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the team We are a small and fast-moving partnerships team that shapes and executes all aspects of collaboration with the largest partners. Your mission in this role is to maintain and scale partnerships spanning consumer products. You will build deep relationships, ensure we have the right strategic partners, lead cross-functional workstreams and advance OpenAI’s mission.
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the role We are seeking a skilled generalist who can rapidly context switch but have a background working closely with product leaders and expertise in strategic deals. You’re able to drive work at high velocity and can motivate external and internal partners, including product, engineering, and operations. You operate with independence and focus, finding creative solutions to unlock growth and innovation. In this role, you will: Own and scale our most strategic search and commerce partnerships: Drive day-to-day partnership strategy and execution across priority partners, working closely with product, engineering, research, sales, finance, legal, and marketing to align roadmaps and deliver outcomes. Support partnership deal execution: Support commercial negotiations from partner evaluation through launch, expansion, and renewal, including both product integrations and commercial terms. Operate as a cross-functional driver: Coordinate internal teams and external partners to launch, manage, and optimize partnership initiatives end-to-end. Serve as the internal advocate for partners, aligning product and cross-functional teams to partner goals, applying thoughtful pushback on roadmap tradeoffs, and driving accountability against agreed success metrics. Run partner operating cadence: Establish and manage working rhythms with partners (business reviews, planning sessions, issue resolution), escalating and aligning with senior stakeholders as needed. Track and communicate impact: Define success metrics, monitor performance (adoption, revenue, usage, satisfaction), and clearly communicate progress, risks, and opportunities to internal stakeholders. Build strong partner relationships: Serve as a primary point of contact for partner counterparts, building trust and identifying new opportunities for collaboration and growth. You might thrive in this role if you: 6+ years of experience in business development, product partnerships, or product within the technology industry. Proven experience supporting or leading strategic partnerships, including technical/product integrations. Strong cross-functional operator with experience working closely with product, engineering, legal, finance, and sales teams to execute complex initiatives. Experience working on or alongside shopping, search, marketplace, content, or large-scale consumer platforms with a strong understanding of engagement dynamics. Skilled relationship builder with clear, effective communication across both internal and partner organizations. Self-directed and adaptable, comfortable operating in fast-moving environments with evolving priorities and partial ambiguity. Past experience working at high growth companies is preferred. About OpenAI OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence
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