# US Congressional Lead

**Company**: OpenAI
**Location**: Washington, DC
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: Full time
**Salary**: $252K - $280K
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124605186

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## Description

## Compensation

The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The salary range for this role is $252K – $280K, with generous equity, performance-related bonuses, and the following benefits:

- 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

- Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends

## About the Team

OpenAI's Global Affairs team builds authentic, collaborative relationships with public officials and the broader AI policymaking community to inform and support our shared work in these domains. We ensure that insights from policymakers inform our work and - in collaboration with our colleagues and external stakeholders - seek to further regulation, industry standards, and safe and beneficial development of AI tools.

## About the Role

As a US Congressional Lead on the Global Affairs team, you will help develop strategies and advance OpenAI's engagement with the U.S. Congress across a range of legislative and policy priorities. You will develop and manage relationships with House and Senate lawmakers and staff, with particular attention to committees shaping technology and emerging policy issues. You will support OpenAI's U.S. Global Affairs team in meetings, briefings, hearings, and other engagements, and collaborate with civil society and industry partners in alignment with OpenAI's mission.

## Responsibilities

- Develop strategies and advance OpenAI's engagement with the U.S. Congress

- Develop and manage relationships with House and Senate lawmakers and staff

- Support OpenAI's U.S. Global Affairs team in meetings, briefings, hearings, and other engagements

- Collaborate with civil society and industry partners in alignment with OpenAI's mission

- Track emerging congressional policy issues

- Coordinate complex cross-functional engagement with legal, policy, and communications teams

- Develop briefing materials and prepare leaders for congressional hearings and other government engagements

- Represent OpenAI in private and public forums

## Requirements

- Demonstrated experience (8+ years) and credibility working with the U.S. federal government, particularly the legislative branch

- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the U.S. government, its institutions and legislative processes, and the key policy issues and debates related to AI

- Substantial experience working with Congress, with a strong preference for experience working with the House or Senate Judiciary Committees, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, or other relevant congressional committees

- Strong bipartisan relationships, sound political judgment, and demonstrated experience navigating complex legislative and policy issues

- Track record of effectively working with cross-functional teams, especially communications, policy and legal teams, and aligning a diverse range of internal and external partners

- Sound judgment and outstanding personal integrity

- Ability to execute in fast and flexible environments through rapid cycles of analysis, decision, and action

- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey complex technical and policy concepts to diverse audiences

- Strong strategic thinking, problem-solving, and project management skills

- Genuine care and knowledge about the impact of technology on society

## Skills

### Required
- U.S. government relations
- legislative affairs
- policy analysis
- communications
- project management

### Nice to have
- AI policy
- Congressional relations
- public affairs

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