OpenAI

Head of Analyst Relations

OpenAI$160K — $200K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in analyst relations within complex enterprise technology
  • Proven track record of managing major evaluations for enterprise tech products
  • Strong relationship-building skills, with an emphasis on prioritizing and aligning stakeholder interests
  • Exceptional analytical judgment on competitive landscape and product positioning
  • Ability to convey complex technical information clearly to both analysts and enterprise buyers
  • Excellent writing skills and experience in executive counsel
  • A balance of strategic planning and hands-on execution under tight deadlines

Responsibilities

  • Establish and implement the global analyst relations strategy focused on enterprise technology decisions
  • Lead evaluations from engagement initiation to submission and customer evidence gathering
  • Craft a coherent enterprise narrative aligned with product launches and customer results
  • Cultivate strong relationships with analysts through regular briefings and updates
  • Transform analyst insights into actionable strategies for product and go-to-market teams
  • Develop a structured analyst relations program with evaluation timelines and measurement metrics
  • Prepare executives for critical analyst interactions and support communication strategies with research data

Benefits

  • Flexible hybrid work environment, requiring 3 days in the office
  • Opportunity to shape the future of analyst relations in a leading enterprise tech organization
  • Involvement in high-impact decision-making processes
  • Collaboration with cross-functional teams, including Product and Sales
  • Professional development and networking opportunities with industry analysts
Full Job Description
About the Role

We are looking for a Head of Analyst Relations to build OpenAI's global analyst relations program and help influential analysts understand our enterprise products and the business outcomes they enable. You will set the narrative and engagement strategy, focusing on the firms and categories that shape enterprise buying decisions.

This is an exceptionally fast-paced, hands-on role. You will shape long-term positioning, advise senior leaders, and lead our participation in priority evaluations, briefings, and analyst engagement around launches. You will build trusted relationships while bringing Product, Research, Marketing, Sales, and Communications together to make decisions quickly and deliver exceptional work under tight deadlines.

This role reports to the Head of Business Communications. This role will be hybrid, in office 3 days a week, ideally in the San Francisco Bay Area; flexible on New York based candidates.

In this role, you will:
  • Set the global analyst relations strategy, prioritizing the firms, categories, and questions that shape enterprise technology decisions.
  • Lead OpenAI's work on priority evaluations, from deciding where to engage through submissions, demos, and customer evidence.
  • Build a coherent enterprise narrative across a fast-moving product portfolio, grounded in what ships, customer outcomes, and responsible deployment.
  • Develop trusted, candid relationships with analysts through substantive briefings, regular updates, and follow-through on their questions.
  • Turn analyst feedback and competitive context into useful counsel for product and go-to-market teams, and track whether our positioning and analyst understanding improve.
  • Build a repeatable program with an evaluation calendar, briefing materials, approved customer references, and clear measures of relationship strength and evaluation outcomes.
  • Prepare executives and spokespeople for significant analyst moments, and help Communications and Sales use third-party research accurately in external and customer conversations.


You might thrive in this role, if you have:
  • Deep analyst relations experience in complex enterprise technology, including ownership of major evaluations.
  • A record of building programs with clear priorities and strong relationships, then turning analyst insight into useful counsel for the business.
  • Excellent judgment about what an analyst report says, what evidence supports customer and competitive claims, and what must remain confidential.
  • The credibility to work with technical leaders and make a sophisticated platform story clear to analysts and enterprise buyers.
  • Excellent writing and executive counsel skills, with the ability to align teams without formal authority.
  • A proven ability to move quickly between strategy and hands-on delivery under tight deadlines, while measuring progress through relationship strength, message understanding, and evaluation outcomes.


This role reports to the Head of Business Communications. This role will be hybrid, in office 3 days a week, ideally in the San Francisco Bay Area; flexible on New York based candidates.

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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100 employees
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2015

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