Global Campaigns and Special Projects Manager, Global Affairs

OpenAI, Inc.

Job Overview

Location

San Francisco

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• Coordinate and execute global policy campaigns, flagship initiatives, and high-priority special projects across multiple regions and stakeholder groups in collaboration with the VP of Global Policy.
• Serve as the central operational lead for cross-functional initiatives involving policy, communications, partnerships, legal, and go-to-market teams to ensure alignment and execution.
• Develop and maintain integrated planning systems including timelines, stakeholder trackers, milestones, briefing materials, and execution workflows for global campaigns and projects.
• Establish and sustain operating rhythms across distributed, globally dispersed teams to align priorities, timelines, and deliverables across time zones and regional contexts.
• Prepare high-quality executive-level briefing materials, strategic updates, presentations, talking points, and stakeholder communications for internal and external audiences.
• Identify emerging geopolitical, policy, reputational, and ecosystem developments and translate them into actionable engagement strategies and execution plans.
• Build lightweight operational systems and processes that enhance coordination, accountability, and visibility across a complex global portfolio of initiatives.
• Leverage AI tools and workflows to improve organizational effectiveness, accelerate project coordination, strengthen situational awareness, and support strategic execution at scale.
• Partner with senior leadership to drive proactive external engagement with governments, international institutions, civil society organizations, academic institutions, and industry partners.
• Manage sensitive, high-visibility workstreams with strong judgment, discretion, and operational discipline in a fast-paced, ambiguous, and high-growth environment.
• Translate broad strategic priorities into concrete initiatives with clear owners, timelines, and measurable outcomes, ensuring momentum and completion.
• Operate effectively across diverse cultural and geopolitical contexts, maintaining alignment with OpenAI’s mission to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.
• Act as a trusted operational and strategic partner on critical, cross-cutting initiatives within the Global Affairs organization, influencing outcomes without formal authority.
• Maintain strong organizational standards, initiative, and ownership to move complex projects forward independently in a dynamic environment.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in program management, strategic initiatives, operations, partnerships, public affairs, consulting, policy, communications, or related fields in highly dynamic, cross-functional environments.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives across functions, geographies, and time zones.
• Strong operational instincts and exceptional organizational skills, with experience building systems that improve execution across complex portfolios.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing executive-level briefings, memos, presentations, and stakeholder materials.
• Demonstrated interest in the intersection of technology, geopolitics, policy, partnerships, communications, and public engagement.
• Proficiency with AI tools and demonstrated ability to apply AI capabilities to operational workflows, coordination, research, and execution.

🏖️ Benefits

• Opportunity to work on mission-critical initiatives shaping the future of artificial general intelligence.
• Collaborative environment with cross-functional teams across research, product, legal, communications, and global partnerships.
• Exposure to senior leadership and high-impact global stakeholders including governments, international institutions, and civil society organizations.
• Access to cutting-edge AI tools and workflows to enhance personal and team productivity.
• Support for professional growth in a rapidly evolving field at the forefront of technology and global policy.
• Inclusive, equal opportunity workplace committed to diversity and ethical AI development.

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About OpenAI, Inc.

OpenAI is a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence research and deployment company founded in 2015. It develops large-scale AI models such as GPT, DALL-E, and Codex, providing cloud APIs and consumer applications like ChatGPT. Originally established as a non-profit, it later created a capped-profit subsidiary to attract capital while maintaining its mission to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.

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