Responsibilities

Develop and implement OpenAI’s public policy strategy across South America, aligning global priorities with regional political, policy, and partnership opportunities.
Build relationships with federal, state, and city-level policymakers, regulators, ministerial officials, civil society leaders, academic institutions, industry partners, and the broader innovation ecosystem.
Anticipate and shape legislative, regulatory, and political developments involving AI, innovation, safety, infrastructure, and economic development.
Identify and develop partnerships across finance, academia, agriculture, industry, and healthcare to enable responsible AI deployment.
Support enterprise and public-sector adoption of AI tools in collaboration with commercial and technical teams.
Translate strategy into implementation plans with timelines, engagement plans, goals, and deliverables.
Prepare insights, memos, activity updates, and recommendations for internal and executive audiences.
Organize and lead meetings, events, roundtables, and official engagements across South America.
Collaborate with research, engineering, product, legal, communications, partnerships, commercial, and policy teams.
Ensure South American perspectives inform global work on AI safety, governance, and deployment.

Requirements

15+ years of experience in public policy, government relations, technology policy, economic development, or a related field.
Demonstrated success engaging federal governments across multiple jurisdictions.
Experience shaping legislation or regulation, leading high-stakes policy campaigns, or building public- and private-sector partnerships.
Experience advising senior executives on political, regulatory, and public-affairs risks and opportunities.
Deep knowledge of South America’s political, regulatory, and economic ecosystem.
Knowledge of AI policy issues including copyright, safety, privacy, innovation, competition, and infrastructure.
Outstanding communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills, with experience influencing senior stakeholders.
Experience working cross-functionally across legal, research, communications, commercial, and policy teams.
Strong strategic judgment, integrity, situational awareness, and political instincts.
Ability to communicate complex technical and policy concepts clearly to diverse audiences.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.