Executive in Residence, Cybersecurity

Quick Facts

• Role: Executive in Residence, Cybersecurity

• Focus: Practical AI-driven cyber defense, executive engagement, and translating field learnings into strategic initiatives

Description

OpenAI is seeking a cybersecurity executive (CISO/CSO or equivalent) with deep operating experience to help security leaders turn frontier AI into practical cyber defense. You will be a visible industry voice and trusted peer for senior customer and partner leaders, using invited speaking, executive engagement, and confidential discussions to move customers from interest to adoption. You will also bring field insights into OpenAI’s cyber efforts and help advance selected strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Represent OpenAI in consequential industry conversations

• Deliver invited keynotes, participate in panels, and lead executive briefings on AI and cyber defense

• Convene senior security leaders and build relationships through CISO dinners, roundtables, and peer discussions

• Work with account and technical teams to identify defensive workflows, secure executive sponsorship, and shape pilots toward deployment

• Capture customer needs, adoption barriers, and deployment lessons; translate themes into recommendations for product, research, and field teams

• Lead selected strategic initiatives by setting intended outcomes and coordinating follow-through across owners

• Prepare teams for senior security conversations and turn engagements into sustained relationships and agreed actions

• Prioritize invited thought leadership and curated executive engagements with clear purpose and follow-through ownership

Requirements

• CISO or equivalent security executive experience with direct accountability for a substantial security program

• Proven judgment in risk, investment, incidents, and organizational change

• Established reputation with senior security leaders and evidence that your participation attracts executive audiences

• Strong, technically credible speaking record; ability to lead candid peer discussions and handle unscripted questions

• Technical depth in security architecture and defensive operations; ability to explain AI capabilities, limitations, and implications to executives and boards

• Trusted relationships with CISOs and senior technology leaders, plus a record of building new relationships beyond your network

• Demonstrated ability to convert executive alignment into actionable outcomes with measurable security improvements

• Discretion and accurate representation of customer needs; ability to work effectively with commercial and technical colleagues

• Ability to travel regularly for customer meetings and industry engagements

Benefits

• Help shape the transformation of AI-enabled cybersecurity while foundational capabilities are still being built

• Influence executive decisions through high-impact engagement that supports customer pilots and progress toward deployment

• Deliver original practitioner-focused content grounded in operating experience, evidence, and practical lessons