Technical Sourcer, Research

OpenAI
San Francisco, New York, Seattle
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Research & Scientific (R&D)Skills: ["Communication","Relationship-building","Strategic thinking","Data-driven","Stakeholder management"]

As a Technical Sourcer for OpenAI's research teams, you will identify and engage world-class AI researchers and scientists, driving top-of-funnel sourcing, crafting targeted outreach, and building long-term relationships across academia and industry to fuel OpenAI’s research hiring ambitions. You’ll map emerging fields, pursue niche candidates, and partner with recruiters, hiring managers, and research leaders to strengthen candidate pipelines across multiple locations.

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Technical Sourcer, Research

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Job Summary

As a Technical Sourcer for OpenAI's research teams, you will identify and engage world-class AI researchers and scientists, driving top-of-funnel sourcing, crafting targeted outreach, and building long-term relationships across academia and industry to fuel OpenAI’s research hiring ambitions. You’ll map emerging fields, pursue niche candidates, and partner with recruiters, hiring managers, and research leaders to strengthen candidate pipelines across multiple locations.
Location: San Francisco, New York, Seattle
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Research & Scientific (R&D)
Seniority: Entry level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build highly targeted searches that deliver candidate profiles with precision.
  • •Craft thoughtful approaches to candidate outreach that will engage even the most passive talent and cultivate relationships with high priority targets over the long-term.
  • •Develop and utilize creative strategies to discover non-traditional, research-adjacent, and/or up and coming talent.
  • •Partner closely with hiring managers across OpenAI to develop customized sourcing strategies and advise them on the market.
  • •Take a highly organized and data driven approach to candidate tracking and funnel metrics.

Key Requirements

  • •Significant experience sourcing specialized Engineering and/or AI talent across a range of highly technical domains.
  • •Deep interest in AI research and a desire to engage directly with global research communities.
  • •Demonstrable success in sourcing and hiring top technical talent at a premier tech company and/or high-growth startup.
  • •Ability to drive multiple complex searches in parallel while maintaining a high quality bar and exceptional stakeholder + candidate experience.
  • •A passion for the research and mapping components of sourcing; it’s a long game.
Experience:AIRecruitingTalent acquisitionResearch
Skills:CommunicationRelationship-buildingStrategic thinkingData-drivenStakeholder management
Languages:English

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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