OpenAI · 1 week ago
Senior Technical Recruiter, Research
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$190K/yr - $295K/yr
8+ years expOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Senior Technical Recruiter, Research will design and execute innovative talent strategies to attract leading AI researchers and engineers, partnering with research leadership to define talent needs and guide hiring decisions.
Agentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS
Responsibilities
Act as a strategic talent partner to executives and hiring leaders; build a deep understanding of business priorities and long-term organizational design needs; and evolve technical roadmaps to anticipate and shape hiring plans
Identify, engage, and cultivate exceptional talent across industry leaders and emerging research communities
Use data and insights to influence hiring and compensation strategy, benchmarking, talent pipeline decisions, and process improvements; share market intel to help leaders make informed decisions on timing, leveling, compensation, and search design
Partner closely with hiring teams on interview strategy, candidate evaluation, closing narratives, and long-term talent mapping, serve as a trusted advisor on the talent quality bar and signals
Collaborate deeply with your sourcing partner to accelerate search execution and build talent
Qualification
Required
8+ years of recruiting experience across highly technical and specialized domains
Navigate and close complex offer negotiations with confidence, prioritizing long-term relationship building and balancing candidate motivations, market dynamics, and compensation frameworks
Are deeply interested in artificial intelligence and its potential for positive impact on humanity
Lead creative and strategic search approaches for highly specialized technical roles
Take initiatives from ideation to execution while collaborating with a diverse set of stakeholders
Learn quickly and thrive in a fast-moving, evolving environment with shifting priorities
Company
OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company that develops advanced AI models, including ChatGPT. It is a sub-organization of OpenAI Foundation.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (1)
2024 (1)
2023 (1)
2022 (18)
2021 (10)
2020 (6)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$79BKey Investors
The Walt Disney CompanySoftBankThrive Capital
2025-12-11Corporate Round· $1B
2025-10-02Secondary Market· $6.6B
2025-03-31Series Unknown· $40B
Leadership Team
Sam Altman
CEO & Co-Founder
Greg Brockman
President, Chairman, & Co-Founder
Recent News
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2026-01-16
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