Executive in Residence, Cyber

OpenAI • San Francisco, CA

1d • $333,000 - $370,000

About The Position

OpenAI is seeking an accomplished CISO, CSO, or equivalent cybersecurity executive to help security leaders turn frontier AI into practical cyber defense. The Executive in Residence will serve as a visible industry voice and trusted peer to senior customer and partner leaders, working alongside account, technical, product, research, and deployment teams.

The role combines invited speaking and executive engagement with work that helps customers move from interest to adoption. It also brings field insights into OpenAI’s cyber efforts and advances selected strategic initiatives agreed with cyber leadership. The person will represent OpenAI in industry conversations, convene senior security leaders, support customers in making deployment decisions, and translate field experience into recommendations for product, research, and field teams.

The position involves regular travel for customer meetings and industry engagements. Success is measured by the demand for participation in respected forums, the relevance and seniority of audiences, the reach of online communications, progress in customer relationships and deployments, the influence of field insights, and the usefulness and follow-through of briefings and engagements.

Requirements

• Experience as a CISO or equivalent security executive with direct accountability for a substantial security program, including decisions about risk, investment, incidents, and organizational change.
• An established reputation among senior security leaders in a relevant region, sector, or the broader industry, with evidence of attracting executive audiences and invitations to respected forums.
• A strong speaking record and ability to hold a room, handle unscripted questions, and lead candid peer discussions with clear, technically credible, audience-useful communication.
• Technical depth to discuss security architecture and defensive operations with practitioners, and judgment to explain AI capabilities, limitations, and implications to executives and boards.
• Trusted relationships with CISOs and other senior technology leaders, along with a record of building relationships beyond an existing network.
• Experience turning executive alignment into action across teams, with evidence of adoption, deployment, or measurable improvements in security outcomes.
• Ability to listen closely, exercise discretion, accurately represent customer needs, work effectively with commercial and technical colleagues, and distinguish evidence from speculation.
• Willingness to travel regularly for customer meetings and industry engagements.

Nice To Haves

• Deep experience in technology, retail, telecommunications, life sciences, or healthcare, or a strong regional security leadership network.
• Practical experience applying AI to security, leading enterprise technology adoption, or advising organizations through significant changes in security operations.
• Published practitioner work, influential research, or sustained contributions to security communities that demonstrate substance behind a public reputation.

Responsibilities

• Represent OpenAI in industry conversations through invited keynotes, substantive panels, executive briefings, original talks, and articles on AI and cyber defense.
• Convene senior security leaders by hosting CISO dinners, closed-door roundtables, and peer discussions, and build lasting relationships across a region or priority industries.
• Work with account and technical teams to identify defensive workflows, build executive sponsorship, address organizational barriers, and shape pilots with clear objectives, owners, and next steps toward deployment.
• Capture customer needs, adoption barriers, and deployment lessons; translate recurring themes into recommendations for product, research, and field teams; and help assess whether changes address underlying problems.
• Lead selected strategic projects where executive experience, industry relationships, or cross-team coordination can accelerate progress, establishing intended outcomes and following through with relevant owners.
• Strengthen field effectiveness by helping teams prepare for senior security conversations, developing executive briefing materials, and turning engagements into sustained relationships and agreed actions.
• Prioritize independently invited thought leadership, major industry forums, and curated executive engagements, ensuring each has a clear purpose, appropriate audience, and follow-through owner.
• Share OpenAI’s message through an online presence and help turn executive engagements into customer decisions, well-scoped pilots, and progress toward sustained deployment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed