Technical Recruiter and Program Manager, Emerging Talent

Technical Recruiter and Program Manager, Emerging Talent

About the Team

At OpenAI, we are dedicated to building safe artificial general intelligence (AGI) to benefit all of humanity. Our mission attracts the world’s top talent in science, engineering, and business to address one of the most ambitious challenges of our times. The Recruiting team is at the heart of this mission, identifying and hiring exceptional individuals who align with OpenAI’s values and cultural ambitions. Within this team, the Emerging Talent Recruiting function focuses on cultivating and converting the next generation of exceptional technical talent—through internships, university partnerships, and other early-career initiatives that set the standard for excellence and innovation.

About the Role

We’re seeking an experienced Campus Recruiter with a strong background in programs to design, drive, and scale our early-career hiring strategies across technical domains. In this role, you’ll own high-impact pipelines—from top-tier universities and global competitions to specialized technical programs—and partner with senior leaders to shape the future of OpenAI’s talent landscape. You’ll collaborate with technical recruiters, coordinators, sourcers, and cross-functional partners to deliver an outstanding candidate experience, strengthen our employment brand, and secure hires who will make a lasting impact on the future of AI.

Your Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end recruiting for early-career programs, including internships and emerging talent full time hiring; maintaining a high touch candidate experience.

• Partner with hiring managers to forecast and meet emerging talent needs. Share market insights and funnel metrics with hiring teams and use data to continuously improve processes.

• Develop and run creative sourcing campaigns targeting universities, competitions (IOI, ICPC, USACO, IMO), open-source communities, hackathons, and niche technical networks.

• Work with marketing and programs teams to amplify OpenAI’s brand at universities and conferences.

• Build and maintain pipelines by identifying and engaging top candidates.

• Manage and oversee the program experience, onboarding, performance and evaluation process.

• Collaborate with mentors and team managers to scope impactful projects and support development plans.

• Serve as the primary POC for interns, building strong relationships through high-touch engagement, regular check-ins, and on-the-ground support to ensure a positive and impactful internship experience.

We’re seeking:

• 4+ years of progressive emerging talent recruiting experience in high-growth, premier tech environments

• Proven success hiring in niche and competitive technical talent markets

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build trust with senior stakeholders

• Clear, compelling written and verbal communication skills

• Comfort navigating ambiguity and shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment

Workplace & Location

This role is based in our San Francisco office. We are not considering remote applications for this role. We offer relocation support to new employees, and we use a hybrid work model: three days in the office per week with optional work from home on Thursdays and Fridays. Frequent travel is required for campus engagements.

Our open-plan offices have height-adjustable desks, conference rooms, phone booths, well-stocked kitchens full of snacks and drinks, spaces for socializing, and more.

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. 

We are 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.

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