Emerging Risk Operations Manager @ OpenAI
placeSan Francisco, CA
attach_money $315,000
businessOn Site
scheduleFull Time
Posted 1 day ago
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About The Team
At OpenAI, our User Safety & Risk Operations team safeguards our platform and users from abuse, fraud, and emerging threats. We operate at the intersection of product risk, operational scale, and real-time safety response—supporting users from individuals to global enterprises across ChatGPT, API, and platform integrations.
About The Role
The Emerging Risk Operations Manager role is designed for a systems-oriented operations leader who will build and scale the Emerging Risk Operations team into a high-impact function. You will be responsible for shaping how OpenAI detects and responds to novel, fast-evolving, or high-context user safety risks that lack a clear policy or operational playbook.
In This Role, You Will
- Build and lead a team handling safety risks across the platform.
- Design and scale workflows for detection, analysis, and operational support.
- Drive feedback loops with modeling and classifier teams using qualitative and quantitative insights.
- Develop trend analysis and reporting for stakeholders to surface risk patterns.
- Stand up new workflows and playbooks for novel risks and harms.
- Partner with Policy, Product, Legal, and Engineering to shape detection and automation strategies.
- Collaborate with Vendor Operations to optimize external team performance.
- Measure signal strength, triage outcomes, and feedback using dashboards and metrics.
You Might Thrive In This Role If You
- You have over 8 years in Trust & Safety, Risk Operations, or related fields, including significant leadership experience.
- You have built and scaled operational teams integrating people, processes, vendors, and technology.
- You are familiar with LLM behaviors, classifier development, and AI-driven workflows with tools like Python, SQL, or OpenAI APIs.
- You can triage complex, ambiguous escalations and influence technical and product workstreams.
- You communicate clearly and strategically with leadership and cross-functional teams.
Key Skills/Competency
- Risk Management
- Safety Operations
- Team Leadership
- Workflow Design
- Data Analysis
- Automation
- Communication
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Trend Analysis
- Operational Metrics
How to Get Hired at OpenAI
🎯 Tips for Getting Hired
- Customize Your Resume: Highlight operations and risk management experience.
- Research OpenAI: Understand their products and safety strategies.
- Emphasize Leadership: Detail team building and management skills.
- Demonstrate Technical Aptitude: Showcase skills in Python, SQL, and API integrations.
📝 Interview Preparation Advice
Technical Preparation
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Review Python scripting fundamentals.
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Practice SQL queries and data manipulation.
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Study classifier development basics.
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Familiarize with API documentation.
Behavioral Questions
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Describe a time handling ambiguous risk challenges.
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Explain how you lead cross-functional teams.
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Share experience with scaling operational workflows.
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Detail a situation requiring strategic communication.
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