Legal Program Manager (Regulatory Compliance)

OpenAI
San Francisco, New York
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 162,000 - 180,000 annuallyFunction: Program & Project Management (PMO)Experience: 6+ yearsSkills: ["Organizational skills","Analytical skills","Communication skills","Sound judgment","Ownership"]

Build and manage end-to-end regulatory compliance programs that translate counsel’s guidance into repeatable workflows, controls, and documentation. Partner across legal and cross-functional teams to coordinate implementation, evidence collection, reporting, audits, and incident responses. Help teams scale compliance across regulations, products, and jurisdictions—maintaining a reliable source of truth for obligations, decisions, evidence, and readiness while escalating risks and gaps with clear operating cadences.

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Legal Program Manager (Regulatory Compliance)

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Job Summary

Build and manage end-to-end regulatory compliance programs that translate counsel’s guidance into repeatable workflows, controls, and documentation. Partner across legal and cross-functional teams to coordinate implementation, evidence collection, reporting, audits, and incident responses. Help teams scale compliance across regulations, products, and jurisdictions—maintaining a reliable source of truth for obligations, decisions, evidence, and readiness while escalating risks and gaps with clear operating cadences.
Location: San Francisco, New York
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Program & Project Management (PMO)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead regulatory compliance programs end to end by defining scope, owners, milestones, dependencies, risks, and escalation paths and driving execution with counsel and cross-functional partners.
  • •Translate counsel’s regulatory guidance into repeatable workflows, controls, and documentation across areas such as content moderation disclosures, transparency reporting, and frontier AI governance readiness.
  • •Build cross-functional partnerships across Product, Engineering, User Operations, Governance/Risk/Compliance, Global Affairs, Communications, and Go-to-Market to align program priorities and deliverables.
  • •Support regulatory inquiries, audits, and investigations by organizing evidence and coordinating timely, accurate responses and reporting.
  • •Maintain a reliable source of truth for obligations, controls, decisions, evidence, and reporting; identify gaps, track remediation, and escalate blockers with success measures and operating cadences.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 162,000 - 180,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •6+ years of experience in program management, regulatory compliance, or related areas in a tech-forward or highly regulated environment.
  • •Experience working with an in-house legal team; regulatory matters experience and in-house technology experience are strongly preferred.
  • •Demonstrated ability to build and scale compliance programs by translating legal or regulatory requirements into operational workflows and maintaining documentation/evidence with counsel.
  • •Ability to take ownership of complex projects, set and achieve milestones, synthesize cross-functional input, and build trust across legal, technical, and business teams.
  • •Strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills with sound judgment under pressure and progress through ambiguity.
Experience:6+ yearsRegulatory complianceProgram managementTech-forward environmentHighly regulated environmentIn-house legal
Skills:Organizational skillsAnalytical skillsCommunication skillsSound judgmentOwnership
Certifications:PMPPMI-ACPCPACISSP
Tech Stack:SQL

Company Brief

OpenAI
Develops and deploys advanced generative AI models (including ChatGPT and DALL·E) and AI infrastructure, providing APIs and consumer products to accelerate safe AGI for broad benefit.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2015
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