The Safety Measurement Research Program Manager drives OpenAI’s strategy for safety measurement and evaluations, partnering closely with safety research, data science, and engineering to advance how we measure harm and safeguard efficacy across research and production.

This position is based in San Francisco, CA, with relocation assistance available.

Define strategic priorities and product roadmaps to improve safety measurement and evaluation approaches and scale our measurement platform to new use cases, products, and the needs of cross-functional teams

Partner closely with research, data science, engineering, policy teams, and other stakeholders to craft a vision for understanding safety outcomes and prevalence across our products, and translate that vision into concrete programs of work.

Drive the integration of cutting-edge AI safety research into OpenAI’s safety measurement and evaluation platforms, working with researchers, data scientists, and engineers to navigate technical tradeoffs, coordinate dependencies, and resolve blockers.

Develop and continuously refine clear, actionable success criteria that effectively capture our ambitions with safety measurement and evals.

Represent quantitative progress on safety to senior leadership.

You might thrive in this role if you:

Have 6+ years of experience in research program management, technical program management, product management, or related roles, with expertise in AI safety, trust & safety, integrity, or related domains.

Have a strong foundation in data science, statistics, economics, or a related field, and hands-on experience with measurement or evaluations.

Enjoy working at the intersection of data science and AI safety research, translating evolving measurement needs into clear requirements, priorities, and roadmaps.

Can independently drive complex, cross-functional programs from problem definition through rollout, building alignment and unblocking decisions in ambiguous spaces.

Research Program Manager, Safety Measurement

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Company

OpenAI

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