OpenAI · 1 day ago
Private Equity Partnerships Manager
San Francisco
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$0/yr - $350K/yrOpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Private Equity Partnerships Manager role involves managing relationships with private equity firms, supporting AI adoption across their portfolio companies, and collaborating with internal stakeholders to drive successful customer outcomes.
Agentic AIArtificial Intelligence (AI)Foundational AIGenerative AIMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSaaS
Responsibilities
Serve as a trusted point of contact for private equity firms and senior operating leaders
Support executive-level conversations around AI strategy, value creation, and transformation
Represent OpenAI in meetings, events, and industry forums
Help portfolio companies identify high-impact AI use cases aligned with business priorities
Coordinate enablement activities such as executive briefings, workshops, and learning sessions
Partner with internal teams to ensure customers receive the right technical and deployment support
Work with sales and technical teams to support complex customer engagements
Contribute to business case development, stakeholder alignment, and adoption planning
Help ensure smooth transitions from initial engagement through deployment and expansion; define, measure and achieve shared KPIs with private equity firms
Partner with internal stakeholders across sales, engineering, customer success, marketing, and operations
Share insights and feedback from customers to help inform product and go-to-market improvements
Contribute to internal best practices for working with investment firms and their portfolios
Qualification
Required
Significant experience working with private equity firms, portfolio companies, or complex enterprise customers
Background in strategic partnerships, enterprise sales, consulting, or go-to-market leadership
Experience engaging with C-suite and senior executives as a trusted advisor
Strong ability to translate technical capabilities into clear business outcomes
Excellent stakeholder management skills and a track record of driving complex programs to execution
Outstanding verbal communication and facilitation skills, including delivering engaging presentations, workshops, or webinars to large senior and executive audiences
High attention to detail and operational rigor, with the ability to drive clarity and execution through precise written communication and effective cross-functional collaboration
Preferred
Experience with cloud, software, or AI platforms
Exposure to large-scale enablement programs or ecosystem-based GTM models
Familiarity working across sales, technical, and customer success organizations
Experience as an operator, advisor, or investor is a plus
Benefits
Health coverage
Paid time off
Parental leave
Learning stipends
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.
Founded in 2015
201-500 employees
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
Fidji Simo
CEO, Applications
Sam Altman
CEO & Co-Founder
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