OpenAI

International Strategy & Operations Lead

OpenAI$150K — $180K *
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10-15 years in business operations, strategy, or analytical roles.
  • Strong track record in solving complex business problems from strategy to execution.
  • Highly analytical with expertise in market research and data interpretation.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills for influencing senior leaders.
  • Cross-functional experience across product, growth, finance, and marketing.
  • Adaptable to discussing high-level strategy while managing project execution.
  • Passion for technology and AI with a global outlook.

Responsibilities

  • Build operational plans translating priorities into actionable goals and milestones.
  • Drive market growth initiatives by collaborating with product and marketing teams.
  • Create visibility into business performance using analytical insights and competitive intelligence.
  • Lead executive communications through concise business reviews and strategic narratives.
  • Connect regional insights to global strategies for product and infrastructure improvements.
  • Drive strategic cross-functional projects focusing on international growth and operational enhancements.
  • Establish frameworks and processes for scaling international teams effectively.

Benefits

  • Work closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams.
  • Influence high-level strategic decisions within a global organization.
  • Opportunity to drive impactful growth initiatives across diverse markets.
  • Engage in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment with a focus on technology.
  • Build programs that enhance operational effectiveness as the company scales.
Full Job Description
About the Role

We are looking for a world-class, scrappy, and dynamic strategy and operations leader who spikes in analytical thinking, business judgment, executive communication, and operational execution.

You will work closely with global leadership, regional general managers, and cross-functional partners to identify growth opportunities, build operating plans, and drive high-priority initiatives from conception through execution. You will be expected to operate at all altitudes-from translating complex market dynamics into clear recommendations for senior executives to working directly with product, growth, data science, and go-to-market teams to unblock execution.

Success in this role requires the ability to bring structure to ambiguity, turn data into actionable insights, influence without authority, and drive meaningful business outcomes across a fast-moving and increasingly global organization.

In this role, you will:
  • Build the operating plan. Translate strategic priorities into clear goals, workstreams, owners, milestones, and decisions. Identify cross-functional dependencies early and ensure teams remain aligned on execution.
  • Drive market growth initiatives. Work with product, growth, marketing, data science, and regional teams to identify and execute opportunities to improve customer acquisition, activation, retention, and monetization.
  • Create visibility into market performance. Develop a clear view of business performance across markets and products. Use data, customer insights, and competitive intelligence to identify the biggest opportunities and risks.
  • Lead executive communications and decision-making. Produce clear, concise business reviews, strategic recommendations, and executive-ready narratives that help senior leaders understand performance, evaluate tradeoffs, and make decisions.
  • Connect regional needs to global priorities. Synthesize feedback from regional teams and customers into actionable recommendations for product, research, infrastructure, and go-to-market partners.
  • Drive strategic cross-functional initiatives. Lead high-priority projects spanning market readiness, product launches, customer adoption, operational improvements, and new international growth opportunities.
  • Build repeatable programs. Develop the frameworks, planning processes, and operating rhythms that help international teams scale effectively as the business grows.

You might thrive in this role if you:
  • Have 10-15 years of experience in business operations, strategy, international growth, corporate strategy, or other highly analytical operating roles.
  • Have a proven track record of taking large, ambiguous business problems from initial diagnosis through strategy, execution, and measurable results.
  • Are highly analytical and comfortable using business performance data, market research, and customer insights to answer complex questions and shape strategic decisions.
  • Are an exceptional written and verbal communicator, with experience producing executive-ready materials and influencing senior leaders.
  • Have experience working across product, growth, finance, data science, marketing, and go-to-market functions.
  • Are comfortable operating at all altitudes-discussing strategy and tradeoffs with executives while working directly with individual contributors to move projects forward.
  • Excel in fast-moving environments and can prioritize across competing demands without losing sight of the highest-impact outcomes.
  • Bring strong business judgment, intellectual curiosity, and a bias toward action.
  • Are passionate about technology, artificial intelligence, and expanding the benefits of AI to users and customers around the world.

Nice to have:
  • Experience at a leading management consulting firm.
  • Experience building or scaling international businesses, market operations, or global growth programs.
  • Hands-on experience with SQL, business intelligence tools, or data visualization platforms.
  • Experience working in AI, enterprise technology, consumer technology, or other fast-growing product-led businesses.

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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