OpenAI

Strategic Finance

PricingOperationsLead

$347–385k San Francisco, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Pricing Operations Lead at OpenAI. Skills: operational execution of pricing and packaging decisions, translate pricing strategy into business requirements, manage cross-functional dependencies for pricing implementation, own pricing requirement intake and prioritization, support design and implementation of pricing changes, establish pricing operations processes, drive improvements in pricing execution. Lead the operational execution of pricing and packaging decisions from approval through imple”

What You'll Achieve.

ensure pricing changes are implemented accurately; launch decisions move from strategy to reality with discipline; support teams developing billing and related monetization systems; drive high-stakes projects forward to deliver meaningful results; reduce ambiguity, delays, and rework

Industry & Context.

Strategic Finance
Problems you'll solve

proactive problem-solver; bringing structure to ambiguous challenges; strategic thinking; analytical

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

6+ years of experience leading pricing operations or closely related monetization, commercialization, or revenue operations work, Track record of helping implement complex pricing or packaging decisions across cross-functional teams, Experience partnering closely with billing systems, product, engineering, finance, and go-to-market teams, Highly organized and comfortable managing multiple workstreams, dependencies, risks, and timelines at once, Care deeply about operational precision, customer clarity, and building systems that scale as pricing complexity grows

Nice to Have

Can translate pricing intent into practical system requirements, launch plans, operating workflows, and stakeholder decisions, Communicate clearly with both business and technical audiences, and can drive accountability without creating unnecessary process, Self-starter who can roll up your sleeves and operate effectively in a fast-paced, high-ambiguity environment

What You'll Do.

Lead the operational execution of pricing and packaging decisions from approval through implementation and launch

Translate pricing strategy

and launch decisions into clear business requirements for billing

and related systems teams

and GTM teams to manage dependencies

Own pricing-related requirement intake and prioritization on behalf of the pricing team

ensuring requests are clear

and tied to business needs

Support the design and implementation of new product

and billing configurations as pricing changes move into production

Establish lightweight but effective pricing operations processes

Identify recurring friction in pricing execution and drive improvements that reduce ambiguity

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner closely with Product, GTM, Finance, and Systems teams; work closely with pricing leaders and cross-functional partners across Product, Engineering, Billing, Finance, and GTM; Partner with Product, Engineering, Billing, Finance, and GTM teams to manage dependencies, scope tradeoffs, testing needs, and launch readiness; ensure the pricing team's needs are represented clearly in cross-functional planning and execution

Communication Scope

Communicate clearly with both business and technical audiences

Process & Methodology

managing multiple workstreams, dependencies, risks, and timelines at once, program management

Full Job Description

About the Team The Pricing & Monetization team is responsible for how our products create and capture value. We partner closely with Product, GTM, Finance, and Systems teams to design pricing models, packaging, and commercial strategies that support adoption, growth, and long-term scaling of the business. To thrive in this team, you need to be a proactive problem-solver who excels at bringing structure to ambiguous challenges. Our work demands strategic thinking, cross-functional collaboration, and precision in execution. Team members succeed when they are analytical, detail-oriented, skilled at balancing multiple priorities, and passionate about driving high-stakes projects forward to deliver meaningful results. About the Role We are looking for a Pricing Operations Lead to help translate pricing and packaging decisions into clear, scalable execution. You will work closely with pricing leaders and cross-functional partners across Product, Engineering, Billing, Finance, and GTM to ensure pricing changes are implemented accurately, system requirements are well managed, and launch decisions move from strategy to reality with discipline. You should be comfortable operating at the intersection of business judgment, systems thinking, and program management. This role will help shape the operating backbone for pricing implementation, support teams developing billing and related monetization systems, and ensure the pricing team's needs are represented clearly in cross-functional planning and execution. In this role, you will: - Lead the operational execution of pricing and packaging decisions from approval through implementation and launch - Translate pricing strategy, policies, and launch decisions into clear business requirements for billing, quoting, revenue, and related systems teams - Partner with Product, Engineering, Billing, Finance, and GTM teams to manage dependencies, scope tradeoffs, testing needs, and launch readiness - Own pricing-related requirement intake a

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