Technical Program Manager, Applied API & Product

OpenAI
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 257,000 - 445,000 annuallyFunction: Program & Project Management (PMO)Experience: 10-15 yearsSkills: ["Communication","Leadership","Problem-solving"]

Drive large-scale product and platform initiatives across chat, API, and related surfaces. Translate vision into actionable plans, shape interfaces for consumer and developer experiences, and ensure successful delivery across web, mobile, and platform layers. Lead cross-functional execution with discipline, influence architectural direction, advocate for developers, and collaborate with product, design, engineering, legal, policy, and GTM teams.

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OpenAI
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Technical Program Manager, Applied API & Product

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Job Summary

Drive large-scale product and platform initiatives across chat, API, and related surfaces. Translate vision into actionable plans, shape interfaces for consumer and developer experiences, and ensure successful delivery across web, mobile, and platform layers. Lead cross-functional execution with discipline, influence architectural direction, advocate for developers, and collaborate with product, design, engineering, legal, policy, and GTM teams.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Program & Project Management (PMO)

Key Responsibilities

  • •Collaborate with product, engineering, and design to shape roadmaps, technical strategies, and long-term platform direction.
  • •Translate product vision into clear, scalable technical execution plans, balancing short-term delivery with long-term platform evolution.
  • •Lead end-to-end execution of cross-functional product and platform programs—from planning through launch and iteration.
  • •Own timelines, milestones, dependency management, risk mitigation, and accountability across teams.
  • •Partner with engineering teams to influence architectural decisions and interface definitions for public and internal APIs.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 257,000 - 445,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Have 10–15+ years of experience driving high-impact technical programs in product and platform domains.
  • •Strong technical acumen across front-end/client technologies, API development, and scalable systems architecture.
  • •Experience delivering developer-facing tools or platforms and advocating for the end-user and developer experience.
  • •Excellent program management discipline—comfortable managing multiple concurrent efforts, leading complex execution, and bringing clarity to ambiguity.
  • •Ability to connect user needs to technical tradeoffs and platform decisions.
Experience:10-15 yearsAISaaSAPI platform
Skills:CommunicationLeadershipProblem-solving
Tech Stack:APIFrontendBackendKubernetesCloudWebMobile

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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