U.S. State Policy & Partnerships Manager, Global Affairs

About the Role OpenAI is seeking a strategic, highly organized, and flexible government and public affairs professional to serve as a national manager on the U.S. State Policy and Partnerships team. In this role, you will help build and operate the internal systems, cross-functional coordination, and external engagement needed for OpenAI’s state and local policy work across the United States. Reporting to the Head of U.S. State Policy and Partnerships, you will be a utility player for the full team: helping create structure and communication across a growing team, advancing OpenAI’s priorities with state and local governments, shepherding policy analysis through internal OpenAI processes, and representing OpenAI in external meetings, conferences, coalitions, and policy forums. This role sits at the intersection of policy, government affairs, partnerships, communications, strategy, and operations. You will work closely with colleagues across a half-dozen OpenAI organizations to ensure state engagement is coordinated, well-informed, and grounded in OpenAI’s mission. In This Role, You Will - Help drive the operations of the U.S. State Policy and Partnerships team, including planning rhythms, team communications, trackers, briefings, and meeting cadences. - Support execution of OpenAI’s state and local policy strategy across all 50 states with a particular focus on high-priority j...