About the job
About Our Team
The Safety Systems team is seeking a dedicated Technical Program Manager who will play a pivotal role in optimizing our comprehensive safety framework and integrating diverse safety research and mitigations into ChatGPT and our API. This position is essential for the secure deployment of our innovative models by synthesizing contributions from various stakeholders, including research, product development, engineering, legal, and policy teams, to ensure all risks are effectively monitored, mitigated, or resolved.
About the Role
In the position of Safety Engineering Technical Program Manager, you will oversee critical responsibilities such as tracking progress in safety engineering and managing risk assessments. You will also supervise key data infrastructure initiatives, acting as a crucial connector to enhance the implementation of OpenAI's safety systems. Moreover, you will develop and execute a computing roadmap for your team, ensuring that our primary objectives are adequately resourced while capitalizing on new opportunities for significant safety infrastructure investments. Your primary focus will be to establish a foundational layer that supports the safety of all our models and products.
This role is located in San Francisco, CA. We operate on a hybrid work model, requiring employees to be in the office three days a week, and we provide relocation assistance to new hires.
Responsibilities:
Manage key risk domains and engage with relevant stakeholders.
Collaborate directly with safety engineers, engineering managers, and product managers to establish a unified safety infrastructure.
Oversee data and computational infrastructure, including capacity planning and data residency.
Design and implement essential internal programs, including incident management and processes for regularly updating safety mitigations.
Prioritize and manage a portfolio of infrastructure requests from internal teams.
Ideal Candidates Will:
Hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or possess substantial engineering expertise.
Demonstrate a proven history of delivering complex technical projects on time and to high standards.
Exhibit strong technical skills and have effectively collaborated with top-tier engineering and research teams.
Show expertise in creating and implementing straightforward, scalable processes that address intricate challenges.
Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work across various teams.
