OpenAI · 16 hours ago
Director of Recruiting Operations
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$265K/yr - $265K/yr
12+ years expOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Director of Recruiting Operations is responsible for building and running the operating system that makes hiring at OpenAI fast, rigorous, and scalable, overseeing all components of the recruiting process to ensure a candidate-centered approach as the organization scales.
Agentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS
Responsibilities
Own and continuously improve the recruiting operating system by establishing a scalable RecOps operating model, ensuring focused prioritization, planning, sequencing, execution rhythms, escalation paths, and accountability
Build a consistent, highly reliable candidate experience where recruiting coordination runs at high velocity and backlogs or fire drills are rare exceptions
Build a world-class interview operations program that is strategic and continuously improving the interviewer experience and capability in response to our growth
Lead, develop and grow a high-performing global Recruiting Operations team, setting clear standards, driving accountability, and building strong operational judgment
Build an AI-native roadmap for recruiting operations that spans key hiring process touchpoints (scheduling, interviewer operations, approvals, candidate experience, data and quality assurance, and support tooling)
Raise the bar on automation with a bias toward secure, reliable, governed systems and drive tight integration across recruiting tools and workflows to ensure data accuracy and scalability
Evaluate and optimize existing and new recruiting systems and vendors – ensuring they meet the needs of a rapidly growing, global organization
Partner with key stakeholders like the People Analytics, Strategic Finance and Recruiting teams to translate headcount forecasts into executable hiring plans that understand resourcing requirements, constraints and system bottlenecks
Drive system-of-record hygiene across recruiting tooling in partnership with People systems and operations teams
Act as a trusted, systems-oriented leader through periods of expansive growth
Qualification
Required
12+ years of progressive experience within talent operations, systems or equivalent operational leadership roles
Deep experience designing and building recruiting operations at scale globally
Strong systems thinking and operational design skills; comfortable driving integrations across ATS, scheduling and workflow tools
Strong understanding of global data governance requirements, with demonstrated experience partnering closely with People Compliance and Legal; SOX experience strongly preferred (controls, audit readiness, disciplined reporting)
Track record delivering AI-enabled or highly automated operations (strategy, build/buy decisions, integration, instrumentation, reliability)
Proven ability to deliver strong cross-functional leadership with Recruiting, People Ops, People Analytics, Finance, Legal, Real Estate and Workspace, and IT teams
Exceptional judgment, attention to detail, communication and prioritization in a fast-moving, high-stakes environment
Preferred
Comfort working with Ashby, Workday, Guide, is a plus
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
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