OpenAI is hiring a Senior Employment Investigator to lead complex investigations into potential legal and policy violations and serve as a subject-matter expert on high-stakes employee relations matters. This role handles sensitive issues with care and empathy to help foster a positive, respectful workplace culture. OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.
What You'll Do
- Lead and conduct thorough, objective, and timely investigations into employee concerns, including allegations of misconduct, harassment, discrimination, and other policy violations across OpenAI’s global offices in the US, APAC, and EMEA.
- Execute investigations with rigor and adhere to gold standard practices, ensuring meticulous attention to detail and adherence to investigative best practices.
- Adhere to protocols for gathering and preserving information, documentation, and report writing.
- Provide deep employee relations expertise and guidance on a wide range of complex personnel issues, ensuring compliance with employment laws and company policies.
- Partner closely with Legal, HR, and other cross-functional teams to address and resolve high-stakes personnel matters, fostering a fair and consistent approach to resolving people issues.
- Develop and implement innovative employee relations strategies and initiatives that promote a positive work environment and align with OpenAI’s values and goals.
- Analyze employee relations data to diagnose, design, and revise People programs, policies, and practices, ensuring a fair and respectful workplace.
- Stay current on global trends, best practices, and changes in employment law to ensure compliance and proactive management of employee relations issues.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of employee relations processes and tools, with a focus on innovation, efficiency, and out-of-the-box thinking.
What We're Looking For
- JD degree and 8+ years of experience as an employment or workplace investigations attorney, or in another in-house investigations role, or advising on complex employee relations issues.
- A proven track record of managing and advising on highly sensitive, nuanced employee relations issues, with expertise in managing and de-escalating highly charged matters.
- Exceptional analytical, written, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly and effectively convey complex information and produce rigorous and legally defensible investigation reports.
- Outstanding interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence, enabling you to build trust, rapport, and influence with executives, senior leaders, management, and employees at all levels.
- A data-driven, proactive, and innovative mindset, with a dedication to continuous improvement and dynamic problem-solving.
- The capacity to thrive, adapt, and excel in a high-performance and rapidly changing work environment.
- Unwavering integrity and professionalism, with a commitment to maintaining confidentiality and handling sensitive information with the utmost discretion.
- Demonstrated empathy and the ability to think creatively and strategically in high-pressure situations.
Nice to Have
- Global employment law experience or AWI-CH designation.
Team & Environment
This role is part of the Global Employee Relations, Employment Investigations, and People Standards team and reports to the Director of Employment Investigations.
Benefits & Compensation
- Relocation support to new employees.
- Well-stocked kitchens full of snacks and drinks.
- Three in-house prepared meals daily.
- Private outdoor space for working in the sun or socializing.
- Nap rooms.
- Private bike storage.
Work Mode
This is a hybrid role based in San Francisco.
OpenAI is 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.
