Employee Relations Business Partner in San Francisco

About the Team The SaaS and Software Governance team sits within Corporate IT and helps OpenAI scale from startup-speed tooling to mature enterprise architecture. The team owns practical governance for software, SaaS, integrations, APIs, identity, data access, and agent-enabled workflows, with a mandate to improve security, reduce software sprawl, and help business teams move faster through better foundations. About the Team OpenAI is scaling from an emerging, high-velocity startup into a mature enterprise operating model. The IT Software Architect will help shape the software, SaaS, Data integration, and agent-enabled architecture that lets the company move quickly while improving security, compliance, data quality, and customer, partner, and employee experience. This role is not a traditional ivory-tower architecture function. It is a hands-on governance and enablement role that partners with business teams, IT operations, Security, Procurement, Business Platforms, Applied teams and Data Engineering to guide software decisions, reduce unmanaged sprawl, and build reusable enterprise foundations. Why This Role Matters OpenAI’s software footprint is expanding rapidly across SaaS, internally built tools, agents, integrations, APIs, third-party platforms, and application systems that OpenAI. The company needs a stronger tools architecture layer that can help teams make good decisions early, avoid duplicate tools, govern sensitive data and identities, and identify where OpenAI should build instead of buy. The person in this role will help turn software governance from an approval checkpoint into an enterprise capability: a system that improves speed, reliability, security, and business outcomes. What You'll Do Own the target architecture for enterprise software, SaaS, integrations, APIs, and agent-enabled business systems across Corporate IT. Drive deprecation and consolidate targets for enterprise software. Build lightweight governance patterns that guide teams before

About the Team Equity Administration at OpenAI is responsible for the operational foundation of our equity programs. Our team ensures equity data and reporting are reliable, our systems and integrations are resilient, and our processes and controls are built to scale globally. We work cross-functionally with Legal, Finance/Accounting, Payroll, Tax, People, and key vendors to uphold compliance requirements and enable equity strategy as the company evolves. About the Role We’re looking for an experienced Senior Manager, Global Equity Administration to lead the end-to-end equity program for a subsidiary, with a focus on high-quality execution, scalable processes, auditable controls, and reliable equity systems. You will be hands-on in day-to-day equity administration and help improve how we operate as we scale. You will report to the Head of Equity Administration and partner closely with Legal, Equity Programs, Compensation, Tax, Payroll, and Finance to ensure equity operations are accurate, timely, and employee-friendly. Location: This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. In this role, you will: Execute end-to-end employee equity administration across key lifecycle events (new grants, vesting/RSU releases, option exercises, and related transactions). Run recurring operational cycles by managing timelines, checklists, stakeholder inputs, and issue resolution. Produce audit-ready equity reporting and support accounting, compliance, and reporting needs with accurate, well-documented data. Build and maintain automated reporting (scheduled reports, dashboards, reconciliations) to reduce manual effort and improve speed and accuracy. Support equity system operations (Shareworks or comparable) including troubleshooting, configuration updates, permissions, report builds, and workflow maintenance. Partner with Internal Controls to keep process documentation, narratives,

About the Team OpenAI is a frontier AI research and deployment company. Frontier research is at the center of how we advance our mission, with researchers, engineers, product leaders, operators, and many other teams working together to turn new capabilities into systems that benefit humanity. The People team helps OpenAI attract, engage, and support the exceptional talent this work requires. Employer Brand sits at the intersection of Research, Recruiting, Communications, Marketing, and Brand. Its mandate is to continue to establish OpenAI in the talent market as the unique and leading frontier research lab—not simply another technology company—and make our distinctive research environment, mission, culture, and opportunity for impact relevant and tangible to every priority talent audience. About the Role We’re hiring an Employer Brand Manager to build and scale the strategy, narrative, and operating system that shape how priority talent understands OpenAI. This senior individual contributor will anchor our employer brand in OpenAI’s identity as a frontier research lab and translate an evidence-backed “why OpenAI / why now” narrative into campaigns, researcher and employee stories, recruiter and hiring manager enablement, and candidate experiences. This role is especially important as OpenAI competes for exceptional talent across research, engineering, product, and other mission-critical functions in a fast-moving field where external perceptions can be incomplete or change quickly. You will develop a clear, credible talent narrative for priority audiences—anchored in frontier research and substantiated by individual agency, world-class infrastructure, research-to-product translation, deployment scale, and a willingness to answer hard questions candidly. This role is responsible for ensuring the external brand resembles our culture and ethos internally, therefore must remain immersed in various OpenAI research and applied branches. This role is based in San Francisco

About the Team Security is at the foundation of OpenAI’s mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Security team protects OpenAI’s technology, people, and products. We are technical in what we build but are operational in how we do our work, and are committed to supporting all products and research at OpenAI. Our Security team tenets include: prioritizing for impact, enabling researchers, preparing for future transformative technologies, and engaging a robust security culture. About the Role OpenAI is seeking to build an investigative capability for Secure Manufacturing & Stealth programs. The risk surface for unreleased products, prototypes, confidential hardware, infrastructure, supply chain, manufacturing, and launch-readiness efforts spans employees, vendors, suppliers, logistics partners, physical movement of assets, procurement records, manufacturing workflows, access systems, device telemetry, and adversarial collection. This role is intended to build and run investigations across that specialized environment. In this role, you will: Lead complex SMS investigations to proactively identify and mitigate risks to unreleased products, prototypes, confidential hardware, secure manufacturing programs, and launch-readiness efforts. Investigate unauthorized disclosure, suspected leaks, insider risk, supplier compromise, vendor misconduct, theft, diversion, tampering, counterfeiting, surveillance, adversarial collection, and suspicious activity involving sensitive programs. Connect digital evidence, physical access activity, supply chain records, manufacturing data, vendor behavior, employee activity, collaboration metadata, procurement records, shipping data, and OSINT into clear findings and risk-reduction actions. Conduct proactive threat hunting to surface early indicators of compromise, collection, leakage, or insider activity affecting sensitive programs. Develop investigative playbooks, evidence-handling standards,

About the Team OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. Our Communications team supports OpenAI’s mission and goals by clearly and authentically explaining our technology, values, and approach to safely building powerful AI. The Internal Communications team aims to create clarity, trust, and shared understanding that inspires our employees to do their best work. About the Role We are looking for an Internal Communications professional to support our Enterprise and & Growth portfolio, specifically B2B, Revenue, Partnerships, Marketing, Enterprise Engineering, Ads, and Commerce teams. This role is well suited for a highly organized communicator who writes clearly, learns quickly, brings calm execution to a fast-moving environment, and enjoys finding creative ways to keep employees informed and connected. In this role, you will: Support day-to-day internal communications for the Enterprise & Growth portfolio, including product, partnership, leadership, and organizational announcements. Help plan and execute internal events for supported executives and teams, including org-wide All Hands, managers meetings, Q&As, leadership AMAs, employee engagement moments, and launch-related gatherings. Support logistics and execution for company-wide customer storytelling programs, bringing customer insights, examples, and impact stories to employees. Monitor high-traffic Slack channels and other employee feedback signals across supported teams to identify emerging questions, information gaps, and opportunities to improve clarity or connection. Maintain intake and calendar, tracking key moments, milestones, dependencies, audiences, and review timelines. Contribute to broader Internal Communications priorities as needed, bringing flexibility, curiosity, and strong follow-through across the team. You might thrive in this role if you have: 3+ years of experience in internal communications, event coordination, market

About the Team At OpenAI, we’re building the connective tissue between our mission and our people. People Innovation Labs is a fast-moving engineering team embedded in the People organization, focused on rethinking how we find and retain the best talent and empower everyone to do their best work. From recruiting to culture, we’re designing systems that give our People Team a significant edge by infusing OpenAI’s models and first-principles thinking into every aspect of our work. Our projects range from greenfield 0-1 products like OpenHouse (our internal knowledge hub) to AI-powered automations and scalable recruiting tools. We’re defining the future of work at OpenAI, creating a blueprint for how AI can supercharge productivity, culture, and innovation. About the Role We’re seeking a Data Engineer to build data-intensive systems that will power People Innovation Labs’ internal products and enable the People Analytics function to do their best work. These data pipelines are crucial for our build-out of people products backed by business systems of record and for ongoing people data analytics. One example of an employee-facing product you’ll help us build is OpenHouse, which serves as a culture and communication hub and an organization-wide front door into all other aspects of People Innovation Labs’ work. OpenHouse and other products in our portfolio are built by full stack product engineers who are deeply curious about culture, recruiting and people development, and want to know everything from the business strategy and metrics down through the code that gets us there. In this role, you will work with People Innovation Labs leadership and software engineers and the People Analytics team to build the data systems that enable this work. In this role, you will: Design, build and manage people data pipelines, ensuring all data is seamlessly integrated into our Databricks warehouse. Develop canonical datasets to track key people metrics and People Innovation Labs produc

About the Team Equity Administration at OpenAI is responsible for the operational foundation of our equity programs. Our team ensures equity data and reporting are reliable, our systems and integrations are resilient, and our processes and controls are built to scale globally. We work cross-functionally with Legal, Finance/Accounting, Payroll, Tax, People, and key vendors to uphold compliance requirements and enable equity strategy as the company evolves. About the Role We’re looking for an experienced Manager, Global Equity Administration to help run our global equity programs with a focus on high-quality execution, scalable processes, auditable controls, and reliable equity systems. You will be hands-on in day-to-day equity administration and help improve how we operate as we scale. You will report to the Head of Equity Administration and partner closely with Legal, Equity Programs, Compensation, Tax, Payroll, and Finance to ensure equity operations are accurate, timely, and employee-friendly. Location: This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. In this role, you will: Execute end-to-end employee equity administration across key lifecycle events (new grants, vesting/RSU releases, option exercises, and related transactions). Run recurring operational cycles by managing timelines, checklists, stakeholder inputs, and issue resolution. Produce audit-ready equity reporting and support accounting, compliance, and reporting needs with accurate, well-documented data. Build and maintain automated reporting (scheduled reports, dashboards, reconciliations) to reduce manual effort and improve speed and accuracy. Support equity system operations (Shareworks or comparable) including troubleshooting, configuration updates, permissions, report builds, and workflow maintenance. Partner with Internal Controls to keep process documentation, narratives, and flowcharts current,

About the Team OpenAI’s Platform and Infrastructure Engineering organization advances the mission of deploying artificial general intelligence (AGI) for the benefit of all by delivering secure, scalable, and resilient technology solutions. Our team builds and maintains robust infrastructure that safeguards OpenAI’s data and systems while ensuring employees are well-equipped and seamlessly connected. By prioritizing security, reliability, and user-centric solutions, we empower OpenAI employees to drive impactful AI research, corporate operations, and product innovation. About the Role As a Software Engineer: Internal Applications, Enterprise, you will build internal products that make technology support and administration safer, faster, and less dependent on manual intervention. You will help reduce reliance on broadly privileged human actions, turn recurring technology problems into paved paths, and build agentic systems that can help resolve tickets end to end. A core part of the role is building the interfaces that bring employees, AI agents, and human responders together in a shared ITSM experience, with the right context, controls, and handoffs at each step. We are seeking engineers who enjoy working across frontend and backend layers on ambiguous, high-leverage enterprise problems. You should bring strong product judgment, solid backend engineering fundamentals, and an interest in building software that changes how technology support, system administration, and agent-assisted operations are delivered. The best fit will care as much about the quality of the operator and employee experience as the correctness of the backend systems behind it. In this role, you will: Build frontend experiences that let employees request help, let agents gather context and take safe actions, and let human responders review, approve, or take over without losing the thread. Reduce reliance on broadly privileged manual actions by replacing them with narrow, auditable, policy-aware aut

ABOUT BASETEN Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma, and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production. We're growing quickly and recently raised our $1.5B Series F , led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital. Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to ship AI products. THE ROLE We are bringing our people systems in-house on Workday, and we are hiring our first dedicated Workday Analyst to make it excellent. You will join while the implementation is underway, ramp alongside our deployment partner, and own the tenant from go-live onward. This is a hands-on configuration role: you will build business processes, manage security, load data, and test releases yourself, and you will teach others on the People team to do the same as we grow. If you want to shape a Workday environment from its first day in production instead of inheriting years of someone else's decisions, this is that rare opening. RESPONSIBILITIES Own day-to-day Workday configuration: business processes, security groups and roles, custom reports, calculated fields, and tenant settings Build and run EIB loads for data changes, mass updates, and audits Own the twice-yearly Workday release cycle: evaluate new features, regression-test, and roll out changes safely Shadow the implementation build, then take over tenant ownership at go-live Monitor integrations and triage issues with our IT team and vendors Support payroll configuration in partnership with our Accounting team and payroll services provider Field and resolve system requests from employees, managers, and the People team Mentor teammates so Workday administration becomes a team capability, not a single point of failure REQUIREMENTS 4+ years administering a live Workday

ABOUT BASETEN Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma, and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production. We're growing quickly and recently raised our $1.5B Series F , led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital. Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to ship AI products. THE ROLE We're looking for an experienced Executive Assistant to support our Head of Marketing. This is a highly operational role that goes well beyond calendar management. You'll own the day-to-day operating rhythm of the Marketing organization, ensuring the leader is prepared, priorities stay coordinated, and critical meetings, communications, and follow-ups happen seamlessly. You'll partner closely with senior marketing leadership and serve as a trusted point of coordination for employees, customers, agencies/vendors, candidates, and external partners. Success in this role comes from exceptional organization, judgment, attention to detail, and the ability to keep many moving pieces aligned in a fast-growing environment. RESPONSIBILITIES Own complex calendar management for the Head of Marketing, balancing shifting priorities while ensuring time is allocated intentionally Ensure the leader is prepared for every day and every meeting by proactively managing agendas, materials, context, logistics, and follow-ups so time is used effectively and decisions move forward Support forward-looking calendar planning, coordinating recurring operating cadences including marketing reviews, leadership meetings, campaign planning sessions, Marketing All Hands, and other cross-functional forums Partner with agencies, vendors, and external partners to coordinate executive meetings, events, and other engagements Support executive inbox ma

ABOUT BASETEN Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production. We're growing quickly and recently raised our $1.5B Series F , led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital. Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to to ship AI products. THE ROLE We’re looking for an experienced Executive Assistant to support our CRO and Head of Strategic Sales. This is a highly operational role that goes well beyond calendar management. You’ll own the day-to-day operating rhythm of the Sales organization, ensuring leaders are prepared, priorities stay coordinated, and critical meetings, communications, and follow-ups happen seamlessly. You’ll partner closely with senior sales leaders and serve as a trusted point of coordination for employees, customers, candidates, and external partners. Success in this role comes from exceptional organization, judgment, attention to detail, and the ability to keep many moving pieces aligned in a fast-growing environment. EA to CRO and Head of Strategic Sales Own complex calendar management for the CRO and Head of Strategic Sales, balancing shifting priorities while ensuring time is allocated intentionally Ensure leaders are prepared for every day and every meeting by proactively managing agendas, materials, context, logistics, and follow-ups so time is used effectively and decisions move forward Support forward-looking calendar planning, coordinating recurring operating cadences including pipeline reviews, leadership meetings, QBRs, Sales All Hands, and other cross-functional forums Partner with customers and external partners to coordinate executive meetings, visits, and other engagements Support executive inbox management, helping

ABOUT BASETEN Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production. We're growing quickly and recently raised our $1.5B Series F , led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital. Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to to ship AI products. THE ROLE: Baseten is looking for a Workplace Coordinator to help run our San Francisco office and create an exceptional experience for everyone who works in or visits the space. You will work alongside our Office Manager and be at the center of the day-to-day operations of our largest and fastest-growing office. Over 200 employees are based in San Francisco today, and we expect that population to more than double over the next year. We are also expanding from one space into two additional nearby buildings, creating a campus-like footprint that regularly hosts visiting employees, candidates, customers, investors, and events. A major focus of this role is making our increasingly complex space work well. You will manage high demand for conference rooms and phone booths, anticipate competing needs, and make thoughtful tradeoffs based on team and business priorities. Like a great EA managing an executive’s calendar, you will constantly look ahead, spot conflicts, and adjust the puzzle. You’ll be part of a growing, highly collaborative team that works together to raise the bar for how we support Baseten. The team shares context, jumps in to support one another, and continuously looks for ways to improve how we operate. As Baseten grows, you’ll have opportunities to take on new challenges and expand your scope. This is an in-person role in San Francisco, expected to be in-office five days per week. RESPONSIBILITIES: Own front

ABOUT BASETEN Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production. We're growing quickly and recently raised our $1.5B Series F , led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital. Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to to ship AI products. THE ROLE Lead large-scale brand campaigns across digital, events, and out-of-home. Partner with engineering and product marketing on major product launches. Turn complex technical ideas into clear, compelling visual communication. Evolve the Baseten visual identity into a brand system that scales. Own projects end-to-end, from concept through launch, collaborating directly with marketing, product, engineering, and leadership. Shape our employer brand and help define how new hires experience Baseten. Raise the bar for craft across every customer touchpoint. ABOUT YOU You have a portfolio of exceptional work with outstanding visual craft and attention to detail. You care deeply about quality and sweat the details. You communicate ideas clearly and thrive in collaborative environments. You know when to build systems, not just execute on assets. You default to ownership and are comfortable leading highly cross-functional projects from concept through launch. You're excited by technical products and know how to make complex ideas feel consumable without oversimplifying them. You thrive in a fast-moving environment with a high bar for quality. You have strong opinions about design and can articulate why something works - and why it doesn't. BONUS Motion design and animation experience Experience designing for developers or highly technical audiences. BENEFITS Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity. 100% covera

ABOUT BASETEN Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production. We're growing quickly and recently raised our $1.5B Series F , led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital. Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to to ship AI products. THE ROLE We’re looking for an experienced Executive Assistant to support our CTO (co-founder) and Head of Engineering. This is a highly operational role that goes well beyond calendar management. You’ll own the day-to-day operating rhythm of the Engineering organization, ensuring leaders are prepared, priorities stay coordinated, and critical meetings, communications, and follow-ups happen seamlessly. You’ll partner closely with senior engineering leaders and serve as a trusted point of coordination for employees, customers, candidates, and external partners. Success in this role comes from exceptional organization, judgment, attention to detail, and the ability to keep many moving pieces aligned in a fast-growing environment. RESPONSIBILITIES Own complex calendar management for the CTO and Head of Engineering, balancing shifting priorities while ensuring time is allocated intentionally Ensure leaders are prepared for every day and every meeting by proactively managing agendas, materials, context, logistics, and follow-ups so time is used effectively and decisions move forward Support forward-looking calendar planning, coordinating recurring operating cadences including roadmap planning, leadership meetings, P0 reviews, Engineering All Hands, and other cross-functional forums Own the operational cadence of the Engineering organization, including weekly leadership meetings, monthly Show & Tells, Engineering All Hand

ABOUT BASETEN Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production. We're growing quickly and recently raised our $1.5B Series F , led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital. Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to to ship AI products. THE ROLE We are looking for an IT Support / Operations Engineer to join Baseten as we continue to scale our IT team. In this role, you will play a critical part in bringing our technical support entirely in-house to provide a seamless, high-touch experience for all Baseten employees. As we continue to scale, you will be the primary point of contact for day-to-day technical issues, allowing you to have a direct impact on our team's productivity and overall office environment. This position is ideal for a hands-on problem solver who enjoys a mix of hardware and software troubleshooting, user lifecycle management, and maintaining the physical IT infrastructure of a modern office. While you will focus heavily on elevating our internal support standards, you will also assist with systems administration and workflow automation as our company evolves. This is a hybrid role based out of our San Francisco or New York office, following our standard policy of three days per week in-person to ensure our physical office and AV systems remain high-performing and reliable. RESPONSIBILITIES Serve as the escalation point for day-to-day technical support, diagnosing and resolving hardware and software issues across our Mac and Windows fleet Manage user lifecycle administration including provisioning, deprovisioning, and access management across all systems and services Own the IT onboarding experience for new employees — from laptop set