National Security Cyber Evaluation Lead

Responsibilities

• Define OpenAI’s policy and engagement strategy for cyber-focused testing and evaluation.
• Own the political, policy, and institutional relationships with relevant U.S. government national security partners.
• Partner closely with technical leads in Safety Systems and Security to translate technical priorities into effective government engagements.
• Align scope, access, information-sharing, timelines, governance, and communication of findings for evaluations.
• Coordinate across policy and technical teams to ensure external commitments reflect sound technical judgment.
• Ensure evaluation findings inform mitigations, preparedness decisions, research and product priorities, and OpenAI’s broader government engagement strategy.

Requirements

• TS/SCI security clearance.
• Experienced leader with strong credibility among national security and cyber stakeholders.
• Substantial expertise in cyber operations, cybersecurity research, adversarial testing, or cyber capability evaluation.
• Strong understanding of emerging AI technologies.
• Ability to translate between technical evidence, operational cyber concerns, and policy implications.
• Turn ambiguous findings into clear decisions and next steps.
• Excel at coalition-building and complex cross-functional execution.
• Comfortable owning the details and driving initiatives independently as an accountable individual contributor.
• Excited by the potential of advanced AI, thoughtful about its risks, and comfortable operating amid ambiguity and rapidly shifting technical and organizational needs.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience in the technology sector.
• Strong technical understanding of generative AI.