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FULL TIME
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Remote
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We build and deploy advanced AI systems with safety, responsibility, and real-world impact at the core of our mission.
OpenAI is seeking an experienced Private Equity Partnership Manager to help manage relationships with leading private equity firms, support AI adoption across their portfolio companies, and partner internally with stakeholders across Sales, AI Deployment, Solution Engineering, and Revenue Operations.
We believe AI will play a transformative role in how organizations operate, compete, and grow. In this role, you will act as a senior advisor to investment firms and portfolio executives, helping them understand how to responsibly deploy AI technologies and realize meaningful business outcomes.
This role blends strategic partnership, executive engagement, and technical fluency. You will collaborate closely with sales, technical, and customer success teams to support successful customer adoption of OpenAI products, including ChatGPT Enterprise, Codex, and APIs.
Serve as a trusted point of contact for private equity firms and senior operating leaders
Support executive-level conversations around AI strategy, value creation, and transformation
Represent OpenAI in meetings, events, and industry forums
Help portfolio companies identify high-impact AI use cases aligned with business priorities
Coordinate enablement activities such as executive briefings, workshops, and learning sessions
Partner with internal teams to ensure customers receive the right technical and deployment support
Work with sales and technical teams to support complex customer engagements
Contribute to business case development, stakeholder alignment, and adoption planning
Help ensure smooth transitions from initial engagement through deployment and expansion; define, measure and achieve shared KPIs with private equity firms
Partner with internal stakeholders across sales, engineering, customer success, marketing, and operations
Share insights and feedback from customers to help inform product and go-to-market improvements
Contribute to internal best practices for working with investment firms and their portfolios
Strong, trusted relationships with private-equity sponsors and portfolio executives
Strong, trusted relationships with internal stakeholders across Sales, AI Deployment, Solution Engineering, and Revenue Operations
Increased adoption and successful use of OpenAI products across portfolio companies
Clear internal alignment and effective coordination across teams supporting these customers
Consistent delivery of value-driven, repeatable customer engagements
Define, measure and achieve shared KPIs with private equity firms
Significant experience working with private equity firms, portfolio companies, or complex enterprise customers
Background in strategic partnerships, enterprise sales, consulting, or go-to-market leadership
Experience engaging with C-suite and senior executives as a trusted advisor
Strong ability to translate technical capabilities into clear business outcomes
Excellent stakeholder management skills and a track record of driving complex programs to execution
Outstanding verbal communication and facilitation skills, including delivering engaging presentations, workshops, or webinars to large senior and executive audiences
High attention to detail and operational rigor, with the ability to drive clarity and execution through precise written communication and effective cross-functional collaboration
Experience with cloud, software, or AI platforms
Exposure to large-scale enablement programs or ecosystem-based GTM models
Familiarity working across sales, technical, and customer success organizations
Experience as an operator, advisor, or investor is a plus
Enjoy working with senior executives on complex, strategic problems
Are curious about how AI can drive operational and competitive advantage
Thrive in cross-functional, fast-moving environments
Enjoy building relationships, systems, and repeatable approaches from the ground up
Travel to customer offices and events is required, including periodic in-person executive meetings.
Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience, including salary, equity, and comprehensive benefits such as health coverage, paid time off, parental leave, and learning stipends.
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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