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OpenAI is seeking a Security Program Manager to build and own programs spanning the Security organization, with a core focus on Mergers & Acquisitions. This is a deeply cross-functional, execution-focused role that requires a structured operator who thrives in ambiguity and partners effectively across organizational boundaries.
In this role, you will own Security & IT M&A programs from diligence through Day 1 readiness, integration, onboarding, and transition to ongoing ownership. You will partner with Corporate Development, IT, Infrastructure, Application, Legal, Privacy, Security, GRC, and Corporate Security teams to understand cross-functional requirements and navigate tradeoffs. You will learn partner teams' workflows, identify missed dependencies, bottlenecks, duplicated effort, and risks that could slow integration or weaken outcomes, then address recurring problems at their source.
You will establish scalable frameworks and processes to support core programs, including defining durable program goals, core measures of success, intake paths, playbooks, onboarding checklists, decision points, and handoff standards. You will use AI and automation to organize information, surface gaps, improve documentation, route work, and track follow-through, with appropriate handling of sensitive information and human review of risk decisions.
You will create and maintain program-level visibility across deals, risks, milestones, and dependencies, ensuring reliable and high-quality delivery. You will measure whether the work improves readiness, reduces manual effort, closes risks, and makes future transitions more predictable. You will communicate status, risks, tradeoffs, and decisions clearly to technical and executive audiences and drive cross-functional execution with urgency and care. As organizational priorities evolve, you will own additional programs spanning Security and IT, applying and improving the systems built through the M&A portfolio.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience leading complex cross-functional programs with a proven record of successful partnership in security, IT, infrastructure, privacy, trust, product risk, or other technical domains
- Demonstrated ability to carry programs from an ambiguous starting point through execution and lasting ownership
- Experience building a new program, workflow, or operating model and earning adoption with measurable results
- Curiosity about how teams work in practice and ability to identify underlying issues behind missed handoffs or recurring exceptions
- Experience using AI or automation to improve a real workflow, with ability to explain what changed, how people adopted it, and where human judgment remains necessary
- Experience in Mergers & Acquisitions or related areas preferred
- Ability to thrive in high-trust environments, bring rigor and systems thinking to ambiguity, and operate with bias for aligned execution over org boundaries
- Structured, detail-oriented, and rigorous in ensuring quality, accountability, and durable delivery
- Empathetic communication and leadership skills; ability to influence cross-functional and executive audiences and build durable trust with partners
