Safety Transparency Editor, Safety Systems

Responsibilities

• Serve as the narrative DRI for system cards and related transparency artifacts from initiation through publication.
• Partner with the Safety Programs team, researchers, evaluators, red-teamers, policy experts, legal teams, communications partners, and launch teams to translate technical findings into public-facing materials.
• Write clear, precise explanations of highly technical safety topics for external audiences without sacrificing rigor or nuance.
• Shape the editorial structure and narrative arc of transparency artifacts, ensuring they accurately communicate what OpenAI has done, why it matters, and where uncertainty remains.
• Exercise strong editorial judgment to determine what context is necessary, what caveats should be highlighted, and where additional explanation or supporting evidence may be needed to strengthen public understanding.
• Improve repeatable editorial processes, templates, and publication workflows.
• Use AI tools to accelerate drafting, synthesize source materials, identify precedents, prepare reviewer packets, and improve consistency across artifacts.
• Build systems and workflows that make transparency efforts faster, more scalable, and more effective over time.
• Support blogs, governance documents, technical explainers, and other technical safety communications when needed.
• Help evolve the Deployment Safety Hub and related transparency surfaces over time.

Requirements

• Exceptional writer and editor who can make highly technical topics understandable without sacrificing precision.
• Strong editorial judgment and ability to identify the narrative thread in complex, ambiguous material, surfacing what details matter, what context is needed, and how to communicate uncertainty responsibly.
• Strong execution instincts and enjoy owning complex projects from start to finish.
• Ability to synthesize diverse inputs into structured, publication-ready artifacts.
• Ability to earn trust and work in close partnership with technical experts to make their work accessible without oversimplifying it.
• Deeply AI-native in how you work, and instinctively look for opportunities to automate, systematize, and improve editorial processes.
• Care deeply about rigor, intellectual honesty, and earning trust through accuracy.
• Confidence to use your voice and judgment while remaining humble, evidence-driven, and open to feedback.
• Enjoy learning unfamiliar technical domains quickly and developing fluency in frontier AI safety concepts.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience building AI-assisted workflows that improve consistency, quality, and efficiency of editorial or transparency practices.
• Prior work on technical explainers, system cards, governance documents, or similar high-stakes public communications in AI or related fields.