OpenAI

Field CTO

OpenAI$210K — $250K *
Enterprise Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years of experience in technical leadership roles
  • Strong background in enterprise architecture and cloud platforms
  • Experience in enterprise sales cycles or collaboration with GTM teams
  • Preferred exposure to AI/ML systems, especially LLMs
  • Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

Responsibilities

  • Partner with Sales, Product and Technical Success teams to support complex, high-value deals
  • Translate customer business needs into scalable technical solutions
  • Engage with senior customer stakeholders to align on vision and roadmap
  • Lead technical strategy discussions during key deal stages
  • Guide customers on best practices for deploying AI-driven solutions
  • Provide architectural oversight across various use cases
  • Bring structured customer insights back to Product and Engineering teams

Benefits

  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Access to industry events
  • Collaborative and inclusive company culture
  • Recognition and rewards for performance
Full Job Description
About the Role

As a Field CTO (Strategic Pursuits), you will serve as a strategic bridge between our customers, go-to-market (GTM) teams, and product organization. You will partner closely with Sales, Technical Success, and Product to shape high-impact deals, guide customer architecture decisions, and influence our product roadmap based on real-world adoption and feedback.
This is a highly cross-functional, externally facing leadership role for someone who combines deep technical expertise with strong business acumen and customer empathy.

In this role, you will:
Customer & Deal Strategy
  • Partner with Sales, Product and Technical Success teams to support complex, high-value deals as a technical and strategic advisor.
  • Translate customer business needs into scalable technical solutions and architectures.
  • Engage with senior customer stakeholders (CTO/CIO/VP-level) to drive alignment on vision, roadmap, and adoption.
  • Lead technical strategy discussions during key deal stages, including discovery, solution design, and executive presentations.
Architecture & Implementation Guidance
  • Guide customers on best practices for deploying and scaling AI-driven solutions in production.
  • Provide architectural oversight across use cases such as LLM applications, integrations, data pipelines, and security.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to ensure long-term success, not just short-term wins.
Product & Feedback Loop
  • Bring structured customer insights back to Product and Engineering teams to inform roadmap and prioritization.
  • Identify gaps, opportunities, and emerging patterns from customer deployments.
  • Influence product direction based on real-world usage, scalability needs, and enterprise requirements.
GTM Strategy & Thought Leadership
  • Help shape GTM strategies by identifying repeatable patterns across industries and customer segments.
  • Develop scalable frameworks, reference architectures, and playbooks for broader field teams.
  • Represent the company externally through customer engagements, industry events, and thought leadership.
Experience
  • 15+ years of experience in technical leadership roles.
  • Strong background in enterprise architecture, cloud platforms, and modern software systems.
  • Experience supporting enterprise sales cycles or working closely with GTM teams.
  • Exposure to AI/ML systems, especially LLMs and applied AI use cases, is highly preferred.
Skills & Capabilities
  • Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business value for non-technical stakeholders.
  • Strong problem-solving skills with a bias for action and ownership.
  • Excellent communication and executive presence.
  • Proven ability to influence without authority across cross-functional teams.


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.
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Size
100 employees
Industry
Founded
2015

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