Full-Time

AI Deployment Manager

San Francisco

Posted on 10/31/2025

OpenAI

OpenAI

5,001-10,000 employees

Develops safe AI models and tools

Compensation Overview

$240k/yr

San Francisco, CA, USA

In Person

Relocation assistance available to new employees.

Category
Operations & Logistics (1)
Requirements
  • Have 6+ years of experience in customer-facing roles, engaging C-level technical audiences with complex global organizations.
  • Have led complex implementations of Generative AI or traditional machine learning solutions and can drive measurable business outcomes.
  • Possess exceptional presentation and communication skills, particularly when engaging with executives and leaders.
  • Have a humble attitude, an eagerness to help others, and a desire to pick up whatever knowledge you're missing to make both your team and our customers succeed.
  • Operate with high horsepower, have strong problem-solving skills, are adept at frequent context switching, effectively manage working on multiple projects at once with expansive ownership, and ruthlessly prioritize.
  • Have a solid track record of delivering and scaling an exceptional customer experience.
  • Are personally committed to fostering the safe and ethical evolution of AI.
Responsibilities
  • Deliver exceptional customer outcomes, as demonstrated by production customer deployments, increased adoption, and customer satisfaction.
  • Define and manage structured, time-bound onboarding and deployment projects across multiple OpenAI products to ensure seamless adoption and measurable success.
  • Guide organizations through the adoption journey by providing change management expertise to maximize the impact of OpenAI solutions.
  • Train, educate and enable ChatGPT Enterprise users to drive adoption and value.
  • Own the technical deployment of ChatGPT, including connectors, Codex, custom GPTs, and other advanced capabilities.
  • Design and lead hackathons, workshops, and other hands on training and education for audiences ranging from senior executives to working teams.
  • Codify best practices and playbooks based on interactions with customers.
  • Gather and relay customer feedback to internal stakeholders, and identify themes across customers to incorporate into product planning.
  • Partner with the Sales team to ensure seamless handoff between pre- and post-sale and for ongoing relationship management.
Desired Qualifications
  • Location: Based in San Francisco, California; hybrid work model requiring 3 days in the office per week (if this is considered desirable)
  • Willingness to relocate to San Francisco, California (if not already local)
  • Experience engaging with executives and leaders in large, complex organizations (if not already covered in requirements)

OpenAI conducts AI research and deployment to build advanced AI models and tools that help people automate tasks, be more creative, and make better decisions. Its products include ChatGPT, a conversational AI that can write, code, tutor, and assist in interactive tasks, and Sora, which can generate videos from text prompts. OpenAI’s models typically run through cloud-based services and subscriptions, with licensing and partnerships for broader use. The company operates a capped-profit model to balance generating revenue with ensuring safety, ethics, and long-term societal benefits. Its approach emphasizes safety, responsible deployment, and collaboration with researchers, governments, and institutions. The goal is to ensure artificial general intelligence, when it arrives, benefits all of humanity and minimizes risks.

Company Size

5,001-10,000

Company Stage

Late Stage VC

Total Funding

$196B

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2015

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • $4B backed Deployment Company accelerates enterprise AI adoption with partners like Bain.
  • Trusted Access grants Deutsche Telekom and BBVA GPT-5.5-Cyber for cybersecurity.
  • $400B valuation from secondary sale enables $30M staff cash-outs, retaining talent.

What critics are saying

  • Anthropic's Mythos secures Pentagon contracts, blocking OpenAI's Daybreak revenue.
  • Doubled GPT-5.5 API pricing to $5/$30 per 1M tokens shifts developers to Claude.
  • EU blacklists GPT-5.5-Cyber access in 3-6 months, halting Trusted Access program.

What makes OpenAI unique

  • GPT-5.5 launches April 2026 with 1M context for complex professional tasks.
  • Daybreak platform integrates GPT-5.5-Cyber and Codex for cyber defense.
  • Deployment Company acquires Tomoro, adding 150 engineers for enterprise AI.

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Benefits

Health insurance

Dental and vision insurance

Flexible spending account for healthcare and dependent care

Mental healthcare service

Fertility treatment coverage

401(k) with generous matching

20-week paid parental leave

Life insurance (complimentary)

AD&D insurance (complimentary)

Short-term/long-term disability insurance (complimentary)

Optional buy-up life insurance

Flexible work hours and unlimited paid time off (we encourage 4+ weeks per year)

Annual learning & development stipend

Regular team happy hours and outings

Daily catered lunch and dinner

Travel to domestic conferences

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-2%

1 year growth

3%

2 year growth

2%
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