Events Manager, Communications

About the Team

OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.

Our Communications team includes PR/media relations, employee communications, events, design, and other external-facing functions. The team’s ethos is to support OpenAI's mission and goals by clearly and authentically explaining our technology, values, and approach to safely building powerful AI.

About the Role

We are looking for a creative-minded, organized, and detail-oriented Events Manager to join OpenAI’s growing Communications team to build, manage, and execute external and internal events. This includes large-scale off-site events, enterprise marketing events, quarterly high-touch recruiting and community events, employee resource groups, and developer and researcher conferences – both locally and around the world. 

As an Events Manager, you will work with the Communications Events team to oversee the administrative, organizational, and logistic processes that ensure OpenAI events match the high level of performance we expect from our products like ChatGPT and DALL-E.

We’re looking for someone who shares our love for technology and how it can positively impact humanity. This person should exhibit exceptional organizational skills, operate with a deep level of attention to detail, and value the power of collaboration. They should also display creative problem-solving abilities, a curiosity to learn, and promote healthy feedback. They will integrate into an exciting culture oriented around pushing boundaries, striving for excellence, thinking outside the box, and bringing authentic personality into the work OpenAI does every day. 

This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. Occasional business travel may be required for this role. 

In this role, you will:

• Manage unique and high-touch events from end to end, setting individual event goals, budget caps, logistics and longer-term strategy. 
• Secure vendors for events, from researching potential partners to managing the detailed workflow of contracts in order to meet event deadlines. 
• Organize attendee information and create processes for registration and travel .
• Ensure external guests have an excellent impression of OpenAI through event communications and visual designs. 
• Drive cross-functional teams across OpenAI to execute and iterate on events.
• Manage post-event follow up, including gathering feedback and evaluating event success. 

You might thrive in this role if you:

• Have 5+ years of experience in events management, employee engagement, communications, marketing or other related fields.
• Have experience executing multi-faceted small- and large-scale events on strict timelines.
• Are excited about strengthening an existing internal culture through events.
• Have a deep interest in artificial intelligence.

About OpenAI

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. 

At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.

Compensation, Benefits and Perks

The annual salary range for this role is $130,000 – $180,000. Total compensation also includes generous equity and benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family
• Mental health and wellness support
• 401(k) plan with 4% matching
• Unlimited time off and 18+ company holidays per year
• Paid parental leave (20 weeks) and family-planning support
• Annual learning & development stipend ($1,500 per year)

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this