OpenAI6 days ago

People Systems Lead

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Responsibilities

  • 01Lead and develop the People Systems team, creating clear ownership, strong operating practices, and opportunities for people to grow
  • 02Set the strategy and roadmap for OpenAI’s People systems, balancing immediate operational needs with longer-term architectural change
  • 03Own the configuration, reliability, and ongoing operation of core platforms, including Workday and Ashby
  • 04Lead complex systems initiatives that span multiple teams and translate organizational needs into scalable technical solutions
  • 05Design and guide integrations across People systems, internal products, data platforms, and the broader company technology ecosystem
  • 06Partner closely with People Innovation Labs to build employee and manager experiences on top of enterprise back ends
  • 07Help move the People technology ecosystem toward a more headless model, allowing workflows to be surfaced through OpenHouse, Slack, and AI agents while preserving appropriate systems of record and controls
  • 08Improve the stability and effectiveness of critical People systems
  • 09Strengthen data quality, security, auditability, controls, and operational readiness as the company scales
  • 10Lead vendor relationships, including product strategy discussions, quarterly business reviews, performance management, and escalations
  • 11Build alignment across People, Engineering, Finance, Security, Legal, and other stakeholders
  • 12Communicate technical choices, risks, and tradeoffs clearly to senior leaders

Requirements

  • 01Have deep experience with People systems and the workflows they support, ideally including significant Workday experience
  • 02Have led a People Systems, HR technology, enterprise applications, or similarly technical systems team
  • 03Have hands-on experience designing and managing integrations rather than only administering vendor tools
  • 04Can reason about APIs, data flows, system boundaries, permissions, reliability, and failure handling
  • 05Have built or supported custom interfaces, workflow layers, or internal products on top of enterprise systems
  • 06Approach systems work with a product mindset and look beyond the default experience provided by a vendor
  • 07Can translate ambiguous business needs into clear systems requirements and scalable solutions
  • 08Have developed and delivered a systems roadmap involving multiple teams, dependencies, and competing priorities
  • 09Work effectively with engineers and can challenge technical assumptions without needing to write every component yourself
  • 10Have led complex vendor relationships and know how to use business reviews, product feedback, and performance measures to improve outcomes
  • 11Can balance innovation with the reliability, security, and controls required of systems that support payroll, recruiting, compensation, and other critical processes
  • 12Are an experienced people manager who sets clear expectations, coaches senior team members, and addresses performance issues directly
  • 13Communicate clearly with both technical and nontechnical audiences and can drive decisions across groups with different priorities
  • 14Are excited to explore how AI can change the way enterprise systems and People teams operate