# Government and Community Affairs Manager
**Company:** [OpenAI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/openai)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Salary:** $170K-$190K
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Public Policy, Government Affairs, Legislative Work, Regulatory Work, Political Campaigns, Community Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Policy Analysis, Advocacy, Relationship Building, Briefing Materials, Cross-Functional Collaboration
**Posted:** 2026-06-26
> Support OpenAI’s engagement with California state and local policymakers, community organizations, and stakeholders. Build relationships, monitor policy developments, and develop community partnerships and educational initiatives.
## Job Description
## Responsibilities
- Help develop and execute OpenAI’s state and local government affairs and community engagement strategy across California.
- Build and maintain trusted, bipartisan relationships with state legislators, executive branch officials, local elected leaders, agency staff, community organizations, educational institutions, workforce partners, and other key stakeholders.
- Monitor, analyze, and communicate California legislative, regulatory, political, and local policy developments that may affect OpenAI, its users, or the broader AI ecosystem.
- Represent OpenAI in meetings, public forums, coalitions, conferences, community events, and other external engagements.
- Support advocacy strategies on issues related to artificial intelligence, innovation, safety, education, workforce development, government modernization, economic opportunity, and other emerging policy priorities.
- Develop and support community partnerships, events, educational programs, and other initiatives that connect OpenAI’s mission and technology with communities across California.
- Translate complex technical and policy issues into clear, accessible materials for policymakers, community stakeholders, and internal audiences.
- Prepare briefing materials, policy analyses, presentations, talking points, stakeholder plans, and other written materials for internal leaders and external engagement.
- Work cross-functionally with Legal, Product Policy, Communications, Partnerships, Product, and other teams to ensure that external engagement reflects OpenAI’s priorities and the perspectives of California stakeholders.
- Identify opportunities to demonstrate the practical benefits of AI through partnerships with state and local governments, schools and universities, workforce organizations, nonprofits, and other community institutions.
- Help plan and execute policymaker visits, product demonstrations, roundtables, community convenings, and other events.
- Coordinate with consultants, trade associations, coalitions, and external partners as appropriate.
- Support government affairs and stakeholder engagement in other Western states on an ad hoc basis as regional priorities evolve.
- Handle sensitive matters with discretion and operate with a high degree of integrity, professionalism, and sound judgment.

## Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in public policy, government affairs, legislative or regulatory work, political campaigns, community engagement, consulting, or a related field.
- Understand California’s state and local political, legislative, regulatory, and stakeholder environment.
- Track record of building trusted relationships with policymakers, staff, community leaders, and organizations representing varied perspectives.
- Excellent writer and communicator who can translate complex policy and technical issues for different audiences.
- Ability to independently manage projects and external relationships while collaborating effectively across teams.
- Strong political judgment; flexible, resourceful, and comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment with a bias toward action.
- Demonstrate integrity, discretion, curiosity, and humility when representing OpenAI and engaging with communities.
- Willing to travel regularly within California and occasionally to other states as needed.
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