Risk Analyst Jobs in San Francisco, CA
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Trust & Safety - San Francisco
About the Team
At OpenAIs of misuse. We translate real-world user and operational signals into timely decisions, practical interventions, and improvements to our products and systems.
This role will take on new, ambiguous, or underdeveloped operational risks and help mature them into scalable capabilities. We work across USRO and partner closely with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Product Policy, Legal, Safety, Support, and external vendors or partnership stakeholders.
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Operations Analyst to take on complex, ambiguous safety and risk problems and turn them into practical operational solutions that can scale. This is a senior individual-contributor role for a versatile operator who is comfortable moving between queues, investigation, analysis, workflow design, hands-on execution, and cross-functional leadership. Depending on team needs, the role may focus on emerging-risk incubation, cloud deployment partnerships, or other new operational areas.
You will be expected to move quickly, work hands-on, and create structure without waiting for perfect requirements or a large support team. The work starts with the problem, not a prescribed process. You may investigate unstructured user signals, stand up a lightweight workflow, build an AI-assisted tool, improve an existing operation, or help a new launch become operationally ready. The goal is to produce durable systems that other people can run, not simply complete a series of individual tasks.
The portfolio will change with company priorities and may span established harm areas, emerging-risk incubation, cloud deployments and partnerships, device safety, or new product launches. Some hires may focus primarily on cloud deployment operations, including launch readiness, partner coordination, safety workflows, and operational monitoring. You will typically own a small number of high-impact problems at a time and will be expected to judge what needs to be built, what can stay lightweight, and when the work is ready to scale, transfer, or stop.
Location / work model: San Francisco, CA; hybrid, 3 days/week in-office.
Please note: This role may involve exposure to sensitive or concerning content. Strong discretion, good judgment, and resilience are essential.
In This Role, You Will
Take ownership of ambiguous, high-priority safety and risk problems: define the problem, gather the right evidence, choose a practical path, drive execution, and close the loop.
Analyze structured and unstructured data, both quantitative and qualitative. This may include user reports, case narratives, conversations, escalations, and operational metrics to identify patterns, risks, and the highest-leverage interventions.
Build and test lightweight workflows, tools, automations, and decision aids that improve speed, quality, and consistency, then iterate based on real-world use.
Turn one-off insights and manual work into scalable operating mechanisms without adding unnecessary process or complexity.
Lead sensitive investigations, incident response, or launch-readiness work, including safety workflows, human review, escalation paths, partner coordination, and operational monitoring for product launches or cloud deployments.
Work directly with cross-functional and external partners to clarify ownership, resolve operational gaps, and turn incomplete signals into clear recommendations and decisions.
Measure whether the work is improving outcomes—such as quality, speed, coverage, operator effort, or risk reduction—and adjust quickly when it is not.
Help junior operators build judgment and independence through coaching, calibration, and reusable tools.
You Might Thrive in This Role If You
Have 8+ years of experience in trust and safety operations, investigations, incident response, product operations, technical program management, or another high-judgment, data-heavy operational field.
Have a track record as a scrappy generalist who can enter an unfamiliar problem, learn quickly, and deliver with limited structure or support.
Are highly data savvyation and combine it with quantitative evidence.
Are technically fluent and hands-on with AI tools, dashboards, and data tooling, and can build or prototype practical solutions without waiting for a dedicated technical team.
Operate independently, make clear tradeoffs, and maintain momentum as priorities and requirements change.
Think in systems: you look beyond the immediate task and build approaches that can be repeated, measured, and operated by others.
Exercise strong judgment in sensitive situations involving user impact, policy, legal risk, technical constraints, and business priorities.
Communicate clearly and directlyal authority.
Nice to Have
Experience in trust and safety, fraud, product safety, integrity, or another adversarial or high-severity risk domain.
Experience moving a new or immature workflow from early investigation into stable, scaled operations.
Experience supporting cloud platforms or deployment partnerships, enterprise products, product launches, connected devices, or other technically complex programs. Direct cloud experience is a plus, not a requirement.
Familiarity with SQL, lightweight scripting, no-code tools, workflow automation, or AI-assisted development.
Experience with vendor operations, quality programs, calibrations, or distributed operational teams.
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 the full spectrum of humanity.
We are an equal opportunity employeration, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable lawation technology systems and related data security obligations.
To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.
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
$252K – $280K + Offers Equity
The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factorsance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees, and the following benefits.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
401(k) retirement plan with employer match
Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
Mental health and wellness support
Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
Relocation support for eligible employees
Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.
More details about our benefits are available to candidates during the hiring process.
This role is at-will and OpenAI reserves the right to modify base pay and other compensation components at any time based on individual performance, team or company results, or market conditions.
Trust & Safety - San Francisco
About the Team
At OpenAIs of misuse. We translate real-world user and operational signals into timely decisions, practical interventions, and improvements to our products and systems.
This role will take on new, ambiguous, or underdeveloped operational risks and help mature them into scalable capabilities. We work across USRO and partner closely with Product, Engineering, Data Science, Product Policy, Legal, Safety, Support, and external vendors or partnership stakeholders.
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Operations Analyst to take on complex, ambiguous safety and risk problems and turn them into practical operational solutions that can scale. This is a senior individual-contributor role for a versatile operator who is comfortable moving between queues, investigation, analysis, workflow design, hands-on execution, and cross-functional leadership. Depending on team needs, the role may focus on emerging-risk incubation, cloud deployment partnerships, or other new operational areas.
You will be expected to move quickly, work hands-on, and create structure without waiting for perfect requirements or a large support team. The work starts with the problem, not a prescribed process. You may investigate unstructured user signals, stand up a lightweight workflow, build an AI-assisted tool, improve an existing operation, or help a new launch become operationally ready. The goal is to produce durable systems that other people can run, not simply complete a series of individual tasks.
The portfolio will change with company priorities and may span established harm areas, emerging-risk incubation, cloud deployments and partnerships, device safety, or new product launches. Some hires may focus primarily on cloud deployment operations, including launch readiness, partner coordination, safety workflows, and operational monitoring. You will typically own a small number of high-impact problems at a time and will be expected to judge what needs to be built, what can stay lightweight, and when the work is ready to scale, transfer, or stop.
Location / work model: San Francisco, CA; hybrid, 3 days/week in-office.
Please note: This role may involve exposure to sensitive or concerning content. Strong discretion, good judgment, and resilience are essential.
In This Role, You Will
Take ownership of ambiguous, high-priority safety and risk problems: define the problem, gather the right evidence, choose a practical path, drive execution, and close the loop.
Analyze structured and unstructured data, both quantitative and qualitative. This may include user reports, case narratives, conversations, escalations, and operational metrics to identify patterns, risks, and the highest-leverage interventions.
Build and test lightweight workflows, tools, automations, and decision aids that improve speed, quality, and consistency, then iterate based on real-world use.
Turn one-off insights and manual work into scalable operating mechanisms without adding unnecessary process or complexity.
Lead sensitive investigations, incident response, or launch-readiness work, including safety workflows, human review, escalation paths, partner coordination, and operational monitoring for product launches or cloud deployments.
Work directly with cross-functional and external partners to clarify ownership, resolve operational gaps, and turn incomplete signals into clear recommendations and decisions.
Measure whether the work is improving outcomes—such as quality, speed, coverage, operator effort, or risk reduction—and adjust quickly when it is not.
Help junior operators build judgment and independence through coaching, calibration, and reusable tools.
You Might Thrive in This Role If You
Have 8+ years of experience in trust and safety operations, investigations, incident response, product operations, technical program management, or another high-judgment, data-heavy operational field.
Have a track record as a scrappy generalist who can enter an unfamiliar problem, learn quickly, and deliver with limited structure or support.
Are highly data savvyation and combine it with quantitative evidence.
Are technically fluent and hands-on with AI tools, dashboards, and data tooling, and can build or prototype practical solutions without waiting for a dedicated technical team.
Operate independently, make clear tradeoffs, and maintain momentum as priorities and requirements change.
Think in systems: you look beyond the immediate task and build approaches that can be repeated, measured, and operated by others.
Exercise strong judgment in sensitive situations involving user impact, policy, legal risk, technical constraints, and business priorities.
Communicate clearly and directlyal authority.
Nice to Have
Experience in trust and safety, fraud, product safety, integrity, or another adversarial or high-severity risk domain.
Experience moving a new or immature workflow from early investigation into stable, scaled operations.
Experience supporting cloud platforms or deployment partnerships, enterprise products, product launches, connected devices, or other technically complex programs. Direct cloud experience is a plus, not a requirement.
Familiarity with SQL, lightweight scripting, no-code tools, workflow automation, or AI-assisted development.
Experience with vendor operations, quality programs, calibrations, or distributed operational teams.
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 the full spectrum of humanity.
We are an equal opportunity employeration, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable lawation technology systems and related data security obligations.
To notify OpenAI that you believe this job posting is non-compliant. No response will be provided to inquiries unrelated to job posting compliance.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.
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
$252K – $280K + Offers Equity
The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factorsance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees, and the following benefits.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
401(k) retirement plan with employer match
Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
Mental health and wellness support
Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
Relocation support for eligible employees
Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.
More details about our benefits are available to candidates during the hiring process.
This role is at-will and OpenAI reserves the right to modify base pay and other compensation components at any time based on individual performance, team or company results, or market conditions.
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Risk Analyst Jobs in San Francisco: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a risk analyst job in San Francisco?
Focus on San Francisco's densest hiring pockets: large banks and investment firms in the Financial District, insurers and specialty carriers in SoMa, and fintech and tech companies in Mission Bay. Candidates with experience in credit, operational, or quantitative risk gain the most traction here. Familiarity with enterprise risk platforms and a background in financial modeling sharpens your edge in a market where analytical depth is expected from day one.
Which companies hire risk analysts in San Francisco?
Employers hiring risk analysts in San Francisco right now include OpenAI, Lyft, and Uber, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. San Francisco's mix of global banks, regional insurers, and venture-backed fintech firms means openings range from large compliance-driven teams to leaner analytical roles at growth-stage companies.
Are there remote risk analyst jobs in San Francisco?
Yes, though availability depends on the type of work: quantitative and data-heavy risk roles tend to be more remote-friendly, while roles tied to trading floors, on-site audits, or client-facing compliance skew in-office. About 88% of risk analyst openings tied to San Francisco are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with hybrid schedules most common at larger financial services firms headquartered in the Financial District.
How can I get a risk analyst job in San Francisco with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is targeting junior or associate risk analyst roles at San Francisco's mid-size banks, insurance carriers, and fintech companies, which tend to hire analytically strong candidates for rotational or training programs. Roles in credit analysis, compliance operations, or financial auditing at firms in SoMa and the Financial District serve as strong lateral moves. A quantitative degree, Excel and SQL proficiency, and any exposure to risk frameworks through coursework or internships stand out in local screening.
Which industries hire the most risk analysts in San Francisco?
Most risk analyst openings in San Francisco sit in Science & Research, Technology & Software, and Banking & Financial Services, per current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. San Francisco's concentration of global financial institutions, specialty insurance carriers, and well-funded fintech firms makes it one of the more active risk hiring markets on the West Coast.
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