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OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. Customer Education plays an important role in that mission by helping people and organizations use increasingly capable AI systems effectively, responsibly, and with confidence. We create learning experiences, programs, and resources that help customers move from initial understanding to sustained use and measurable impact. As our products, audiences, and programs grow, we need an operating foundation that keeps the content portfolio trusted, clarifies complex work, and helps the team deliver at a consistently high standard. This role offers the opportunity to build the operational foundation behind education programs that shape how enterprises adopt frontier AI.
About The Role
We are looking for a strategic operator to own the operating system behind Customer Education. You will work at the center of content, systems, and team execution: owning the health of our education content portfolio, running the team’s operating rhythm, and translating evolving business needs into scalable workflows and system requirements. The right person will raise the quality of execution across Customer Education. You will bring order, judgment, and follow-through to a fast-moving environment, making the function easier to run, easier to trust, and easier to scale.
In This Role, You Will
- Own the health and integrity of the Customer Education content portfolio, including lifecycle, governance, discoverability, reuse, and meaningful gaps.
- Ensure customer-facing teams can confidently find and use the right education resources at the right time.
- Run the team’s operating rhythm across priorities, ownership, timelines, dependencies, decisions, launch readiness, and follow-through.
- Turn ambiguous cross-functional initiatives into clear plans, workflows, responsibilities, and decision points.
- Design scalable processes and handoffs for how education programs are created, launched, maintained, distributed, and measured.
- Translate team and business needs into practical system requirements and partner across teams to bring solutions to life.
- Identify operational risks, portfolio gaps, duplicated effort, and breakdowns in execution before they become larger problems.
- Use AI deeply to automate repeatable work, strengthen quality control, synthesize inputs, and create better operating leverage.
You Might Thrive In This Role If You
- Are a strong operator who gets satisfaction from making complex work run exceptionally well.
- Can move between strategic questions and operational detail without losing sight of either.
- Have strong judgment about content quality, portfolio health, and what makes information usable and trustworthy.
- Think in systems and can see how people, workflows, information, and technology need to work together.
- Communicate clearly, influence without authority, and turn complex discussions into crisp decisions and actions.
- Are excited to experiment with AI-enabled ways of working and build them into durable team practices.
Qualifications
Required
- 8+ years of experience in content operations, program operations, business operations, learning operations, knowledge management, or a related field.
- Experience owning or improving the operating model of a fast-moving, cross-functional team.
- Demonstrated experience managing the lifecycle and quality of a complex content or knowledge portfolio.
- Strong program management skills across prioritization, dependency management, risk identification, and executive communication.
- Experience translating business or team needs into clear workflows, system requirements, and implementation plans.
- Excellent written communication, sound operational judgment, and strong follow-through.
Preferred
- Experience in customer education, customer success, enablement, learning, or enterprise technology.
- Experience supporting content and programs across multiple formats, audiences, or channels.
- Familiarity with systems and data flows that support customer adoption, learning, and GTM execution.
- Experience building AI-enabled workflows to reduce manual effort and improve consistency.
Why OpenAI?
This is a unique opportunity to shape how enterprises learn, adopt, and succeed with frontier AI technologies. You'll work close to product innovation while helping customers unlock meaningful value from the latest advancements in AI. If you're passionate about turning what's new into what's useful—and building educational experiences that help customers succeed at scale—we'd love to hear from you.
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: $207K - $230K
About The Team
OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. Customer Education plays an important role in that mission by helping people and organizations use increasingly capable AI systems effectively, responsibly, and with confidence. We create learning experiences, programs, and resources that help customers move from initial understanding to sustained use and measurable impact. As our products, audiences, and programs grow, we need an operating foundation that keeps the content portfolio trusted, clarifies complex work, and helps the team deliver at a consistently high standard. This role offers the opportunity to build the operational foundation behind education programs that shape how enterprises adopt frontier AI.
About The Role
We are looking for a strategic operator to own the operating system behind Customer Education. You will work at the center of content, systems, and team execution: owning the health of our education content portfolio, running the team’s operating rhythm, and translating evolving business needs into scalable workflows and system requirements. The right person will raise the quality of execution across Customer Education. You will bring order, judgment, and follow-through to a fast-moving environment, making the function easier to run, easier to trust, and easier to scale.
In This Role, You Will
- Own the health and integrity of the Customer Education content portfolio, including lifecycle, governance, discoverability, reuse, and meaningful gaps.
- Ensure customer-facing teams can confidently find and use the right education resources at the right time.
- Run the team’s operating rhythm across priorities, ownership, timelines, dependencies, decisions, launch readiness, and follow-through.
- Turn ambiguous cross-functional initiatives into clear plans, workflows, responsibilities, and decision points.
- Design scalable processes and handoffs for how education programs are created, launched, maintained, distributed, and measured.
- Translate team and business needs into practical system requirements and partner across teams to bring solutions to life.
- Identify operational risks, portfolio gaps, duplicated effort, and breakdowns in execution before they become larger problems.
- Use AI deeply to automate repeatable work, strengthen quality control, synthesize inputs, and create better operating leverage.
You Might Thrive In This Role If You
- Are a strong operator who gets satisfaction from making complex work run exceptionally well.
- Can move between strategic questions and operational detail without losing sight of either.
- Have strong judgment about content quality, portfolio health, and what makes information usable and trustworthy.
- Think in systems and can see how people, workflows, information, and technology need to work together.
- Communicate clearly, influence without authority, and turn complex discussions into crisp decisions and actions.
- Are excited to experiment with AI-enabled ways of working and build them into durable team practices.
Qualifications
Required
- 8+ years of experience in content operations, program operations, business operations, learning operations, knowledge management, or a related field.
- Experience owning or improving the operating model of a fast-moving, cross-functional team.
- Demonstrated experience managing the lifecycle and quality of a complex content or knowledge portfolio.
- Strong program management skills across prioritization, dependency management, risk identification, and executive communication.
- Experience translating business or team needs into clear workflows, system requirements, and implementation plans.
- Excellent written communication, sound operational judgment, and strong follow-through.
Preferred
- Experience in customer education, customer success, enablement, learning, or enterprise technology.
- Experience supporting content and programs across multiple formats, audiences, or channels.
- Familiarity with systems and data flows that support customer adoption, learning, and GTM execution.
- Experience building AI-enabled workflows to reduce manual effort and improve consistency.
Why OpenAI?
This is a unique opportunity to shape how enterprises learn, adopt, and succeed with frontier AI technologies. You'll work close to product innovation while helping customers unlock meaningful value from the latest advancements in AI. If you're passionate about turning what's new into what's useful—and building educational experiences that help customers succeed at scale—we'd love to hear from you.
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: $207K - $230K
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship in Operations Lead
Document your operations credentials before applying
Gather performance reviews, process improvement metrics, and scope-of-responsibility letters now. PERM requires your employer to prove the role's requirements match your background, so clear credential documentation speeds up the labor certification audit process.
Target employers with active PERM filing history
Search Migrate Mate to filter Operations Lead roles by employers who have sponsored PERM cases before. Employers with prior EB-2 or EB-3 filings already have established relationships with immigration counsel and understand the multi-step sponsorship process.
Verify the role qualifies under EB-2 or EB-3
Check the O*NET occupation profile for Operations Lead to confirm the role is classified as requiring a bachelor's degree. Roles requiring a bachelor's plus progressive experience typically qualify for EB-2; those requiring a bachelor's degree alone often fit EB-3.
Negotiate sponsorship terms before accepting an offer
Ask the employer to confirm they'll cover PERM and I-140 filing costs and will not require you to repay fees if you leave. Get this in writing during the offer stage, since USCIS rules restrict transferring certain costs to the employee.
Understand the PERM prevailing-wage requirement for your region
Your employer must pay at or above the DOL prevailing wage for your specific job zone and location. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the wage level for Operations Lead positions in your target metro area before salary negotiations.
Plan for the PERM recruitment waiting period
DOL requires employers to run a supervised recruitment campaign for at least 30 days before submitting your PERM application. Factor this into your start-date and status-maintenance timeline, especially if you're transitioning from a temporary work visa.
Green Card Operations Lead: Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Operations Lead role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Most Operations Lead positions qualify for EB-3 sponsorship when the employer requires a bachelor's degree in business, operations management, supply chain, or a related field. If the role requires an advanced degree or the candidate has a master's degree plus specialized experience, EB-2 classification may apply. The employer's job description and your credentials together determine which category fits.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for an Operations Lead?
Green card sponsorship through PERM leads to permanent residency rather than a temporary status that expires. Unlike the H-1B visa, EB-3 petitions face no annual lottery, so your sponsorship doesn't depend on random selection. The tradeoff is timeline: the PERM labor certification and I-140 process typically takes one to three years before you can file for adjustment of status, compared to an H-1B approval in a few months.
What does the PERM labor certification process actually involve for employers hiring an Operations Lead?
PERM requires your sponsoring employer to conduct a supervised recruitment process, advertise the Operations Lead position publicly, and document that no qualified U.S. workers applied. The DOL reviews this evidence before certifying the labor certification. Once certified, the employer files an I-140 immigrant petition on your behalf with USCIS. The entire PERM stage can take six to eighteen months depending on DOL processing times and whether an audit is triggered.
How can I find Operations Lead jobs where employers are open to green card sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lets you search Operations Lead roles specifically filtered for employers with PERM and employment-based green card sponsorship history. This saves significant time compared to applying broadly and asking each recruiter about sponsorship willingness, since employers listed have demonstrated prior commitment to the sponsorship process.
Can I switch employers after my green card sponsorship process has started?
Yes, under AC21 portability rules you can change employers after your I-140 has been approved and your I-485 adjustment of status application has been pending for 180 days or more, as long as the new role is in the same or similar occupational classification. For Operations Lead roles, this means moving to a comparable operations management position typically qualifies. USCIS evaluates the similarity of duties, not just the job title.