Research Program Manager, Safety MeasurementPosted today$239K–$328K

The opportunity

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…

What you'll do

  • 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.

  • 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.

What they're looking for

  • 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.
  • Ask incisive questions, challenge assumptions, and exercise sound judgment: about technical tradeoffs and the strengths and limitations of metrics and evaluations.