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OpenAI’s GTM Partnerships team builds a strategic, global partner ecosystem to accelerate customer success, enable enterprise AI adoption, and drive durable growth in support of OpenAI’s mission toward AGI. We work cross-functionally across Product, Engineering, Security, Legal, and GTM to deliver strong partner outcomes through disciplined strategy and execution. This role sits in Partnerships/GTM and leads a portfolio of ISV and technology partnerships, with deep collaboration across internal teams to support integrations, joint go-to-market, and long-term partnership growth.
About The Role
We are hiring a Partner Director, Head of Technology Partnerships to lead and scale OpenAI’s ISV and technology partner portfolio. You will be responsible for building strategic relationships with leading enterprise platforms and software providers, and translating shared priorities into scalable integrations and go-to-market motions that drive customer adoption. This leader will operate as the single accountable owner for a set of high-impact partnerships, setting direction, establishing operating cadence, and aligning internal and partner stakeholders to deliver measurable business outcomes. Success in this role requires strong judgment, executive presence, and the ability to navigate complex, cross-functional work across product, engineering, security, and GTM.
In This Role, You Will
- Own and grow a portfolio of strategic ISV and technology partnerships, with accountability for partnership health, adoption, and business impact.
- Define partnership strategy and priorities, including joint plans, goals, and an execution roadmap across key partner segments.
- Establish and run a durable operating model, including governance, stakeholder alignment, escalation paths, and execution cadence.
- Partner with Product and Engineering to shape and deliver integrations that meet enterprise requirements for reliability, security, and scalability.
- Collaborate with Security, Legal, and Privacy teams to ensure appropriate trust, compliance, and commercial frameworks for joint work.
- Build and drive joint GTM plans with Field and Marketing teams, including enablement, solution positioning, and coordinated execution.
- Track performance against clear metrics, identify bottlenecks, and drive continuous improvement across partnerships and programs.
- Represent OpenAI with senior partner executives, driving alignment, resolving issues, and expanding partnership scope over time.
You Might Thrive In This Role If You Have
- Significant experience leading strategic technology partnerships, alliances, or platform ecosystem programs in enterprise software or cloud.
- A track record building and scaling partnerships from early-stage strategy through execution, integrations, and GTM.
- Strong technical and product fluency, with the ability to partner effectively with solutions engineering and security teams (without needing to be the hands-on implementer).
- Experience navigating enterprise requirements related to security, privacy, governance, and compliance in partner-led initiatives.
- Exceptional cross-functional leadership and the ability to drive alignment across Product, Engineering, Sales/GTM, Legal, and partner organizations.
- Strong executive presence, negotiation capability, and comfort operating in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
- Clear, concise communication skills with experience producing decision-ready memos, plans, and executive updates.
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. 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.
To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant, please submit a report through this form. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link.
OpenAI Global Applicant Privacy Policy
At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
Compensation Range: $378K - $420K
About The Team
OpenAI’s GTM Partnerships team builds a strategic, global partner ecosystem to accelerate customer success, enable enterprise AI adoption, and drive durable growth in support of OpenAI’s mission toward AGI. We work cross-functionally across Product, Engineering, Security, Legal, and GTM to deliver strong partner outcomes through disciplined strategy and execution. This role sits in Partnerships/GTM and leads a portfolio of ISV and technology partnerships, with deep collaboration across internal teams to support integrations, joint go-to-market, and long-term partnership growth.
About The Role
We are hiring a Partner Director, Head of Technology Partnerships to lead and scale OpenAI’s ISV and technology partner portfolio. You will be responsible for building strategic relationships with leading enterprise platforms and software providers, and translating shared priorities into scalable integrations and go-to-market motions that drive customer adoption. This leader will operate as the single accountable owner for a set of high-impact partnerships, setting direction, establishing operating cadence, and aligning internal and partner stakeholders to deliver measurable business outcomes. Success in this role requires strong judgment, executive presence, and the ability to navigate complex, cross-functional work across product, engineering, security, and GTM.
In This Role, You Will
- Own and grow a portfolio of strategic ISV and technology partnerships, with accountability for partnership health, adoption, and business impact.
- Define partnership strategy and priorities, including joint plans, goals, and an execution roadmap across key partner segments.
- Establish and run a durable operating model, including governance, stakeholder alignment, escalation paths, and execution cadence.
- Partner with Product and Engineering to shape and deliver integrations that meet enterprise requirements for reliability, security, and scalability.
- Collaborate with Security, Legal, and Privacy teams to ensure appropriate trust, compliance, and commercial frameworks for joint work.
- Build and drive joint GTM plans with Field and Marketing teams, including enablement, solution positioning, and coordinated execution.
- Track performance against clear metrics, identify bottlenecks, and drive continuous improvement across partnerships and programs.
- Represent OpenAI with senior partner executives, driving alignment, resolving issues, and expanding partnership scope over time.
You Might Thrive In This Role If You Have
- Significant experience leading strategic technology partnerships, alliances, or platform ecosystem programs in enterprise software or cloud.
- A track record building and scaling partnerships from early-stage strategy through execution, integrations, and GTM.
- Strong technical and product fluency, with the ability to partner effectively with solutions engineering and security teams (without needing to be the hands-on implementer).
- Experience navigating enterprise requirements related to security, privacy, governance, and compliance in partner-led initiatives.
- Exceptional cross-functional leadership and the ability to drive alignment across Product, Engineering, Sales/GTM, Legal, and partner organizations.
- Strong executive presence, negotiation capability, and comfort operating in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
- Clear, concise communication skills with experience producing decision-ready memos, plans, and executive updates.
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. 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.
To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant, please submit a report through this form. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link.
OpenAI Global Applicant Privacy Policy
At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.
Compensation Range: $378K - $420K
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding E-3 Visa Sponsorship as a Head Of Partnerships
Frame your degree as field-specific
Partnerships leadership roles must clear the specialty occupation bar, so your degree field matters. A business, marketing, or international relations degree maps cleanly to this role. A general arts degree may require a credential evaluation to demonstrate direct relevance.
Target companies with existing LCA history
Search the DOL's public Labor Condition Application disclosure data to identify employers who have previously filed LCAs for business development or partnerships titles. Prior filing history signals that their HR and legal teams already understand the E-3 process.
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Use Migrate Mate to filter Head of Partnerships roles by E-3 visa sponsorship history. Most general job boards don't surface sponsorship intent, so searching a platform built around visa eligibility saves significant time in your outreach.
Clarify the LCA timeline before accepting an offer
Your employer must file the LCA with DOL and receive certification before you can attend your consulate interview. Standard DOL processing runs around seven business days. Build that window into your start date negotiation to avoid a delayed transition.
Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service for the paperwork
Head of Partnerships offers often move quickly once signed. Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service handles the LCA submission, DS-160, and consulate preparation end-to-end, so you're not coordinating between your employer's HR team and immigration paperwork simultaneously.
Prepare a portfolio of cross-functional deliverables
Consular officers assessing specialty occupation look for evidence that the role requires degree-level expertise. Bring documented examples of partnership agreements, go-to-market strategies, or revenue-tied programs you've led to demonstrate the analytical and strategic depth the position demands.
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How do I find Head of Partnerships jobs that offer E-3 visa sponsorship?
Use Migrate Mate to search Head of Partnerships roles filtered specifically by E-3 sponsorship. Most standard job boards don't distinguish between employers willing to sponsor visas and those that won't, which means you can spend weeks applying to roles where sponsorship isn't on the table. Migrate Mate surfaces employers with active sponsorship intent for Australian candidates.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does a Head of Partnerships role qualify as a specialty occupation for E-3 purposes?
Yes, provided the employer can demonstrate the role typically requires at least a bachelor's degree in a directly related field such as business, marketing, international relations, or a comparable discipline. Roles that accept any degree or no degree at all are more vulnerable to challenge. The more the job description specifies analytical, strategic, or domain-specific responsibilities, the stronger the specialty occupation argument.
How does the E-3 compare to the H-1B for Australian professionals in partnerships roles?
The E-3 is available exclusively to Australian citizens and has no annual lottery, so there's no random selection risk. The H-1B is subject to an oversubscribed cap lottery that runs once per year in March. For a Head of Partnerships role with a firm offer in hand, the E-3 allows you to apply directly at a consulate and start within weeks rather than waiting up to a year for an H-1B cap slot.
Can I switch employers while working in the U.S. on an E-3 as a Head of Partnerships?
Yes, but the process starts fresh with each new employer. Your new employer must file a separate LCA with DOL covering the new role and wage, and you'll need to return to a consulate for a new E-3 stamp before starting unless you're changing status inside the U.S. through USCIS. Plan for at least a few weeks of lead time between offer acceptance and day one at the new company.
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