OpenAI

HR Generalist, Consumer Devices

OpenAI • $90K — $130K *
San Francisco, CA 94112In-Person
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years as an HR Business Partner in technical fields like hardware or engineering
  • Experience working with multidisciplinary teams
  • Ability to navigate complex organizational structures and guide leaders
  • Skilled in delivering constructive feedback and leadership development
  • Strong problem-solving abilities in ambiguous situations
  • Experience leading change with empathy and clarity
  • High integrity and discretion in sensitive situations

Responsibilities

  • Shape resilient, high-performing teams by partnering on organizational design
  • Provide context-driven advice on people and leadership matters
  • Collaborate with HR colleagues and cross-functional teams for a cohesive employee experience
  • Enhance people programs focused on performance, engagement, and development
  • Guide managers with actionable feedback to strengthen their leadership skills
  • Identify and solve problems early, adapting solutions as priorities evolve
  • Lead teams through change with empathy and defined strategies

Benefits

  • Relocation support for new hires
  • In-office work schedule with specified days
  • Opportunity to work in a collaborative, innovative environment
Full Job Description
About the Role
  • We're looking for an experienced HR Business Partner to support OpenAI's Consumer Device's team.
  • This is an opportunity to partner closely with leaders and teams doing highly ambitious, multidisciplinary work. You'll serve as a trusted advisor as the organization builds, collaborates, and evolves-helping create the conditions for people and teams to perform at their best.
  • The role combines strategic advising with hands-on partnership. You'll help leaders think through organizational questions, coach managers through complex situations, strengthen people practices, and make thoughtful trade-offs that balance the needs of our people, teams, and mission.
  • This is an individual contributor role. Come build with us.

Your Key Responsibilities
  • Shape high-performing, resilient teams: Partner with leaders on organizational design, talent planning, and ways of working that support strong performance and sustainable teams.
  • Advise with context and judgment: Develop a deep understanding of the organization and provide thoughtful guidance on people, leadership, and organizational matters.
  • Collaborate across OpenAI: Work closely with fellow HRBPs, People centers of excellence, and cross-functional partners to create a cohesive employee experience rooted in humanity, humility, and impact.
  • Evolve people programs: Strengthen approaches to performance, engagement, and talent development by building solutions that are practical, scalable, and aligned with how OpenAI operates.
  • Guide and develop managers: Offer candid, actionable feedback and help managers build the skills needed to lead effectively.
  • Anticipate and solve problems: Stay close to the work, identify challenges early, diagnose root causes, and develop durable solutions as priorities evolve.
  • Lead meaningful change: Help teams navigate organizational change with empathy, clarity, and rigor, including when established playbooks do not exist.

We're Seeking
  • Deep HRBP expertise: At least five years of experience as an HR Business Partner supporting hardware, engineering, or similarly technical organizations in fast-moving environments.
  • Experience with multidisciplinary teams: An ability to understand and support organizations that bring together different technical, creative, and operational disciplines.
  • Strategic partnership: The ability to see the broader organizational picture, guide leaders through difficult trade-offs, and adapt as circumstances change.
  • Impactful coaching: Skill in delivering candid feedback with care and strengthening leadership capability across an organization.
  • Resourceful problem-solving: Sound judgment and the ability to diagnose complex challenges, test thoughtful solutions, and establish a path forward without an existing playbook.
  • Calm, clear change leadership: Steadiness, empathy, and influence during moments of ambiguity or transition.
  • High integrity: A reputation for discretion, fairness, and trustworthiness, particularly when the stakes are high.

Workplace & Location
This role is based in San Francisco, with an in-office schedule on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. We are not considering remote applications at this time. We offer relocation support to new employees.

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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