HR Business Partner
San Francisco · New York City · Seattle · 7-10 years experience · Full-time · Hybrid · Posted Oct 13, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 7-10 years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- San Francisco · New York City · Seattle
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.
- For additional information, please see OpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement https://cdn.openai.com/policies/eeo-policy-statement.pdf.
- Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law, and qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment consistent with those laws, 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: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.
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About the role
- As a Senior HR Business Partner, you’ll be a trusted advisor to leaders and their teams, helping set direction for how the organization organizes, grows, and leads.
- This role mixes strategic advising with hands-on support, allowing you to design better systems, coach managers through complex situations, and help make trade-offs that keep people and the mission in balance.
Responsibilities
- Partner with leaders to design structures, talent plans, and ways of working that enable strong performance and sustainable growth.
- Partner with fellow HRBPs, COEs, and cross-functional leaders to build an employee experience rooted in humanity, humility, and impact.
- Strengthen performance, engagement, and retention processes by building solutions that are lightweight, scalable, and aligned with operations.
- Offer candid, actionable feedback and help managers build leadership muscle across their teams.
- Stay close to the business to identify challenges early, diagnose root causes, and deliver lasting solutions that adapt as priorities shift.
- Drive organizational changes with empathy, clarity, and rigor by finding creative paths forward when playbooks don’t exist.
Requirements
- 7–10+ years of HR experience, including at least 5 years as an HR Business Partner in high-growth or complex environments.
- Able to see the big picture, guide leaders through tough trade-offs, and adapt quickly when priorities shift.
- Skilled at giving candid feedback with care and building leadership capabilities across organizations.
- Uses sound judgment to diagnose challenges, test creative solutions, and chart a path forward without a playbook.
- Brings steadiness, empathy, and influence in moments of ambiguity or transition.
- Known for discretion, fairness, and trustworthiness when the stakes are high.
Benefits
- Relocation support
Workplace
- Hybrid model requiring three days in the office per week with optional work from home on Thursdays and Fridays.
- Remote applications are not considered at this time.
