HR Business Partner

About the team

OpenAI’s People team aims to hire, engage, and retain world-class talent to safely build and deploy universally beneficial Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). The HR team, a vital subset of the People team, supports a diverse group of scientists, engineers, and business professionals, with expertise in employee relations, immigration, compensation and benefits, learning and development, project management, and more.

About the role

We’re looking for an experienced HR Business Partner to enable OpenAI’s success by driving organizational design, talent development, and change management. Collaborating with cross-functional partners, you'll implement world-class People programs, foster a high-trust culture, and enhance performance management and career development through HR strategy, leadership support, and employee engagement.

You’ll have several areas of responsibilities, including:

• Strategic Partnership: Drive organizational design, talent development, employee engagement, and change management initiatives.

• Workforce Planning & Program Management: Lead workforce planning and rollout of updated or new People programs and policies, supporting OpenAI’s strategic goals.

• Collaboration & Process Improvement: Collaborate with cross-functional partners to build efficient, world-class initiatives.

• Consultation & Leadership Support: Provide custom solutions and guidance to leaders, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.

• Employee Development & Engagement: Enhance performance management, career-pathing, and employee engagement.

• Change Management: Support change management efforts across teams and our talent population.

• Trust & Culture: Protect a high trust culture through thoughtful resolution of employee concerns.

We’ll look for these qualities, experience, and skills:

• HRBP Expertise & Strategic Capability: 7+ years of HRBP experience, adept at designing big-picture strategies and transitioning to 1:1 coaching. Proven in structuring scalable processes for team operations, including performance management, career pathing, and high-impact programs.

• Leadership & Change Management: Strong ability to manage vertically and laterally, support leaders, drive change management initiatives, and lead organizational growth or transformation, with experience in leadership development and serving as a trusted advisor to leaders.

• Communication & Relationship Building: Outstanding verbal and written communication skills, capable of drafting performance plans, annual reviews, and employee policies. Proven ability to build relationships, offer expert insights, challenge leaders, and maintain productive relationships.

• Problem-Solving & Data-Driven Insights: Excellent critical thinking, root cause problem-solving abilities, and proficiency in using HR metrics for data-driven decisions. Ability to diagnose cultural or management issues and implement effective strategies for improvement.

• Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: Passionate about advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in policies, practices, and culture. Proven track record in fostering a positive work environment and resolving employee relations conflicts with impeccable judgment.

Location and Workplace

This role is based in our Mission Bay, San Francisco office with occasional visits to our Mission HQ 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, a private outdoor space for working in the sun or socializing, nap 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. 

For US Based Candidates: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link.

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