Senior HRBP, Engineering & Product

About this Team

The HR Business Partner team at OpenAI is a core partner in shaping how our organization grows and performs. We work alongside senior leaders and their teams to design scalable team structures, strengthen leadership capabilities, and drive decisions that enable people to do their best work. We move quickly with the business, anticipating needs and adapting as teams and priorities evolve. Our expertise spans coaching, organizational design, employee relations, and change management, all grounded in a deep understanding of our Contributions & Impact (C&I) culture and the needs of teams building transformative AI technology.

We operate with urgency, empathy, and sound judgment. We value sincerity over polish, collaboration over ego, and focus relentlessly on creating meaningful impact.

About this Role

As a Senior HR Business Partner, you’ll be a trusted partner to leaders and their teams. You’ll help set direction for how we organize, grow, and lead, stepping in as both a sounding board and a problem-solver. This role mixes strategic advising with hands-on support—you’ll design (and build) better systems, coach managers through complex situations, and help us make trade-offs that keep our people and mission in balance. This is an individual contributor role reporting to an HRBP Lead.

This role supports teams across Engineering and Product, partnering most closely with our Infrastructure org and Platform team. Infrastructure underpins every OpenAI product, while Platform builds the systems, tools, and APIs that allow developers and partners to extend our models to millions of people and businesses worldwide. You’ll work alongside leaders shaping the future of OpenAI products, where the stakes are high, the problems are complex, and the impact is felt globally.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Shape high-performing, resilient teams: Partner closely with leaders to design team structures, talent plans, and ways of working that enable strong performance and sustainable growth.

• Collaborate for a seamless experience: Partner with fellow HRBPs, COEs, and cross-functional leaders to create an employee experience rooted in humanity, humility, and impact.

• Evolve People programs: Strengthen Contributions & Impact (performance), engagement, and retention processes—building solutions that are lightweight, scalable, and aligned with how OpenAI operates.

• Guide and develop managers: Offer candid, actionable feedback and help managers do the same for their teams, especially in complex or sensitive moments.

• Anticipate and act fast: Stay close to the business to identify challenges early, diagnose root causes, and deliver solutions that drive lasting impact—updating quickly as priorities shift.

• Lead change that matters: Drive organizational changes with empathy, clarity, and operational rigor, finding creative paths forward when playbooks don’t exist.

We’re seeking:

• Deep HRBP expertise: 7–10+ years of HR experience, including at least 5 years as an HR Business Partner supporting leaders in high-growth or complex environments.

• Strategic Partnering: Can step back to see the big picture, help leaders make tough trade-offs, and move quickly with the business when priorities shift.

• Coaches who create impact: A steady partner to managers and leaders, skilled at giving candid feedback with care and building leadership muscle across teams.

• Scrappy Problem Solving: Uses sound judgment to diagnose organizational challenges, experiment with creative solutions, and find a way forward without a playbook.

• Change Leadership with calm & clarity: Brings steadiness, empathy, and influence in moments of ambiguity or transition, guiding teams toward better outcomes.

• Operates with high integrity: Known for reliability, discretion, and fairness—earning trust when the stakes are high and decisions matter most.

Workplace & Location

This role is based in our San Francisco office and we aren't considering remote applications. We offer relocation support to new employees, and we use a hybrid work model: three days in the office per week with optional work from home on Thursdays and Fridays.

Our open-plan offices have height-adjustable desks, conference rooms, phone booths, well-stocked kitchens full of snacks and drinks, three in-house prepared meals daily, a private outdoor space for working in the sun or socializing, nap rooms,