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The Education team at OpenAI is building systems that help make ChatGPT a highly effective learning partner and bring these capabilities to students, educators, institutions, and education systems around the world. As AI progress continues to accelerate, our goal is to design learning experiences that help people move from curiosity to mastery with the support of AI tools. The team works at the intersection of AI systems, learning science, product, policy, research, and go-to-market to advance how people learn and build capability globally.
About The Role
OpenAI is seeking a Strategic Partnerships Lead to help Education GTM open new markets, originate and advance flagship partnerships, and develop research-backed programs that demonstrate the impact of AI in education. This is primarily a strategic partnerships and business development role, with research partnership development as a core part of the mandate. You will work across K-12 and higher education to build partnerships with countries, universities, research organizations, and ecosystem partners. These partnerships should drive AI enablement, generate credible insights and evidence, strengthen institutional trust, and inform OpenAI’s broader education, product, policy, and go-to-market strategy. This is an individual contributor role that requires leading through influence across internal and external stakeholders. The role will require approximately 35% travel. You do not need to be an academic researcher, but you should be highly fluent in research design, evidence generation, evaluation partnerships, measurement, and impact validation. You should be able to help shape the right research questions, identify credible partners, structure pilots and evaluations, and translate findings into practical GTM, product, and policy insights.
In This Role, You Will
- Originate, qualify, and advance complex strategic partnerships across K-12 and higher education, including school systems, universities, research organizations, ecosystem partners, and policymakers.
- Build and manage a research partnership pipeline that helps OpenAI generate credible evidence around AI’s impact on learning, teaching, adoption, engagement, and capability-building.
- Partner with internal research, product, policy, legal, privacy, communications, sales, solutions, and customer-facing teams to shape research-backed education programs from concept through execution.
- Help define priority learning questions, research partner criteria, pilot structures, evaluation models, and evidence-building opportunities that can inform Education GTM and product strategy.
- Structure strategic partnership, research, data, pilot, evaluation, and program agreements that balance adoption, evidence generation, responsible deployment, and institutional trust.
- Identify opportunities that create high impact across commercial growth, education outcomes, thought leadership, institutional credibility, and OpenAI’s mission.
- Translate approved research findings, pilot outcomes, and partnership learnings into high-leverage GTM assets, including case studies, deployment narratives, executive updates, sales proof points, strategic partner stories, and field-ready resources.
- Build repeatable partnership models, operating mechanisms, account expansion strategies, and playbooks that can scale across K-12 systems, higher education institutions, and priority markets.
- Help shape the external narrative around responsible, effective, and evidence-backed AI adoption in education.
- Lead through influence across internal and external stakeholders to move ambiguous, high-priority opportunities toward concrete commitments and measurable outcomes.
You Might Thrive In This Role If You
- Have demonstrated success originating, structuring, and advancing complex strategic partnerships in ambiguous or emerging markets.
- Have deep experience across K-12 and/or higher education, with exposure to school systems, universities, research organizations, policymakers, education technology companies, foundations, or ecosystem partners.
- Bring strong strategic business development judgment, including the ability to map stakeholders, identify executive sponsors, qualify real opportunities, and move ambiguous interest toward commitment.
- Are highly fluent in research partnerships, evidence generation, evaluation design, impact measurement, and research-backed program development.
- Can work with researchers and cross-functional teams to shape practical research questions, structure credible pilots, and identify what evidence is needed to support responsible adoption.
- Can translate research findings, pilot results, and flagship partnerships into reusable playbooks, proof points, and field-ready assets without overstating claims.
- Can create sharp briefings for senior education, government, system, and institutional leaders that connect AI in education to concrete priorities, implementation paths, and next steps.
- Have strong commercial instincts paired with a deep interest in learning, evidence generation, education outcomes, and the societal implications of AI.
- Move fluidly between executive engagement, strategic thinking, research partnership design, negotiation, program execution, and GTM translation.
- Have a track record of creating new partnership models, programs, or strategic initiatives in areas without established playbooks.
- Are comfortable operating as an individual contributor in a highly cross-functional environment, influencing through credibility, trust, judgment, and ownership rather than formal authority.
- Are willing and able to travel approximately 35% of the time to support partner development, executive engagement, research programs, and market-building efforts.
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: $239K - $269K
About The Team
The Education team at OpenAI is building systems that help make ChatGPT a highly effective learning partner and bring these capabilities to students, educators, institutions, and education systems around the world. As AI progress continues to accelerate, our goal is to design learning experiences that help people move from curiosity to mastery with the support of AI tools. The team works at the intersection of AI systems, learning science, product, policy, research, and go-to-market to advance how people learn and build capability globally.
About The Role
OpenAI is seeking a Strategic Partnerships Lead to help Education GTM open new markets, originate and advance flagship partnerships, and develop research-backed programs that demonstrate the impact of AI in education. This is primarily a strategic partnerships and business development role, with research partnership development as a core part of the mandate. You will work across K-12 and higher education to build partnerships with countries, universities, research organizations, and ecosystem partners. These partnerships should drive AI enablement, generate credible insights and evidence, strengthen institutional trust, and inform OpenAI’s broader education, product, policy, and go-to-market strategy. This is an individual contributor role that requires leading through influence across internal and external stakeholders. The role will require approximately 35% travel. You do not need to be an academic researcher, but you should be highly fluent in research design, evidence generation, evaluation partnerships, measurement, and impact validation. You should be able to help shape the right research questions, identify credible partners, structure pilots and evaluations, and translate findings into practical GTM, product, and policy insights.
In This Role, You Will
- Originate, qualify, and advance complex strategic partnerships across K-12 and higher education, including school systems, universities, research organizations, ecosystem partners, and policymakers.
- Build and manage a research partnership pipeline that helps OpenAI generate credible evidence around AI’s impact on learning, teaching, adoption, engagement, and capability-building.
- Partner with internal research, product, policy, legal, privacy, communications, sales, solutions, and customer-facing teams to shape research-backed education programs from concept through execution.
- Help define priority learning questions, research partner criteria, pilot structures, evaluation models, and evidence-building opportunities that can inform Education GTM and product strategy.
- Structure strategic partnership, research, data, pilot, evaluation, and program agreements that balance adoption, evidence generation, responsible deployment, and institutional trust.
- Identify opportunities that create high impact across commercial growth, education outcomes, thought leadership, institutional credibility, and OpenAI’s mission.
- Translate approved research findings, pilot outcomes, and partnership learnings into high-leverage GTM assets, including case studies, deployment narratives, executive updates, sales proof points, strategic partner stories, and field-ready resources.
- Build repeatable partnership models, operating mechanisms, account expansion strategies, and playbooks that can scale across K-12 systems, higher education institutions, and priority markets.
- Help shape the external narrative around responsible, effective, and evidence-backed AI adoption in education.
- Lead through influence across internal and external stakeholders to move ambiguous, high-priority opportunities toward concrete commitments and measurable outcomes.
You Might Thrive In This Role If You
- Have demonstrated success originating, structuring, and advancing complex strategic partnerships in ambiguous or emerging markets.
- Have deep experience across K-12 and/or higher education, with exposure to school systems, universities, research organizations, policymakers, education technology companies, foundations, or ecosystem partners.
- Bring strong strategic business development judgment, including the ability to map stakeholders, identify executive sponsors, qualify real opportunities, and move ambiguous interest toward commitment.
- Are highly fluent in research partnerships, evidence generation, evaluation design, impact measurement, and research-backed program development.
- Can work with researchers and cross-functional teams to shape practical research questions, structure credible pilots, and identify what evidence is needed to support responsible adoption.
- Can translate research findings, pilot results, and flagship partnerships into reusable playbooks, proof points, and field-ready assets without overstating claims.
- Can create sharp briefings for senior education, government, system, and institutional leaders that connect AI in education to concrete priorities, implementation paths, and next steps.
- Have strong commercial instincts paired with a deep interest in learning, evidence generation, education outcomes, and the societal implications of AI.
- Move fluidly between executive engagement, strategic thinking, research partnership design, negotiation, program execution, and GTM translation.
- Have a track record of creating new partnership models, programs, or strategic initiatives in areas without established playbooks.
- Are comfortable operating as an individual contributor in a highly cross-functional environment, influencing through credibility, trust, judgment, and ownership rather than formal authority.
- Are willing and able to travel approximately 35% of the time to support partner development, executive engagement, research programs, and market-building efforts.
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: $239K - $269K
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Verify your degree field matches the role
USCIS requires a direct relationship between your degree field and the Partnerships Lead duties. A business, marketing, or communications degree supports the petition. An unrelated degree can trigger an RFE even if you have years of relevant experience.
Check employer LCA filings before applying
DOL certifies an LCA before any H-1B petition can be filed. Use Migrate Mate to filter Partnerships Lead roles by verified employer LCA history, so you're targeting companies that have already completed this step for the occupation.
Target companies with cap-exempt affiliations
Universities, research institutions, and nonprofit research organizations are exempt from the annual H-1B cap. Partnerships roles at these organizations let you start without waiting for the lottery, which runs once per fiscal year.
Request an offer letter that specifies degree requirements
USCIS scrutinizes whether Partnerships Lead is a specialty occupation. An offer letter that explicitly states a bachelor's degree in a specific field is required strengthens the petition and reduces the chance of an RFE on the specialty occupation question.
Use OFLC Wage Search to benchmark the prevailing wage
Your employer must pay at least the DOL prevailing wage for the Partnerships Lead SOC code in your work location. Look up the Level I through Level IV wage tiers on OFLC Wage Search before negotiating your offer to confirm the salary clears the threshold.
File H-1B before your OPT or grace period expires
If you're on OPT, your employer must file the H-1B petition by April 1 to get a cap-subject slot starting October 1. Missing the registration window in March means waiting another full year, so confirm your employer's filing timeline early in the hiring process.
H-1B Visa Partnerships Lead: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Partnerships Lead role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
USCIS evaluates each petition individually, but Partnerships Lead roles generally qualify when the job description requires at minimum a bachelor's degree in business, marketing, strategy, or a closely related field. Generic relationship-management roles without a defined degree requirement are more likely to receive an RFE, so the offer letter and job description need to frame the academic requirement clearly.
How do I find employers who actively sponsor H-1B visas for Partnerships Lead positions?
Migrate Mate surfaces verified LCA filing history by employer and occupation, so you can see which companies have filed for Partnerships Lead or closely related roles before you apply. This filters out employers who say they're open to sponsorship but have no track record of actually completing the DOL and USCIS filing steps for this type of role.
Can my Partnerships Lead job duties affect my H-1B petition if they change after I'm hired?
Yes. If your duties shift materially after your H-1B is approved, your employer may need to file an amended petition with USCIS. Partnerships Lead roles often evolve from individual contributor to cross-functional or managerial work. Any change that affects the SOC code, work location, or wage level can require an amended filing before the change takes effect.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for a Partnerships Lead on H-1B?
DOL requires your employer to pay at least the prevailing wage for the specific SOC code and geographic location listed on the LCA. For Partnerships Lead, the relevant SOC code typically falls under Business Development or Sales Management categories. You can look up current wage levels by location using OFLC Wage Search, and your employer certifies compliance with that figure before USCIS ever sees the petition.
How does the H-1B lottery affect my timeline for starting a Partnerships Lead job?
Cap-subject H-1B petitions are subject to an annual lottery, with registration opening in March for an October 1 start date. If you're selected, your employer files the full petition after selection. If you're not selected, you can't start in an H-1B status that fiscal year unless the employer has a cap-exempt affiliation. Planning your job search and offer timeline around the March registration window is essential for Partnerships Lead roles at for-profit companies.