OpenAI

Project Manager, Recruiting Operations

OpenAI

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • California

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Salary

💰 $190,000 - $240,000 per year

Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • Embed with Recruiting Leads as the dedicated RecOps partner, translating hiring priorities into structured project plans
  • Coordinate cross-functional recruiting projects across RecOps, Recruiting Leads, Finance/StratFin, and People Ops; lead kick-offs, checkpoints, and retrospectives
  • Maintain project trackers, milestones, calendars, timelines, deliverables, and dependencies; proactively flag risks, bottlenecks, or resourcing needs
  • Manage RecOps calendars to align project timelines with tool rollouts, ensuring smooth coordination across the team
  • Partner with Enablement to plan trainings and rollout support, ensuring new tools and processes are effectively adopted
  • Assist Recruiting Leads in organizing their teams’ projects and priorities in alignment with RecOps practices
  • Surface updates, blockers, and decision points to RecOps PMs and Recruiting leadership to ensure alignment and visibility
  • Deliver weekly progress updates and reporting leveraging data from Ashby, Airtable, and Snowflake in partnership with RecOps analytics
  • Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, recommend process enhancements, and pilot small improvements
  • Own project execution, milestone tracking, risk management, and stakeholder communication as the day-to-day driver for Recruiting Leads' initiatives

Requirements

  • 5 - 7 years managing recruiting, HR, or cross-functional operational projects
  • Skilled at building trust with stakeholders, driving clarity, and ensuring follow-through across technical and non-technical partners
  • Adept at running multiple project plans, managing calendars, maintaining documentation, and ensuring accountability
  • Experience with ATS/CRM systems (Ashby preferred), Airtable, and collaboration tools (Slack, Docs)
  • Comfortable using data to inform decisions; experience with Snowflake and reporting in partnership with analytics
  • Thrive in a fast-paced environment where priorities shift quickly; proactive in surfacing issues and unblocking progress
  • Excited to collaborate with fellow PMs, RecOps Specialists, Enablement partners, and Recruiting Leads
  • Ability to work from our US office three days per week (hybrid) and willingness to relocate to San Francisco (relocation assistance offered)
  • Applicants must answer application questions including visa sponsorship status