Product Manager, Cyber Safety

About the Team Safety Systems manages the complete lifecycle of safety efforts for OpenAI’s frontier models, ensuring our models are deployed responsibly and have a positive impact on society. Our work spans diverse research and engineering initiatives—from system-level safeguards and model training to evaluation and red‑teaming—all aimed at mitigating misuse, misalignment, and maintaining our high bar for safety. We lead OpenAI's commitment to developing and deploying safe Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), fostering a culture of trust, responsibility, and transparency. Our goal is to continuously learn from deployments, distribute AI’s benefits widely, and ensure that powerful tools remain aligned with human values and safety considerations. About the Role We are hiring a Product Manager to focus on cybersecurity risk. In this role, you will drive initiatives that ensure OpenAI’s frontier model deployments are safe, impactful, and aligned with user needs and technical innovation in your respective space. You will clarify strategic priorities, develop safety-focused product roadmaps, and collaborate closely with AI researchers, software engineers, policy experts, and cross‑functional partners. You will also create a plan to uplift the ecosystem, accelerating others to outpace adversaries. This role suits a proactive, technically skilled product manager adept at adversarial thinking and excited to tackle challenging, ambiguous problems through structured analysis and collaborative decision‑making. This position is based in SanFrancisco, CA, with relocation assistance available. Responsibilities Partner closely with research, engineering, data science, policy teams, and other stakeholders to embed safety throughout the development and deployment of frontier AI models. Develop comprehensive frameworks for understanding and mitigating deployment safety risks, drawing on data analysis, expert consultation, and adversarial assessments. Define strategic priorities and product roadmaps focused on improving deployment safety, enhancing reliability, and managing emerging AI capabilities. Create scalable methodologies, tools, and processes for evaluating, refining, and continuously improving our safety systems. Establish repeatable processes to integrate cutting‑edge AI safety research into OpenAI’s models and product offerings. Develop and continuously refine clear, actionable metrics that effectively capture safety performance and user experience at scale. Qualifications 6+ years of product management or related industry roles, with specific expertise in AI safety, trust & safety, integrity, or related domains. Background in cybersecurity. Deep curiosity and interest in interdisciplinary fields such as human‑computer interaction, psychology, philosophy, or similar areas. Hands‑on experience driving consensus and action in ambiguous spaces. Capability to identify and challenge underlying assumptions and constraints through insightful questioning. High effectiveness at cross‑functional collaboration and communicating complex technical concepts clearly and persuasively. Enjoyment of working in a fast‑paced, high‑growth environment. About OpenAI OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general‑purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. Equal Opportunity Employer We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. #J-18808-Ljbffr The Consulting Solutions