Executive Business Partner, Creative Partnerships, NYC

About the Team

Our Executive Operations team includes Executive Business Partners who serve as trusted advisors and collaborators to OpenAI's executives and leaders, focused on strong communication and operational excellence across teams. With a focus on elevating the impact and efficiency of leadership, we anticipate needs, streamline processes, and provide comprehensive support to ensure our executives can focus on high-impact initiatives. We play a pivotal role in driving success and achieving key milestones by cultivating strong relationships and leveraging our deep understanding of business objectives. With a commitment to excellence and a proactive approach, we are dedicated to empowering our executives and contributing to the overall growth and success of the company.

Our leadership team reflects OpenAI’s culture and core values and is a mission-driven, kind, and thoughtful group. We take pride in creating a work environment that fosters collaboration, open communication, and authenticity, making OpenAI an excellent place to work for highly accomplished professionals.

About Partnerships:
The Partnerships team leads OpenAI’s engagement with key external stakeholders, helping shape how our technology is introduced and adopted across industries. The team operates at the intersection of strategy and relationship-building, partnering closely with internal teams to navigate high-visibility engagements and build long-term, trusted relationships.

About the Role
The Executive Business Partner will be a proactive partner to an executive operating at the intersection of partnerships, culture, and global influence. This role manages complex scheduling, coordinates high-profile engagements, and supports a fast-moving, externally-facing portfolio.

This role requires exceptional judgment and discretion, particularly in environments involving public figures, high-visibility partners, and sensitive engagements. The ideal candidate is comfortable with ambiguity, shifting priorities, and driving operational excellence.

This role is based in New York City (NYC). We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance.

Experience we’re excited about:

• Background in fast-paced or hypergrowth environments (tech, media, entertainment, or adjacent industries)

• Have 7+ years experience in a cross-functional executive assistant role or similar support function.

• Experience supporting executives in partnerships, communications, or culturally influential spaces

• Exposure to high-visibility environments involving public figures or external stakeholders

• Strong operator who can build structure in ambiguity

• Exceptional judgment and discretion in handling sensitive information and relationships

• Expert at managing complex calendars and travel tied to external engagements

• Detail-oriented with strong ownership and follow-through

• Clear communicator across internal and external audiences

• Independent, proactive, and collaborative

• Able to maintain clarity and calm in a dynamic environment

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.

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