Senior Legal Program Manager (Hardware Compliance)
About the Team
The OpenAI Legal team tackles innovative, fundamental legal issues in AI. The team includes legal professionals from various fields such as technology, privacy, IP, corporate, cybersecurity, employment, tax, regulatory, and litigation.
About the Role
You will lead and manage large-scale, cross-functional initiatives to ensure OpenAI meets its obligations under evolving global regulatory frameworks. Your work will cover areas like AI governance, risk management, transparency, and privacy and model compliance. This role involves shaping how cutting-edge AI technology is responsibly developed and deployed in a complex legal and regulatory landscape.
This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.
In this role, you will:
- Lead global compliance for hardware launches, ensuring products meet regulatory and consumer law obligations across all launch jurisdictions.
- Monitor and manage global regulatory requirements for hardware, including tracking regulatory developments and updating compliance plans accordingly.
- Own requirements tracking for physical product compliance, including packaging inserts, labeling, and consumer disclosures across markets.
- Drive launch readiness for warranties and consumer terms, partnering closely with Product Marketing and Legal.
- Identify risks and drive cross-functional resolution strategies in collaboration with subject-matter experts.
About OpenAI
OpenAI is dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
Compensation
$216K – $240K + Offers Equity