# National Security Cyber Evaluation Lead

**Company:** [OpenAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/openai)
**Location:** Washington, DC
**Role:** Other
**Salary:** $252k – $342k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Cyber Operations, Cybersecurity Research, Adversarial Testing, Ai Evaluations, National Security Policy, Ts/Sci Clearance, Generative AI, Government Partnerships
**Posted:** 2026-07-10

> Lead OpenAI's policy and engagement strategy for cyber-focused national security testing and evaluation of advanced AI. Own relationships with U.S. government partners, translate technical evaluation priorities into policy actions, and align findings with risk mitigation. Requires TS/SCI clearance and deep expertise in cyber operations or adversarial testing.

## Job Description

## 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.

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