Program Manager, People Innovation Labs
About the Team
At OpenAI, we are building the connective tissue between our mission and our people. People Innovation Labs is a fast-moving engineering team embedded in the People organization, focused on rethinking how we find and retain the best talent and empower everyone to do their best work.
We are not a typical internal tools team. From recruiting to culture, we design and build systems that give the People Team a significant edge by infusing OpenAI’s models and first-principles thinking into how we operate. Our work spans greenfield 0→1 products like OpenHouse (our internal knowledge hub), AI-powered automations, performance and growth systems, and scalable recruiting infrastructure. We operate in a highly cross-functional environment, partnering closely with HR, Recruiting, Finance, Legal, IT, Security, and executive stakeholders.
About the Role
We’re looking for a Program Manager to own execution, coordination, and delivery across People Innovation Labs’ most complex and cross-cutting initiatives. This role is distinct from the Product Manager role and is focused on how work gets done rather than what we build.
As a Program Manager, you will be responsible for translating product strategy into executable plans, managing dependencies across teams and systems, and ensuring that high-stakes initiatives land predictably and cleanly in a fast-growing, high-context environment. You will partner closely with Product Management, Engineering, Design, and People stakeholders to drive clarity, accountability, and momentum across the portfolio.
This role is ideal for someone who excels at orchestrating work across many teams, navigating ambiguity and organizational complexity, and creating the operating structure that allows product and engineering teams to move quickly without chaos.
In this role, you will:
- Own program execution across multiple People Innovation Labs initiatives, ensuring clear plans, milestones, owners, and timelines
- Drive cross-fu...