Manager, AI Deployment Engineering - Health & Life Sciences

\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Team\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eThe AI Deployment Engineering team works at the intersection of cutting-edge AI research and real-world application. We partner directly with OpenAI’s most strategic customers to design, implement, and scale production deployments of generative AI systems. Our work ensures that organizations can safely and effectively integrate AI into critical workflows.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eWithin this team, the Health \u0026amp; Life Sciences (HLS) segment focuses on enabling pharmaceutical manufacturers, biotechnology companies, medical device organizations, contract research organizations (CROs), and health systems to adopt AI responsibly in regulated environments. We work across clinical, scientific, regulatory, and operational functions to unlock meaningful impact while maintaining the highest standards of safety, privacy, and compliance.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Role\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eWe are seeking a Manager, AI Deployment Engineering to lead our Healthcare \u0026amp; Life Sciences deployment efforts. In this role, you will build and mentor a high-performing team of deployment engineers dedicated to helping HLS organizations move from experimentation to production with OpenAI technologies.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eYou will operate at both strategic and technical levels — partnering with executive stakeholders, technical leaders, and cross-functional internal teams to deliver secure, compliant, and high-impact AI deployments. This role requires a strong technical foundation, people leadership experience, and a deep appreciation for the complexity of regulated healthcare and life sciences environments.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eThis role is based in San Francisco or Seattle. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003cstrong\u003eIn this role, you will:\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eOwn the strategy and operating model of the HLS AI Deployment Engineering team, ensuring alignment with company objectives and the evolving needs of our customers.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eHire, mentor, and develop a high-impact team of AI Deployment Engineers focused on HLS production deployments\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eEstablish operating mechanisms, delivery standards, and best practices tailored to regulated environments\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eFoster a culture of technical excellence, customer empathy, and responsible AI deployment\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eDrive Successful Enterprise Deployments and oversee end-to-end implementation of generative AI applications in production across healthcare and life sciences organizations\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eGuide customers through complex integration efforts spanning R\u0026amp;D, clinical development, regulatory affairs, medical affairs, and IT\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eDevelop scalable frameworks for secure, compliant AI adoption in environments governed by HIPAA, GxP, FDA, EMA, and related regulatory standards\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eEnsure measurable impact through activation, adoption, and workflow transformation (e.g., drug discovery acceleration, clinical documentation support, regulatory submission drafting)\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eCollaborate closely with Sales, Account Directors, Solutions Architects, Product, Security, and Legal teams\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eServe as a trusted technical advisor to executive and senior technical stakeholders at enterprise HLS customers\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eProvide structured product feedback informed by real-world deployment challenges and industry requirements\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou’ll thrive in this role if you:\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eHave 8+ years of experience in technical delivery, solutions engineering, or deployment roles, including people management experience\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eHave led enterprise-scale implementations of AI, ML, or platform technologies\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eBring experience in healthcare or life sciences environments, including familiarity with clinical research, drug development, regulatory operations, or health system infrastructure\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eUnderstand compliance frameworks such as HIPAA, GxP, and global regulatory considerations\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eAre comfortable engaging with executive stakeholders while maintaining technical depth\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eEnjoy operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments and building structure where it does not yet exist\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eCare deeply about responsible AI and its application in high-stakes domains\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout OpenAI\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eOpenAI 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. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eWe 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. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eFor additional information, please see \u003ca target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"c-link c-link--underline\" href=\"https://cdn.openai.com/policies/eeo-policy-statement.pdf\"\u003eOpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement\u003c/u\u003e\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eBackground 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. 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