Compensation Business Partner

About the Team

OpenAI's Compensation team plays a crucial role in rewarding and retaining world-class talent who will ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. By crafting and implementing innovative compensation strategies, we ensure our compensation offerings are competitive, equitable, and aligned with OpenAI's mission to scale intelligently and ethically.

About the Role

We are expanding our Compensation team and seeking a Compensation Partner to support our global growth. This strategic position will partner with business leaders, HR Partners, and recruiters to ensure our compensation strategies align with business objectives and talent needs. This role manages global benchmarking, owns offer approvals, and fosters strong relationships with cross-functional partners to gain a deep understanding of our talent across various departments.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with HR Business Partners, Business Leaders, and Recruiting to address compensation-related issues and provide solutions that support business goals.

• Own offer approvals and offer analysis, capturing emerging market trends and ensuring offers are consistent with our compensation philosophy.

• Manage the benchmarking process to ensure our compensation strategies are competitive and aligned with market standards.

• Foster strong relationships with cross-functional partners and gain a deep understanding of the talent within each organizational unit.

• Support compensation design and optimization, including job architecture and sales compensation.

We’re looking for someone with:

• 5+ years of experience in compensation or related roles.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to effectively partner with various stakeholders.

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data and make informed decisions.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.

• Experience in job architecture or sales compensation is strongly preferred.

Location and Workplace

This role is based in our Mission Bay, San Francisco office. We 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, three in-house prepared meals daily, outdoor space for working and socializing, wellness rooms, private bike storage, and more.

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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