Recruiting Manager, Business
OpenAI
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $295,000 per year
Job Level
SeniorLead
About the role
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Business/G&A recruiters; foster a culture of excellence, curiosity, and continuous improvement.
- Partner with senior leaders across Finance, Legal, Communications, Exec Operations, and other G&A orgs to understand team objectives and translate them into effective hiring strategies.
- Oversee execution of full-cycle recruiting across the team — ensuring rigor in assessment, high-quality candidate experience, and alignment to OpenAI’s values.
- Implement and optimize scalable recruiting processes that support rapid, high-quality growth across regions.
- Identify bottlenecks, operational gaps, and opportunities to streamline workflows; collaborate with HR, Legal, and Compensation to ensure accuracy and compliance.
- Use data and funnel analytics to track performance, forecast progress, and guide decision-making.
- Drive advanced sourcing strategies (including diversity-focused pipelines) and leverage tools such as Ashby and LinkedIn Recruiter to elevate candidate quality and reach.
- Provide coaching to hiring managers on interviewing, evaluation, and employment branding to ensure consistency and excellence.
Requirements
- 8–10+ years of business/G&A recruiting experience, with 2+ years leading recruiters.
- Demonstrated success hiring in both high-growth startup environments and more scaled, complex organizations.
- Strong ability to operate at multiple altitudes — from strategic planning to hands-on execution when needed.
- Data-driven approach to diagnosing funnel performance and improving team output.
- Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder-management skills across senior leadership and cross-functional partners.
- Adaptability and resilience in a fast-changing environment; ability to guide teams through ambiguity.
- Proficiency with ATS and sourcing platforms (especially Ashby, LinkedIn Recruiter, and modern recruiting tools).
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.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
full-cycle recruitingdata-driven decision makingsourcing strategiescandidate assessmentperformance trackingworkflow optimizationhiring strategy developmentinterviewingemployment branding
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringcommunicationinfluencingstakeholder managementadaptabilityresiliencecuriositycontinuous improvement