistent with applicable laws. In addition to the salary range listed above, total compensation also includes generous equity, performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees, and the following benefits. • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts • Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit) • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match • Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks) • Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees • 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law) • Mental health and wellness support • Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage • Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth • Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible • Relocation support for eligible employees • Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided. • More details about our benefits are available to candidates during the hiring process. • This role is at-will and OpenAI reserves the right to modify base pay and other compensation components at any time based on individual performance, team or company results, or market conditions. • Upload your resume here to autofill key application fields. • Drop your resume here! • Parsing your resume. Autofilling key fields... • Please Note: we have set up limits for applications across roles. Candidates may not apply more than 5 times in any 180 day span. • Please enter your legal name exactly as shown on your government-issued ID. This helps keep records accurate for later hiring steps. • or drag and drop here • We may provide immigration and sponsorship support to new employees based on their unique circumstances. • Please share anything else you want us to know, such as your motivation to apply or additional context for your application. • As a reminder, we offer relocation support for new employees. • Applicant Arbitration Agreement • I acknowledge that I have opened, read, and understood the Arbitration Agreement. I understand that by submitting my application, I am agreeing to be bound by the terms of the Arbitration Agreement. • OpenAI is not seeking, nor should you disclose, any information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations to third parties, including but not limited to, your current employer. • I confirm I have read the above. • If not applicable, select No. • Decline to self-identify • Hispanic or Latino - A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. • Hispanic or Latino • White (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. • White • Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa. • Black or African American • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander • Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. • Asian • American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment. • American Indian or Alaska Native • Two or More Races (Not Hispanic or Latino) - All persons who identify with more than one of the above five races. • Two or More Races • Hispanic or Latino • White (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino) • American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Two or More Races (Not Hispanic or Latino) • I identify as one or more of the classifications of protected veteran listed above • I am not a protected veteran
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