Employee Relations and Investigations Lead

About the team

OpenAIs People team aims to hire engage and retain worldclass talent who will safely build and deploy universally beneficial Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). The Global Employee Relations and People Policy team is a Center of Excellence within the People team providing subjectmatter expertise in employee relations workplace investigations policy development and strategic guidance and support for highstakes complex and sensitive employee matters across OpenAIs global offices.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced Employee Relations and Investigations Lead to join our Global Employee Relations Investigations and People Policy team. This role will report to the Global Head of Employee Relations and will be instrumental in leading and scaling a highperforming global employee relations and workplace investigations team. You will conduct and guide complex investigations into potential policy violations provide subjectmatter expertise on highstakes employment matters and work closely with senior leadership to influence and implement strategic initiatives while supporting informed decisionmaking. Additionally you will provide daytoday guidance to other team members on complex investigations and help scale and define our global investigations and employee relations strategy.

Youll have several responsibilities including:

• Mentor develop and scale a global team of employee relations and investigations professionals.

• Oversee and conduct comprehensive investigations into employee concerns including misconduct harassment discrimination and policy violations across OpenAIs global offices.

• Ensure adherence to best practices and goldstandard investigative procedures including meticulous documentation and report writing.

• Provide subject matter expertise on highstakes and complex employment matters ensuring compliance with employment laws and company policies.

• Collaborate with Legal HR and crossfunctional teams to resolve complex personnel matters in a manner that is consistent with company policies and complies with labor and employment laws.

• Develop and implement innovative strategies to enhance workplace culture and align with OpenAIs values.

• Analyze employee relations data to inform and refine People programs and policies.

• Stay informed on U.S. and global employment law trends and best practices.

• Drive continuous improvement of employee relations processes and tools focusing on speed efficiency and innovation.

Well look for these qualities experience and skills:

• A JD degree and 10 years of experience as an employment or workplace investigations attorney or in another inhouse investigations role or advising on complex employee relations issues. Global employment law experience or AWICH designation is a plus.

• Demonstrated experience in leading and scaling highperforming employee relations or investigations teams at global companies.

• Proven ability to manage highly sensitive and complex employee relations issues with a strong record of deescalating charged situations.

• Exceptional analytical written and verbal communication skills with the ability to produce clear rigorous and legally defensible investigation reports.

• Strong interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence with the ability to build trust and influence at all organizational levels.

• Datadriven and proactive approach with a commitment to continuous improvement and dynamic problemsolving.

• Unwavering integrity and professionalism with a commitment to maintaining confidentiality and handling sensitive information with the utmost discretion.

• Ability to think strategically and creatively in highpressure environments.

Location and Workplace

This role is based in our San Francisco CA office and we offer relocation assistance to new employees.

Our offices use a hybrid work model: three days in the office per week with optional work from home on Thursdays and Fridays. Our openplan offices have heightadjustable desks conference rooms phone booths wellstocked kitchens full of snacks and drinks and more.

About OpenAI

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that generalpurpose 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 we do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin sex sexual orientation age veteran status disability genetic information or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

For additional information please see OpenAIs Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.

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