Which regulations do OpenAI's governance postings name?

EU AI Act (1), NIST AI RMF (1).

What would I need to be ready for a governance role at OpenAI?

The postings call for ai risk and impact assessment, regulatory change management, cross-functional facilitation and influence, ethical reasoning turned into decision criteria, evidence collection and audit-ready documentation. Paste the posting you want into the readiness check to see which of these you can already prove and the graded path that closes the rest.

AI lab, snapshot September 5, 2026

OpenAI AI governance jobs: 57 open roles

How many AI governance jobs is OpenAI hiring for?

57 of OpenAI's 779 open roles carry governance, risk, compliance, privacy, legal, policy or safety in the title as of September 5, 2026 (7.3 percent of the board). By family: governance, risk and compliance 28, legal 13, safety and evaluation 13, policy 3. Read weekly from OpenAI's own job board. Every row links to OpenAI's own posting and to the seat on our map it matches.

OpenAI careers page In the full feed

Regulations these postings name

The seats on our map

Matched by the titles postings use for each seat. The role page lists what the seat asks for and carries the readiness check.

The programs that teach what OpenAI asks for

Counted from the graded topics that teach the competencies these postings name. Your own path is shorter: it skips what you can already prove.

Certified AI Practitioner: Workplace Foundations72 graded topics, first module free
Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)44 graded topics, first module free
The AI Lobbyist: Certified AI Policy Strategist56 graded topics, first module free

The 57 open roles

Role	Names	Next step
Software Engineer, Host Assurance San Francisco (Remote), $266,000 to $445,000, posted 2026-09-05	no taxonomy term in the body	Paste it, see your gaps
Energy Regulatory Lead San Francisco (Remote), $225,000 to $285,000, posted 2026-09-04	AI policy and public affairs	Paste it, see your gaps
Associate General Counsel, Commercial (Silicon) San Francisco, $381,000 to $423,000, posted 2026-09-03	Legal and counsel	Paste it, see your gaps
GRC Program Manager, Product Lifecycle Assurance San Francisco (Remote), $216,000 to $240,000, posted 2026-09-01	AI governance program Privacy and data protection Compliance and audit	Readiness for AI Program Manager
Researcher, Alignment Interpretability San Francisco, $295,000 to $500,000, posted 2026-09-01	Trust and safety	Paste it, see your gaps
Policy and Partnerships Lead CEE and Baltics, Global Affairs Poland, Remote, posted 2026-08-31	AI policy and public affairs	Readiness for AI Policy Analyst
Senior Counsel, AI & Product Compliance San Francisco (Remote), $330,000 to $366,000, posted 2026-08-28 EU AI Act	AI governance program Compliance and audit Legal and counsel	Readiness for AI Regulatory Counsel
Trust & Safety Ads Operations Analyst, Data San Francisco, $252,000 to $280,000, posted 2026-08-28	Trust and safety	Readiness for Ethical AI Specialist
Trust & Safety Ads Operations Analyst, Programs San Francisco, $252,000 to $280,000, posted 2026-08-28	Trust and safety	Readiness for Ethical AI Specialist
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-SF New York City (Remote), $185,000 to $300,000, posted 2026-08-27	no taxonomy term in the body	Paste it, see your gaps
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Legal-NYC New York City (Remote), $185,000 to $300,000, posted 2026-08-26	no taxonomy term in the body	Paste it, see your gaps
Technical Operations Analyst, User Safety & Risk London, UK (Remote), posted 2026-08-25	no taxonomy term in the body	Readiness for Governance Analyst
Senior Commercial Counsel, APAC Singapore (Remote), posted 2026-08-21	AI policy and public affairs Vendor and procurement risk Legal and counsel	Paste it, see your gaps
Senior Manager, Financial Risk Management San Francisco (Remote), $216,000 to $240,000, posted 2026-08-21	Compliance and audit Vendor and procurement risk	Readiness for AI Risk Manager
Model Policy Manager San Francisco (Remote), $207,000 to $295,000, posted 2026-08-20	Model evaluation and red-teaming Trust and safety	Paste it, see your gaps
Red Team Specialist, Cyber San Francisco (Remote), $198,000 to $320,000, posted 2026-08-18	Model evaluation and red-teaming Trust and safety	Paste it, see your gaps
Technical Program Manager, AI Safety & Safeguards San Francisco, $257,000 to $445,000, posted 2026-08-18	Trust and safety	Readiness for AI Program Manager
Senior Operations Analyst, User Safety & Risk Operations San Francisco (Remote), $252,000 to $335,000, posted 2026-08-17	no taxonomy term in the body	Readiness for Governance Analyst
IT Software Architect, SaaS Enablement and Governance San Francisco (Remote), $266,000 to $445,000, posted 2026-08-14	Incident response	Paste it, see your gaps
Product Policy Research and Advisory Partnerships New York City (Remote), $302,000 to $335,000, posted 2026-08-14	AI policy and public affairs	Paste it, see your gaps
Senior Counsel, AI Product (Enterprise/API) San Francisco (Remote), $330,000 to $366,000, posted 2026-08-14	Data governance Legal and counsel	Readiness for AI Regulatory Counsel
Senior Counsel, Commercial (Infrastructure) San Francisco (Remote), $330,000 to $366,000, posted 2026-08-14	Compliance and audit Vendor and procurement risk Legal and counsel	Paste it, see your gaps
User Safety & Risk Operations Analyst, Global Response (Weekend Shift) Singapore (Remote), posted 2026-08-11	Trust and safety	Readiness for Governance Analyst
Researcher, Frontier Risk Mitigations San Francisco, $380,000 to $500,000, posted 2026-08-10	Model evaluation and red-teaming Trust and safety	Paste it, see your gaps
Asset Compliance Program Lead, Hardware San Francisco (Remote), $216,000 to $240,000, posted 2026-08-06	Compliance and audit	Paste it, see your gaps
Consumer Device Safety & Risk Operations Specialist, User Safety & Risk Operations San Francisco, $252,000 to $335,000, posted 2026-08-06	Incident response	Readiness for AI Governance Analyst
GRC Program Manager, Audit & Controls San Francisco (Remote), $216,000 to $252,000, posted 2026-08-06	Compliance and audit	Readiness for AI Program Manager
Finance & Operations Audit Leader San Francisco (Remote), $266,000 to $295,000, posted 2026-08-04	Compliance and audit	Paste it, see your gaps
Researcher, Alignment CoT Monitorability San Francisco, $295,000 to $500,000, posted 2026-08-04	no taxonomy term in the body	Paste it, see your gaps
User Safety & Risk Operations Analyst, Global Response (Weekend Shift) San Francisco, $189,000 to $210,000, posted 2026-08-03	Trust and safety	Readiness for Governance Analyst
Associate General Counsel, Commercial, Infrastructure San Francisco (Remote), $381,000 to $423,000, posted 2026-07-30	Legal and counsel	Paste it, see your gaps
Product Manager, Legal San Francisco (Remote), $347,000 to $490,000, posted 2026-07-24	no taxonomy term in the body	Readiness for AI Product Manager
Software Engineer, Privacy Engineering (Lawful Access) San Francisco (Remote), $293,000 to $325,000, posted 2026-07-23	Privacy and data protection Incident response Legal and counsel	Readiness for AI Privacy Engineer
Software Engineer, Privacy Engineering (Lawful Access) London, UK, $347,000 to $385,000, posted 2026-07-23	Privacy and data protection Incident response Legal and counsel	Readiness for AI Privacy Engineer
Software Engineer, Privacy Engineering (Lawful Access) Dublin, Ireland, $347,000 to $385,000, posted 2026-07-23	Privacy and data protection Incident response Legal and counsel	Readiness for AI Privacy Engineer
Senior Counsel, Commercial (Robotics) San Francisco, $297,000 to $347,000, posted 2026-07-22	Legal and counsel	Paste it, see your gaps
Safety Transparency Editor, Safety Systems San Francisco (Remote), $220,000 to $245,000, posted 2026-07-17	Model evaluation and red-teaming Trust and safety	Paste it, see your gaps
Software Engineer, Privacy Engineering San Francisco (Remote), $230,000 to $325,000, posted 2026-07-15	Data governance Privacy and data protection Incident response	Readiness for AI Privacy Engineer
Research Engineer, Privacy San Francisco (Remote), $500,000, posted 2026-07-14	Model evaluation and red-teaming Privacy and data protection Trust and safety	Readiness for AI Privacy Engineer
Founding Full Stack Software Engineer, Legal San Francisco, $293,000 to $325,000, posted 2026-06-29	Legal and counsel	Paste it, see your gaps
Agent Post-Training, Frontier Evals and Environments Research San Francisco, $380,000 to $500,000, posted 2026-06-26	Model evaluation and red-teaming	Paste it, see your gaps
Device Safety & Risk Operations Specialist, User Safety & Risk Operations San Francisco (Remote), $252,000 to $335,000, posted 2026-06-26	Incident response	Readiness for AI Governance Analyst
Agentic Risk Analyst San Francisco (Remote), $288,000 to $425,000, posted 2026-06-11	Model evaluation and red-teaming	Readiness for Governance Analyst
Analytics Engineer, Safety Systems San Francisco (Remote), $210,000 to $260,000, posted 2026-06-05	no taxonomy term in the body	Paste it, see your gaps
Technical Lead Manager, Data Engineering, Trust & Safety San Francisco, $385,000 to $490,000, posted 2026-06-04	Trust and safety	Readiness for Ethical AI Specialist
IT Controls Data Engineer San Francisco (Remote), $293,000 to $325,000, posted 2026-05-29	Data governance Compliance and audit	Paste it, see your gaps
GRC Program Manager, US Government Compliance Washington, DC (Remote), $162,000 to $310,000, posted 2026-04-23 NIST AI RMF	Compliance and audit	Readiness for AI Program Manager
Product Manager, Safety Measurement San Francisco, $293,000 to $385,000, posted 2026-04-15	Model evaluation and red-teaming Trust and safety	Readiness for AI Product Manager
Security Engineer, Host Assurance San Francisco (Remote), $266,000 to $445,000, posted 2026-04-01	no taxonomy term in the body	Readiness for AI Security Architect
Senior Counsel, Corporate (M&A) San Francisco (Remote), $330,000 to $366,000, posted 2026-03-13	Legal and counsel	Paste it, see your gaps
Backend Software Engineer (Evals) San Francisco, $266,000 to $445,000, posted 2025-12-23	Model evaluation and red-teaming	Paste it, see your gaps
Software Engineer, Privacy & Compliance San Francisco, $230,000 to $385,000, posted 2025-10-17	Data governance Privacy and data protection	Readiness for AI Privacy Engineer
Research Engineer, Frontier Evals & Environments San Francisco, $295,000 to $380,000, posted 2025-04-13	Model evaluation and red-teaming	Paste it, see your gaps
Software Engineer, Privacy Dublin, Ireland, posted 2025-04-10	Privacy and data protection Trust and safety Legal and counsel	Readiness for AI Privacy Engineer
Software Engineer, AI Safety San Francisco (Remote), $207,000 to $385,000, posted 2025-03-17	Trust and safety	Paste it, see your gaps
Researcher, Safety Oversight San Francisco, $380,000 to $500,000, posted 2025-01-28	Model evaluation and red-teaming Trust and safety	Paste it, see your gaps
Researcher, Alignment San Francisco, $295,000 to $500,000, posted 2024-08-27	no taxonomy term in the body	Paste it, see your gaps

Questions

How many AI governance jobs is OpenAI hiring for?: 57 of OpenAI's 779 open roles carry governance, risk, compliance, privacy, legal, policy or safety in the title as of September 5, 2026 (7.3 percent of the board). By family: governance, risk and compliance 28, legal 13, safety and evaluation 13, policy 3. Read weekly from OpenAI's own job board.
Which regulations do OpenAI's governance postings name?: EU AI Act (1), NIST AI RMF (1).
What would I need to be ready for a governance role at OpenAI?: The postings call for ai risk and impact assessment, regulatory change management, cross-functional facilitation and influence, ethical reasoning turned into decision criteria, evidence collection and audit-ready documentation. Paste the posting you want into the readiness check to see which of these you can already prove and the graded path that closes the rest.

Part of the AI Governance Hiring Index, 204 roles at 15 employers, measured weekly. GAGE is not affiliated with OpenAI; the postings are theirs.