Investor Relations Lead

About the Team

OpenAIs mission is to ensure general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.

The Communications team spans media relations financial communications employee communications social community and events. The team shapes how the world understands OpenAIs technology strategy and impact. The work demands clarity

About the Role

Were looking for a world class communicator to own OpenAIs financial narrative and investor communications. This role defines how we explain our business performance capital strategy and long-term value creation to the investment community analysts media and key external stakeholders.

You will translate CFO-level strategy into sharp credible messaging that builds trust and drives confidence. You will shape how OpenAIs growth scale and financial discipline are understood in the market. You will partner tightly with Finance Investor Relations Legal and Executive Leadership to deliver clear consistent communications at speed.

This role is based in San Francisco CA. Hybrid model with three days in office each week. Relocation support available..

This role is based in San Francisco CA. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

In this role you will:

• Own OpenAIs external financial communications and investor relations narrative across business performance funding and capital strategy.

• Partner directly with the CFO and senior finance leadership to shape messaging for investors analysts and financial media.

• Lead communication strategy for major financial announcements and corporate milestones.

• Develop and execute integrated investor communications programs that position OpenAI as a disciplined high-growth technology leader.

• Translate complex financial and technical strategy into sharp credible narratives that resonate with the financial community.

• Manage relationships with financial press analysts and key market influencers.

• Advise executive leadership on market perception risk and positioning.

• Drive alignment across Communications Finance Legal and Executive teams to ensure precision and consistency.

You might thrive in this role if you bring:

• 10 years of senior communications experience with a strong focus on financial communications or investor relations.

• Deep fluency in tech finance venture capital capital markets and CFO-level strategy.

• Proven experience supporting high-growth technology companies through major funding scale or pre-IPO phases.

• Strong track record of advising C-suite leaders especially CFOs on external financial positioning.

• Ability to turn complex financial strategy into clear decisive messaging.

• Experience building trusted relationships with financial media and analysts.

• Calm decisive judgment in high-stakes environments.

• Track record of building and leading high-performance teams.

• Ability to operate at both strategic and execution levels.

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 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.

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