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Strategic Finance, Partnerships

OpenAI Indexed employerSan Francisco
Source-hosted applyChecked 3h ago$234K–$260K/yrFull-Time
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Workplace

hybrid

Employment

Full-Time

Published

Jun 23, 2026

Closes

No date supplied

The role

ABOUT THE TEAM OpenAI’s Strategic Finance organization provides financial insights and guidance to support the company’s long-term strategy and ambitious growth. We partner across Product, Partnerships, Engineering, and GTM to allocate resources to the highest-impact opportunities while protecting sustainable unit economics. The Applications Technology Strategic Finance team partners closely with Product to scale core offerings and bring new products to market. We lead revenue forecasting and performance management across the product portfolio, including economic margins, pricing, and partnership deal pricing and structuring. ABOUT THE ROLE We are hiring on our Strategic Finance Partnerships team to drive strategic decision-making across OpenAI’s growth and media partnership portfolio, focused on our consumer business. This role will be a critical finance partner to Partnerships deal leads and Product owners, responsible for evaluating, pricing, and structuring partnerships, and translating partner opportunity into decision-ready economics and performance management. The role will be hands-on in deal evaluation, negotiation support, and portfolio oversight. You will shape how OpenAI approaches partnership unit economics, measurement and incrementality, and how partnership performance is incorporated into forecasts and planning. This role is based in San Francisco, CA, with a hybrid work model (3 days/week in-office). Relocation assistance is available. IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL: - Own financial evaluation for growth and media partnerships, including modeling revenue, margin, compute, and payback to support decision-making and negotiations. - Develop clear economic frameworks and deal guardrails (pricing floors, rev-share structures, caps, minimum guarantees, performance-based terms) to protect long-term unit economics. - Partner closely with Product and Partnerships to define and measure incrementality and ensure contract terms align with measurable outcomes. - Lead pa

Requirements

Department: Strategic Finance; Team: Strategic Finance