OpenAI · 1 month ago
Account Director, Federal Partnerships
Washington, DC
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$261K/yr - $315K/yr
10+ years expOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Account Director, Federal Partnerships will drive key opportunities through the federal sales cycle, manage key federal accounts, and collaborate with various teams to help government customers advance their missions through AI.
Agentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS
Responsibilities
Manage a focused set of key federal accounts, developing and executing comprehensive federal account plans
Lead federal customers through their AI adoption journey, from consideration to successful deployment
Partner with solutions and research engineering to build and execute complex government customer programs and projects
Own and manage a federal consumption revenue target
Oversee consumption revenue forecasting and reporting
Analyze key federal account metrics and provide insights to internal and external stakeholders
Closely monitor the federal landscape (agencies, policies, competitors, partners, etc.) to inform product roadmaps and corporate strategies
Collaborate cross-functionally with solutions, marketing, communications, business operations, people operations, finance, product management, and engineering
Support the recruitment and onboarding of federal-focused team members
Foster the development of our company culture within the federal practice
Qualification
Required
10+ years selling platform-as-a-service and/or software-as-a-service specifically into federal government accounts
Achieving federal revenue targets of >$2M per year consistently over multiple years
Designing and executing complex federal deal strategies, including familiarity with government contracting and procurement processes
Supporting growth in fast-paced, high-performance federal environments
Working directly with senior government executives and federal agency leaders
Communicating technical and strategic concepts clearly to government customers and internal stakeholders
Leading high-visibility federal customer events, briefings, and industry engagements
Gathering, distilling, and processing detailed federal market intelligence (agency priorities, policy changes, competitor activities, etc.)
Benefits
Relocation assistance
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)
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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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