Internal Communications, Product & Research

Senior Internal Communications Professional

OpenAI's mission is to ensure that AGI benefits all of humanity. Our Internal Communications team helps employees stay informed, connected, and engaged so they can focus on building and deploying safe and impactful AI. We partner across the company to craft clear, compelling narratives about what's being built, why it matters, how it aligns to our strategy, and most importantly, how it advances our mission.

We're looking for a senior internal communications professional to own and drive communications across OpenAI's research and product organizations. This role requires exceptional judgment, strong technical curiosity, and the ability to bring clarity to complex or ambiguous topics. You'll partner with research leaders, product managers, engineering teams, and cross-functional partners to develop communication strategies and systems that keep employees aligned on priorities and breakthroughs. You'll also build repeatable frameworks and processes that elevate how we tell our research and product stories internally.

This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of three days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

In this role, you will :

• Own the end-to-end strategy, planning, and execution of research and product internal communications with minimal oversight.
• Translate complex technical and research concepts into clear, engaging narratives that resonate across the company.
• Develop frameworks, playbooks, and scalable communication systems that ensure consistent, high-quality messaging.
• Identify communication gaps and proactively design approaches to address them, influencing cross-functional priorities when needed.
• Write and edit content for various internal channels, including leadership or org updates, Slack posts, FAQs, and All Hands.
• Coach technical leaders and partners on effective communication and presentation skills.
• Craft org-level communications on strategy, goals, and major changes to help research and product teams stay aligned during transitions.

You might thrive in this role if you :

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.