Research Program Manager – Adversarial Model Research

OpenAI
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 207,000 - 285,000 annuallyFunction: Program & Project Management (PMO)Skills: ["Communication","Leadership","Collaboration","Stakeholder management","Problem-solving"]

Technical Program Manager leading initiatives to test safety and robustness of OpenAI’s models through creative experimentation and structured evaluation. Coordinate across research and engineering to transform ambiguous risks into concrete research programs, influence future model development, and drive alignment among technical and non-technical stakeholders in a hybrid San Francisco team.

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Research Program Manager – Adversarial Model Research

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Job Summary

Technical Program Manager leading initiatives to test safety and robustness of OpenAI’s models through creative experimentation and structured evaluation. Coordinate across research and engineering to transform ambiguous risks into concrete research programs, influence future model development, and drive alignment among technical and non-technical stakeholders in a hybrid San Francisco team.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Program & Project Management (PMO)
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead programs that explore unexpected model behaviors and identify failure modes.
  • •Translate vague or emergent risk signals into clear priorities and actionable research plans.
  • •Design and run creative evaluations, experiments, and red-teaming campaigns.
  • •Collaborate with research, product, and deployment teams to integrate findings into model training and deployment cycles.
  • •Develop repeatable systems for tracking model performance and understanding emerging behavior patterns.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 207,000 - 285,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Strong experience in technical program management with excellent organizational and communication skills.
Experience:AIMLResearch
Skills:CommunicationLeadershipCollaborationStakeholder managementProblem-solving
Languages:English
Tech Stack:Large language modelsPrompt engineeringModel evaluationExperimentationRed-teaming

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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