Senior Counsel, AI Product (Enterprise/API)

OpenAI · San Francisco

Posted Nov 5, 2026 · full time

Est. total comp~$236K–$519K

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About the Team

OpenAI's Legal team plays a crucial role in furthering OpenAI's mission by tackling innovative, fundamental legal issues in AI. If you're passionate about doing significant and unique work as a technology lawyer, this team is for you. The team comprises professionals from diverse fields, including technology, AI, privacy, IP, corporate, employment, tax law, regulatory, and litigation.

About the Role

As a member of our AI Product Counsel team, you will advise the teams building and deploying OpenAI’s business products, including ChatGPT Business, ChatGPT Enterprise, and our API platform. You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, Safety, Security, Privacy, Strategy, Go-to-Market, and other Legal teams on issues spanning enterprise product development, model launches, customer data protections, administrative controls, strategic partnerships, and the responsible deployment of increasingly capable AI models. This is a unique opportunity to help shape how frontier AI products are built and delivered to businesses.

This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We use a hybrid work model of three days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

In this role, you will:

- Serve as a strategic legal partner to teams developing ChatGPT’s business products, enterprise features, and API offerings. …

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Also in the posting: San Francisco, CA; Hybrid work model (3 days in office per week); License or qualification to practice in CA

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