We're looking for a senior strategic risk advisor to help the Security organization anticipate, interpret, and act on high-consequence risks at the intersection of cybersecurity, national security, geopolitics, ecosystem dynamics, regulation, and institutional trust.
This role is for someone who can move fluently between technical security teams, executives, policymakers, external experts, and commercial stakeholders. The right person will bring judgment formed through national security, cyber, diplomacy, intelligence, and senior advisory work, and will turn complex external developments into clear choices for OpenAI leadership.
As a Senior Strategic Risk Advisor, you will help OpenAI connect technical security realities to geopolitical, policy, and ecosystem developments, turning that context into clear guidance for consequential security and operating choices.
We're looking for a senior, trusted advisor who brings strong cybersecurity and geopolitical fluency and can translate complex risk into clear strategic direction.
This role is based in Washington, DC. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. Some domestic and international travel may be required for high-leverage meetings, conferences, and government engagements.
Key Responsibilities:
- Advise security and company leadership on strategic risks, connecting technical security priorities to broader business, policy, geopolitical, regulatory, and operating realities.
- Produce strategic analysis and contribute to scenario planning and executive briefings on cyber, geopolitical, policy, regulatory, and ecosystem developments, translating them into decision-ready recommendations for OpenAI's security posture, resource priorities, and operating decisions.
- Monitor and interpret external events, policy shifts, geopolitical developments, regulatory changes, and ecosystem dynamics relevant to OpenAI's security posture and operating environment.
- Provide strategic risk and security input into scenario-planning exercises for high-consequence questions, including model deployment, regional expansion, sensitive partnerships, and strategic threat evolution.
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with policymakers, researchers, think tanks, academics, national security practitioners, technology leaders, and other external experts.
- Help develop credible external positions and executive materials for government engagements, conferences, and other high-stakes forums.
Requirements:
- 10+ years of experience advising executives, boards, governments, or national security leaders on cyber, geopolitical, or digital risk.
- Deep familiarity with cybersecurity, state-linked threats, insider risk, intelligence analysis, and strategic risk management.
- Experience translating complex technical ideas for non-technical senior decision makers.
- Strong external network across national security, cyber, policy, technology, academia, think tanks, or security communities.
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills, with demonstrated ability to produce clear, decision-oriented analysis under pressure.
- Technical security qualifications or hands-on cyber background.
- Have a U.S. or U.K. Government Security Clearance, or willingness and eligibility to obtain one.
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