Strategic Narrative and Impact Lead, Intelligence and Investigations

About the role

This position involves defining and communicating the impact of OpenAI's intelligence and investigations work. You will craft compelling narratives that explain how emerging AI risks are identified, abuse is investigated, and real-world harms are reduced. Your efforts will help ensure the safe deployment of advanced AI systems.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Create and maintain a consistent narrative for the impact of threat and abuse prevention across key safety and strategic risk areas.
• Transform complex research, investigations, and technical findings into clear materials for internal and authorized external audiences.
• Prepare leadership briefings, strategic risk reports, and presentations to help decision-makers quickly grasp the significance of the underlying work.
• Develop evidence-based safety impact retrospectives using existing data, avoiding new reporting burdens.
• Collaborate with the Communications team to identify stories and coordinate messaging for external materials.
• Work with Global Affairs to create briefings for government and policy stakeholders.
• Improve the quality of threat reports, safety publications, and other engagement materials.
• Partner with analysts and investigators to communicate what the evidence supports, including any uncertainties or limitations.
• Support specific safety partnerships and external engagements with clear narratives and prepared materials.
• Establish simple methods to identify and reuse strong evidence and existing team outputs across various audiences and channels.

Requirements

• Extensive background in strategic communications, intelligence, journalism, public policy, government, research, or trust and safety, focusing on clarifying complex issues.
• Exceptional writing and editing abilities to convert technical or sensitive information into clear, accurate, and engaging stories.
• Demonstrated understanding of how to tailor communications for executives, technical teams, policy partners, and government audiences.
• Ability to distinguish credible evidence from anecdotes and communicate impact without exaggeration.
• Experience collaborating with diverse teams, including communications, legal, government affairs, policy, and technical specialists.
• Excellent judgment when handling confidential information, emerging risks, and sensitive topics.
• Enthusiasm for building new capabilities and establishing durable processes, relationships, and products.
• A strong commitment to the safe deployment of advanced AI and ensuring critical analysis reaches relevant decision-makers.

Practical notes

Background checks are conducted in accordance with applicable law, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act for US-based candidates. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers, criminal history may be considered if directly related to job duties such as protecting computer hardware, returning equipment, maintaining confidentiality, and accessing secure IT systems. Reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities are available.