OpenAI
AI
StartupFieldMarketer
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“Startup Field Marketer at OpenAI. Skills: Field marketing, Event execution, Program management, Startup ecosystem. Execute and scale OpenAI startup field marketing programs. Bring high-impact founder experiences to life”
What You'll Achieve.
Drive awareness, engagement, and usage for OpenAI’s products and platform; Ensure their voices are reflected in product development and messaging; Scale how startups discover, adopt, and build with OpenAI; Bring founders and developers closer to our products, community, and teams; Maintain a high bar for execution and attendee experience; Continuously improve execution quality
Industry & Context.
Proactively identify risks; Drive solutions through ambiguity
3 days in the office per week, Relocation assistance
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
7+ years of experience executing field marketing, startup ecosystem, community, or experiential programs, Experience running repeatable event series or scaled founder/developer programs across multiple markets, Highly organized and operationally strong, Ability to manage multiple timelines, stakeholders, vendors, and logistics simultaneously, Can independently own projects within a defined scope, Proactively identify risks, Drive solutions through ambiguity, Comfortable partnering cross-functionally, Communicating clearly with stakeholders
Nice to Have
Judgment around founder audience experience, Collaborative, ownership-driven mindset
What You'll Do.
Execute and scale OpenAI startup field marketing programs
Bring high-impact founder experiences to life
Manage end-to-end execution of startup-facing initiatives
Build and execute startup field marketing programs
Support flagship OpenAI startup experiences
Partner with cross-functional stakeholders
Scale repeatable event playbooks
Track program performance
Ensure OpenAI's startup presence reflects brand
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner closely with product, engineering, developer relations, comms, and sales teams; Partner with cross-functional stakeholders; Partnering cross-functionally across GTM, partnerships, PMM, events, and operations teams
Communication Scope
Communicating clearly with stakeholders
Process & Methodology
Manage multiple timelines, Manage multiple stakeholders, Manage multiple vendors, Manage multiple logistics simultaneously, Own projects within a defined scope, Proactively identify risks, Drive solutions through ambiguity
Full Job Description
ABOUT THE TEAM Like every team at OpenAI, the Marketing team contributes to our broader mission of ensuring responsible and widespread adoption of AI. With that aim in mind, we are responsible for developing and executing strategies that OpenAI Job Board https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/1d2b67d5-e1fc-4a29-b6bf-bb2692b85688drive awareness, engagement, and usage for OpenAI’s products and platform amongst our core audiences. We take a data-driven approach to understand our customers' needs and challenges, ensuring that their voices are reflected in product development and messaging. We then partner closely with product, engineering, developer relations, comms, and sales teams to create a cohesive customer experience across all our channels. Our focus extends beyond just promoting product features; we aim to provide valuable insights and resources that help our users make the most out of AI technologies. ABOUT THE ROLE As a Startup Field Marketer, you will execute and scale OpenAI startup field marketing programs, bringing high-impact founder experiences to life across owned events and technical community moments. This role will manage the end-to-end execution of startup-facing initiatives including founder events, workshops, hackathons, ecosystem activations, and flagship moments tied to OpenAI launches and products. You’ll partner closely with startup GTM, product marketing, developer relations, events, and marketing teams to ensure OpenAI consistently shows up with high-signal, technically credible experiences for founders and builders. Sitting at the center of how OpenAI engages the startup ecosystem in the real world, you’ll help scale how startups discover, adopt, and build with OpenAI through programs that bring founders and developers closer to our products, community, and teams. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, enjoys operational ownership, and can independently drive multiple programs simultaneously while maintaining a high
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