# Research Program Manager, Human Data Campaigns

**Company:** [OpenAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/openai)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Technical Program Management
**Salary:** $239k – $328k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** SQL, Python, APIs, Data Analysis, Dashboards, Data Platforms
**Posted:** 2026-07-21

> Research Program Manager partnering with AI researchers to design, execute, and optimize large-scale human data collection campaigns that improve models like ChatGPT and Sora. Requires strong SQL/Python skills, technical acumen, and ability to drive projects in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Partner with researchers to scope data collection needs, define success metrics, and establish quality measurement frameworks.
- Translate research needs into actionable plans for data collection campaigns and accelerate execution by leveraging existing tooling.
- Implement scrappy new solutions while partnering with engineering to design robust and scalable solutions.
- Build and optimize dashboards to track campaign performance, leveraging SQL and Python for data analysis and actionable insights.
- Collaborate with engineers to enhance data platforms, resolve blockers, and ensure security best practices such as access management.
- Advise and empower program managers and vendors to drive day-to-day execution, focusing on high priority opportunities.

## Requirements
- Proficient in SQL and Python for data analysis, including querying databases, processing large datasets, and generating actionable insights.
- Proficient in Python for interacting with various tools via APIs, including sending requests, processing responses, and integrating functionalities into workflows.
- Proficient in SQL for creating analytics dashboards, including writing complex queries, optimizing data retrieval, and visualizing insights for decision-making.
- Experience working at large scale across a portfolio of projects.
- Ability to learn technical concepts exceptionally quickly.
- High horsepower, adept at frequent context switching, working on multiple projects with expansive ownership, and ruthless prioritization.
- Thrive in dynamic environments and can navigate ambiguity with ease.
- Action-oriented and deeply curious mind; grit and creative problem solving required daily.
- Excited to understand the technicalities of cutting edge AI research and work alongside researchers from instantiation to launch.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Enjoy being part of an ambitious and technically-minded team.
- Want to get your hands dirty.

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