Lead Product Manager, Core Product - OpenAI

About the Team

We are the team behind ChatGPT, a rapidly evolving AI companion designed to answer any question and perform any task intuitively. With over 200 million weekly active users globally, ChatGPT plays a significant role in ensuring that AI benefits all of humanity. And we’re just getting started. We have ambitious plans to further enhance the product by combining research, engineering, and design, making ChatGPT even more intuitive and indispensable in users’ daily lives.

About the Role

We’re seeking a Lead Product Manager to spearhead the development and evolution of ChatGPT’s core experiences. In this role, you will drive the product’s growth across all platforms—web, mobile, desktop, and third-party surfaces—ensuring a seamless and engaging experience for our rapidly expanding user base.

You will be a key player in shaping the future of ChatGPT, owning how millions of people interact with AI daily. This role is perfect for someone who is deeply passionate about product design, has a strong user-centric approach, and possesses the technical expertise to collaborate closely with engineering and research teams.

This position is based in San Francisco, CA. We utilize a hybrid work model with 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

In this role, you will:

• Vision & Strategy: Spearhead the development and implementation of cutting-edge AI research by crafting the vision, strategy, roadmap, and execution plan.

• Product Development: Convert user feedback into detailed product requirements, narratives, and technical specifications.

• Data-Driven Insights: Utilize data to deeply understand user needs and guide future product development.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with research, product design, and engineering teams to bring new capabilities to life.

You might thrive in this role if you:

• Have 6+ years of product management or related industry experience.

• Have experience being a hands-on individual contributor while simultaneously managing a high-performing team.

• Obtained a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Analytics, Mathematics, Physics, Applied Sciences, or a related field.

• Have proven experience working in a technical environment with cross-functional teams to drive product vision, define requirements, and guide the team through key milestones.

• Are passionate about design and figuring out best-in-class solutions to UX, UI, and interaction challenges.

• Showcase strong leadership, organizational, and execution skills, along with proven communication abilities

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. 

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. 

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