OpenAI

User Operations

OperationsEnablementProgramManager,UserSafety&RiskOperations

$252–280k San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Operations Enablement Program Manager, User Safety & Risk Operations at OpenAI. Skills: Operational enablement, Program management, Risk operations. Own capacity planning. Define human review strategy”

What You'll Achieve.

Improve operational visibility; Enable faster launches; Enable reliable launches; Ensure human review is efficient; Ensure human review is scalable; Align review with risk goals; Align review with quality goals

Industry & Context.

User Operations
Problems you'll solve

Data-driven decisions

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years of experience managing vendor performance, Experience building operational systems, Experience building governance mechanisms

Nice to Have

AI-native approach, Systems-oriented approach

What You'll Do.

Own capacity planning

Define human review strategy

Drive launch readiness

Improve SLA performance

Improve operational efficiency

Own operational governance

Manage BPO performance

Oversee BPO escalations

Plan structured remediation

Partner to scale operations

Partner to improve execution

Identify automation opportunities

Operationalize automation

Build repeatable operating mechanisms

Create feedback loops

Develop decision frameworks

Build operational reporting

Build decision-making frameworks

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Global Safety Response; Safety vertical leads; BPO Management; Strategy/Systems teams

Process & Methodology

Program management

Full Job Description

ABOUT THE TEAM At OpenAI, our Trust, Safety & Risk Operations teams safeguard our products, users, and the company from abuse, fraud, scams, regulatory non-compliance, and other emerging risks. We operate at the intersection of operations, compliance, user trust, and safety working closely with Legal, Policy, Engineering, Product, Go-To-Market, and external partners to ensure our platforms are safe, compliant, and trusted by a diverse, global user base. We support users across ChatGPT, our API, enterprise offerings, and developer tools handling sensitive inbound cases, building detection and enforcement systems, and scaling operational processes to meet the demands of a fast-moving, high-stakes environment. ABOUT THE ROLE We are looking for an Operations Enablement Program Manager to build and scale the foundational operational systems that power USRO’s human review and safety workflows. This is the first dedicated operational enablement role within USRO and will help define the operating mechanisms, governance models, and planning systems that enable Trust & Safety operations to scale effectively over time. This role sits at the center of vendor performance, capacity planning, launch readiness, and workflow enablement, ensuring our operations are not only effective today but designed to scale with increasing volume, complexity, and automation. You will partner closely with Global Safety Response, safety vertical leads, BPO partners, and Strategy/Systems teams to translate evolving safety needs into structured, repeatable operating mechanisms. This includes defining how work is staffed, how workflows are launched and supported, how vendor performance is managed, and how automation is integrated into day-to-day operations. This is a high-impact role for someone who can operate across strategy and execution—bringing clarity to ambiguous problems, building durable systems, and reducing fragmented operational work across the organization. Success in this role means impr

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