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OpenAI

Technical Program Manager, People Innovation Labs

OpenAI

. Lead complex, high-priority technical programs from early planning through launch, adoption, and ongoing iteration .

Posted 9/30/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • United StatesSeniorLead💰 $257,000 - $335,000 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in leading complex technical programs from planning to launch, with a strong focus on user feedback integration and operational outcomes. Capable of building trust with stakeholders and driving alignment across diverse teams while managing risks and dependencies.

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Technical Program ManagementProduct OperationsUser Feedback IntegrationStakeholder AlignmentOperational Change Management

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Hard Skills
Program ManagementSoftware Product LaunchData Dependency ManagementTechnical FluencyRisk ManagementExecution Gap IdentificationOperational Outcome TrackingChange ManagementFeedback Loop CreationProduct-Market Fit Iteration
Soft Skills
Clear CommunicationTrust BuildingCuriosityInfluencing Senior LeadersEffective Questioning
Industry Keywords
Technical DependenciesDecision-Making ForumsUser SentimentOperational SignalsAgile Methodologies

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Lead complex, high-priority technical programs from early planning through launch, adoption, and ongoing iteration
  • Translate product strategy and team objectives into clear, executable plans
  • Establish program structures, decision-making forums, operating cadences, and accountability across teams
  • Align product, design, engineering, data, operations, and other stakeholders around priorities and delivery plans
  • Manage technical dependencies, sequencing, delivery risks, and launch readiness
  • Identify strategic and execution gaps, develop recommendations, and drive decisions
  • Anticipate risks and blockers, clarify tradeoffs, resolve disagreements, and escalate decisions
  • Own communication, enablement, change management, and rollout strategies
  • Lead post-launch onboarding, training, office hours, hands-on support, and adoption programs
  • Build trusted relationships with users and gather candid feedback
  • Observe product use in real workflows and identify confusion, friction, and unmet needs
  • Combine user feedback, usage data, and operational signals to identify improvements
  • Translate user insights into recommendations for product, design, and engineering
  • Create feedback loops to test assumptions and iterate toward product-market fit
  • Define and track program health, adoption, user sentiment, and operational outcomes
  • Maintain visibility into portfolio priorities, progress, dependencies, and risks
  • Prepare decision-oriented updates and recommendations for senior leadership
  • Improve planning and execution practices while keeping processes lightweight

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 7+ years of experience in technical program management, product operations, or a similar role leading complex software initiatives
  • Independently led multiple high-impact programs involving several technical and business teams
  • Experience taking new software products from early planning through launch, adoption, and rapid iteration toward product-market fit
  • Willingness to work directly with users and provide hands-on support
  • Ability to build trust with users, ask effective questions, and obtain candid feedback
  • Ability to identify patterns across qualitative feedback, usage data, and operational signals and turn them into actionable recommendations
  • Strong technical fluency, including architecture, integrations, data dependencies, security, reliability, and delivery tradeoffs
  • Experience leading significant operational or organizational change alongside technical product delivery
  • Ability to influence senior leaders, drive difficult decisions, and build alignment across teams with competing priorities
  • Ability to identify and address strategic or execution gaps independently
  • Clear and direct communication across technical teams, operational partners, users, and executives
  • Ability to move between organizational strategy and detailed, hands-on execution
  • Ability to bring structure to fast-moving work without unnecessary process
  • Curiosity about how AI can change organizational operations and how people work

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Equity
  • Performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family
  • Employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
  • Pre-tax Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expense accounts
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
  • Paid parental leave
  • Paid medical and caregiver leave
  • Flexible PTO for exempt employees
  • Up to 15 days annual PTO for non-exempt employees
  • 13+ paid company holidays
  • Paid coordinated company office closures
  • Paid sick or safe time
  • Mental health and wellness support
  • Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
  • Annual learning and development stipend
  • Daily meals in offices
  • Meal delivery credits as eligible
  • Relocation support for eligible employees
  • Charitable donation matching
  • Wellness stipends