Manager, Field Security Specialists – Cyber Solutions Engineering

OpenAI

OpenAI cybersecurity solutions engineering manager leading customer-facing specialists applying frontier AI to defensive security workflows in Dublin. Building the team, operating model, and reusable cyber solutions for measurable customer risk reduction.

Posted 8/6/2026full-timeDublin • 🇮🇪 IrelandMid-LevelSenior💰 €224,000 - €248,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in leading high-performing technical security teams, establishing strategic engagement models, and ensuring quality standards in cybersecurity workflows. Possesses strong customer judgment and the ability to navigate complex technical and business environments effectively.

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Team LeadershipCybersecurity ConsultingTechnical Fluency with Code and APIsCustomer Engagement StrategyEvidence-Based Security Practices

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Hard Skills

CybersecurityThreat ModelingSecurity ToolingCI/CD SystemsVulnerability ManagementApplication SecurityCloud SecuritySecure SDLCDetection and ResponseIntegration Approaches

Soft Skills

CoachingClear CommunicationCross-Functional CollaborationCommercial JudgmentProblem-Solving

Tools & Technologies

GitHub WorkflowsOpenAI ModelsCodexDaybreakAI Workflows

Industry Keywords

Field Security SpecialistsCybersecurity PartnersGlobal Systems IntegratorsCustomer Data IntegrityHuman Review in AI

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudCyber SecuritySDLC

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Hire, coach, develop, and lead a high-performing team of Field Security Specialists
Establish the team’s strategy, operating model, engagement criteria, coverage priorities, and customer-delivery standards
Prioritize specialist capacity across strategic customers, regions, and approved partner opportunities
Lead discovery with CISOs, security executives, engineering leaders, and practitioners to identify high-value AI-enabled security workflows
Set quality standards for demonstrations, workshops, reference architectures, pilots, evaluations, integrations, and implementation guidance
Ensure engagements have clear success criteria, appropriate data boundaries, validated findings, safe testing, auditability, and human approval for consequential actions
Coach specialists to distinguish evidence-backed security outcomes from unvalidated findings or overstated model capabilities
Partner with Sales, Solutions Engineering, AI Deployment Engineering, Product, Engineering, Research, Security, Legal, and GRC
Define qualification, escalation, engagement, and handoff practices across pre-sales and post-sales teams
Turn customer engagements into repeatable cyber plays, technical assets, enablement, and product feedback
Represent field perspectives in product and security discussions
Build an inclusive specialist team with clear engagement standards, predictable field coverage, and strong cross-functional partnerships

Requirements

What you’ll need

Meaningfully led a customer-facing technical security, cybersecurity consulting, or solutions engineering team
Experience hiring, coaching, developing, and performance-managing highly technical team members
Genuine cybersecurity practitioner credibility
Ability to reason through threat models, trust boundaries, attack paths, exploitability, false positives, and safe remediation
Strong customer and commercial judgment across discovery, qualification, demonstrations, pilots, executive objections, adoption, and expansion
Ability to move between CISO business-risk priorities and practitioner technical evidence
Hands-on technical fluency with code, APIs, GitHub workflows, CI/CD systems, security tooling, agent architectures, integrations, and evaluation approaches
Understanding of retrieval, structured outputs, tool calling, evaluations, guardrails, telemetry, sandboxing, and human review in AI workflows
Evidence-based and integrity-focused approach to customer data, authorized testing, security claims, and high-consequence capabilities
Ability to allocate scarce specialist resources and create reusable leverage
Ability to operate effectively in ambiguity and build teams, processes, and customer motions from the ground up
Clear communication with technical, executive, and cross-functional audiences
Familiarity with OpenAI models, APIs, Codex, Codex Security, Daybreak, or related cyber capabilities (nice to have)
Experience with security-product companies, global systems integrators, or cybersecurity partners (nice to have)
Depth across application security, cloud security, identity, secure SDLC, vulnerability management, detection and response, or attacker tradecraft (nice to have)
Experience developing repeatable field assets, technical enablement, or product feedback mechanisms across multiple regions (nice to have)
Ability to work in the office three days per week
Authorization to work in the country where the job is located

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity
Performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees
Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family
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)
Paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
Flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
13+ paid company holidays
Multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year
Paid sick or safe time
Mental health and wellness support
Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
Annual learning and development stipend
Daily meals in offices
Meal delivery credits as eligible
Relocation support for eligible employees
Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends may also be provided