Senior Technical Advisor, National Security Policy – Global Affairs

Role Overview

• Serve as a senior technical-policy advisor to the National Security Policy team on frontier AI safety and governance issues, including CBRN, cyber, autonomous agents, automated AI R&D, evaluations, risk thresholds, and societal resilience.
• Act as a cross-functional connector between National Security Policy and internal teams including Safety Systems, Preparedness, Alignment, Research, Security, Legal, and Product Policy.
• Drive OpenAI’s engagement with national AI institutes, the Frontier Model Forum, third-party evaluators, research organizations, and other technical governance bodies.
• Develop proactive policy strategies that help governments and other institutions prepare for and react to increasingly capable AI systems, including responsible national security adoption, defensive acceleration, democratic oversight, and societal resilience.
• Represent OpenAI externally with sound judgment, integrity, and credibility in sensitive engagements with policymakers, technical experts, civil society, and national security stakeholders.
• Translate technical realities into clear policy products, including memos, briefs, talking points, government responses, strategy documents, and internal decision materials.
• Build and sustain trusted relationships with AI safety researchers, technical policy experts, think tanks, standards bodies, civil society organizations, and current or former government officials.
• Help OpenAI identify emerging technical-policy opportunities, pressure-test novel ideas, and determine which initiatives are most important to advance the mission.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in frontier AI policy, AI safety, technical AI governance, or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated credibility in the AI safety or frontier AI governance fields.
• Familiarity with frontier AI risk management issues, including areas such as risk taxonomies, evaluations, model access, CBRN, cyber, recursive self-improvement, and AI safety standards.
• Experience working with senior internal or external stakeholders on sensitive policy or technology issues.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey complex technical and policy concepts to diverse audiences.
• Sound judgment, outstanding personal integrity, and the ability to represent OpenAI responsibly in high-trust external settings.
• Strong strategic thinking, problem-solving, and project management skills.
• Track record of effectively working with cross-functional teams and aligning a diverse range of internal and external partners.

Tech Stack

• React

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
• Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
• Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
• Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
• 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
• Mental health and wellness support
• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
• Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
• Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
• Relocation support for eligible employees
• Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.