Overview
- CEO Sam Altman announced the opening on X, calling it a stressful role where the hire will jump into the deep end immediately.
- The executive will lead OpenAI’s Preparedness framework by building capability evaluations, threat models, and operationally scalable mitigations.
- The position sits within the Safety Systems team, offers a $555,000 salary plus equity, and is based in San Francisco.
- OpenAI highlights priority risk areas including cybersecurity, biosecurity, and self‑improving systems, with Altman noting models are beginning to find critical computer‑security vulnerabilities and raising mental‑health concerns.
- The recruitment follows turnover since 2024—Aleksander Madry’s reassignment and subsequent moves by Lilian Weng and Joaquin Quinonero Candela—as external scrutiny and lawsuits over alleged mental‑health harms intensify.