OpenAI

Economic Development Lead

OpenAI • $110K — $130K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Education, Government & Non-Profit
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • 6+ years in economic development, public-private partnerships, infrastructure development, or government affairs.
  • Experience in negotiating incentive packages for large scale projects.
  • Strong relationships with local, state, and regional economic-development stakeholders.
  • Ability to align incentives with community benefits and project approvals.
  • Excellent skills in cross-functional coordination and executive communication.

Responsibilities

  • Own and negotiate the incentive strategy for projects.
  • Build and maintain relationships with local and state economic-development entities.
  • Develop and commit to community benefits related to project agreements.
  • Coordinate efforts with teams across Site Selection, Land, Power, Legal, and Finance.
  • Identify and address political, commercial, and approval risks early in the process.
  • Transition local responsibilities to the Community Engagement Lead as projects announce.
Full Job Description

About the Role

The Economic Development Lead works upstream across the national pipeline, beginning engagement before a project is public and helping shape the incentive, relationship, community-benefit, and approval strategy for sites under evaluation. This role enters early during site evaluation and deal formation; once a project moves toward announcement, the dedicated Community Engagement Lead becomes the local owner while the Economic Development Lead continues to support agreement-linked commitments and incentive execution.

Key Responsibilities
  • Own incentive strategy and negotiations.
  • Build local and state economic-development relationships.
  • Develop community-benefit commitments tied to project agreements.
  • Coordinate with Site Selection, Land, Power, Legal, Finance, and Community Engagement.
  • Identify political, commercial, and approval risks early.
  • Transition local relationships and commitments to the assigned Community Engagement Lead as a project moves toward announcement.

Qualifications
  • 6+ years in economic development, public-private partnerships, infrastructure development, government affairs, or a related field.
  • Experience structuring and negotiating incentive packages for large infrastructure, energy, technology, or real estate projects.
  • Strong relationships and judgment across local, state, and regional economic-development stakeholders.
  • Ability to connect incentives, community benefits, legal commitments, project economics, and approval risk.
  • Excellent cross-functional coordination, negotiation, and executive-communication skills.


About OpenAI

OpenAI is an artificial intelligence research laboratory consisting of the for-profit corporation OpenAI LP and its parent company, the non-profit OpenAI Inc. The company was founded in 2015 by a group of technology leaders, including Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Greg Brockman, Ilya Sutskever, and John Schulman. OpenAI's mission is to develop and promote friendly AI for the betterment of humanity. The company has developed a number of cutting-edge AI technologies, including GPT-3, a language processing system that can generate human-like text. OpenAI has received funding from a number of high-profile investors, including LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and venture capitalist Peter Thiel.
Learn more about OpenAI
Size
100 employees
Industry
Information Technology
Founded
2015
* Ladders Estimates

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