Description
Job Posting
US Benefits Analyst
Location
San Francisco
Employment Type
Full time
Location Type
Hybrid
Department
People
Compensation
- San Francisco $135K – $150K • Offers Equity
The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. If the role is non-exempt, overtime pay will be provided consistent with applicable laws. In addition to the salary range listed above, total compensation also includes generous equity, performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees, 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 (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
- 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, may also be provided.
More details about our benefits are available to candidates during the hiring process.
This role is at-will and OpenAI reserves the right to modify base pay and other compensation components at any time based on individual performance, team or company results, or market conditions.
About the Team
OpenAI’s People team aims to hire, engage, and retain world-class talent who will safely build and deploy universally beneficial Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). The Benefits team is an important subset of the HR team and is responsible for creating and delivering best in class, innovative benefits, and experiences for a rapidly growing employee population, both in and out of the US.
About the role
We’re hiring a U.S. Benefits Analyst to help ensure our benefits programs are accurate, reliable, and easy for employees to navigate as OpenAI scales.
In this role, you’ll work at the intersection of systems, data, and employee experience. You’ll own core U.S. benefits operations—auditing data, reviewing vendor billing, and responding directly to employee questions—while partnering closely with cross-functional teams.
This is a hands-on role for someone who takes pride in operational rigor, ownership, and clear, empathetic employee support. You’ll report to the U.S. Benefits Manager and play a key role in maintaining a strong, reliable benefits foundation as the company grows.
Your Responsibilities:
- Audit and maintain accurate U.S. benefits data across Workday and vendor systems.
- Review and reconcile benefits vendor invoices; investigate and resolve discrepancies.
- Serve as a front-line resource for employee benefits questions, providing clear and empathetic guidance.
- Maintain benefits elections, eligibility, and configurations in Workday.
- Partner with Payroll, Finance, HR Systems, and vendors to resolve issues and improve processes.
- Support key benefits projects such as open enrollment, audits, ongoing operational reviews, and compliance.
- Identify recurring issues and help improve how benefits are administered at scale.
We’re Seeking:
- 2–3 years of experience in benefits administration, HR operations, or a related role.
- Experience supporting U.S. health and welfare benefits and/or retirement plans (e.g., 401(k)).
- Hands-on experience with Workday, including transactions, configuration, and audits.
- Strong attention to detail and comfort working with data and reconciliations.
- Clear written communication skills and a service-oriented mindset.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
Workplace & Location
This role is based in our San Francisco office, and we aren’t considering remote applications at this time. We do encourage you to apply even if you prefer a fully remote role as location factors may change over time.
We offer relocation support to new employees, and we use a hybrid model: three days in the office per week with optional work from home on Thursdays and Fridays.
Our open-plan offices have height-adjustable desks, conference rooms, phone booths, well-stocked kitchens full of snacks and drinks, three in-house prepared meals daily, a private outdoor space for working in the sun or socialising, nap rooms, private bike storage, and more.
About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.