# Research Communications Manager, Safety

**Company**: OpenAI
**Location**: San Francisco, CA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Full time
**Salary**: $185K - $205K
**Category**: Communications
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124605186

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## Description

OpenAI is seeking an experienced communications professional to join our Platform & Research Communications team. This role will work closely with the Research Communications Lead and partner deeply with safety researchers, alignment researchers, and cross-functional teams to shape how OpenAI’s safety research is understood by researchers, journalists, policymakers, and the broader public.

**Responsibilities:**

- Shape Safety Research Narratives: Develop clear, credible external narratives around OpenAI’s safety research, including alignment, evaluations, preparedness, interpretability, and other areas connected to the safe development of frontier AI.

- Partner Deeply with Researchers: Work directly with safety and alignment researchers to understand their work, identify the most important ideas, and help position those ideas publicly.

- Lead Proactive Storytelling & Content Strategy: Develop proactive storytelling opportunities across blogs, explainers, video, podcasts, events, and other channels beyond traditional media.

- Support Research Launches & Publications: Partner with research teams to plan communications for major papers, evaluations, model-related research, safety initiatives, and other technical publications.

- Cross-Functional Partnership: Work closely with Product, Policy, Safety, Legal, Marketing, and other Communications teams to align safety research communications with broader company goals.

- Risk Anticipation & Mitigation: Identify potential reputational, scientific, policy, or misinterpretation risks early.

**Requirements:**

- 7+ years of experience in research, science, technology, or safety-related communications.

- Demonstrated experience working directly with scientists, engineers, researchers, or technical leaders.

- Strong understanding of AI, machine learning, safety research, alignment, or adjacent technical domains.

- Exceptional writing and editing skills, with the ability to adapt tone for expert and general audiences.

- Strong judgment handling complex, ambiguous, or high-stakes narratives.

- Experience developing proactive storytelling strategies across multiple channels, including blogs, media, video, podcasts, events, or long-form content.

- Experience managing multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.

- Strong project management and cross-functional collaboration skills.

**Benefits:**

- $185K – $205K • Offers Equity

- 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

- 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

## Skills

### Required
- AI
- machine learning
- safety research
- alignment
- communications
- writing
- editing
- project management

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