Applied Risk Standards Specialist OpenAI

• 4.6 San Francisco, CA Job Details $171,000
• $280,000 a year 2 hours ago Benefits Paid parental leave Health savings account Caregiver leave Paid holidays Disability insurance Health insurance Dental insurance Flexible spending account Paid time off Parental leave Vision insurance 401(k) matching Qualifications Community engagement experience Process audits Requirements design ISO standards Compliance audits & assessments Collaboration with product development teams Policy & process development Proposal writing Legal drafting Benchmarking Senior level Test validation method Policy Development Negotiation Method validation IT risk management Full Job Description Global Affairs•San Francisco and Washington, DC About the Team OpenAI's mission is to ensure that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.

We believe that achieving our goal requires effective engagement with public policy stakeholders and the broader community impacted by AI. Accordingly our work and

• in collaboration with our colleagues and external stakeholders
• seek to shape policy so that it aligns with and supports our mission.

About the role OpenAI is looking for an Applied Risk Standards Specialist to lead standards work for applied risk in applications, including mental health, youth safety, age assurance, functional efficacy, reliability, and privacy-related risks. You will help turn internal research, safety policies, and evaluation methods into technically sound, measurable, and adaptable standards that build public trust and support responsible deployment. This role sits within our AI standards and global assurance function in Global Affairs. Working closely with Safety Systems, Research, Product, Model Policy, Legal, and third-party evaluators, you will author proposals, negotiate requirements, and represent OpenAI in priority standards bodies. You will take on the drafting and external engagement needed to advance this work, enabling technical experts to focus on the underlying methods and evidence. You will also bring emerging requirements back into internal planning before they become established expectations. Alongside this primary portfolio, you will support the AI Standards and Global Assurance Lead on frontier AI assurance, contributing to risk-management standards, evaluation and benchmarking requirements, and approaches to independent assessment. The role connects technical practice with external standards. It does not replace the teams responsible for evaluation methods, safety decisions, controls, internal compliance, or implementation. You will own standards drafting, review coordination, negotiation, and assessment-design contributions within an agreed mandate. In this role, you will Lead the development of applied AI risk standards. This includes working with technical and policy teams to define and advance standards for mental health, youth safety, age assurance, efficacy, reliability, and privacy-related risks, with a particular focus on evaluations and assessments. Work with technical owners to turn research, internal policies, and evaluation methods into credible test methods, assessment criteria, and standards grounded in real system behavior. Bring emerging requirements into internal planning and work with responsible teams to clarify their implications for evaluations, controls, and assurance for our products. Work with technical and GRC partners on assessor competence, independence, conflicts of interest, evidence access, reporting, and the distinction between management-system audits and technical evaluations. Contribute drafting, representation, and coordination on frontier risk-management and independent-assessment standards. Lead assigned standards-body workstreams, negotiate proposals, and coordinate internal input, reducing the external engagement burden on technical experts. Contribute to relevant

ISO/IEC, INCITS, NIST

consortium, and cross-industry work. Maintain clear approvals, negotiating positions, contribution records, and implementation handoffs so that external commitments remain connected to technical owners and available capacity. You might thrive in this role if you Have technical depth in evaluation science, AI evaluations and red teaming, AI safety, or trust and safety, combined with demonstrated ability to translate that expertise into credible standards or assessment methods. Have authored or materially shaped standards, evaluation criteria, control frameworks, or normative technical contributions—not only coordinated participation. Can translate a broad safety objective into a clear requirement and explain what evidence would demonstrate that it has been met. Understand the differences among organizational risk-management processes, model and system evaluations, mitigation testing, and broader assurance claims. Can evaluate sensitive, context-dependent outcomes, including uncertainty and variation across users and use cases, without overstating what a benchmark or assessment can establish. You do not need to be an expert in every risk domain. Understand how assessor competence, independence, incentives, and access affect the credibility of an assessment. Can build consensus without sacrificing technical rigor, and know when to compromise, challenge a proposal, or escalate a decision. Earn trust with technical teams while communicating clearly with lawyers, executives, policymakers, and external standards participants. Write precisely, exercise discretion, and can independently move a defined workstream from initial proposal through review, negotiation, and handoff. About OpenAI OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core the full spectrum of humanity. We are an equal opportunity employeration, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable lawation technology systems and related data security obligations. To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology. Compensation $171K

• $280K + Offers Equity The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factorsance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees, and the following benefits.

Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit) 401(k) retirement plan with employer match Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks) Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law) Mental health and wellness support Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible Relocation support for eligible employees Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided. More details about our benefits are available to candidates during the hiring process. This role is at-will and OpenAI reserves the right to modify base pay and other compensation components at any time based on individual performance, team or company results, or market conditions.