Executive in Residence, Cyber
OpenAI · San Francisco
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## Executive in Residence, Cyber ### About the role OpenAI is seeking an accomplished CISO/CSO (or equivalent cybersecurity executive) to help security leaders turn frontier AI into practical cyber defense. As an **Executive in Residence**, you’ll be a visible industry voice and a trusted peer to senior customer and partner leaders—working alongside account, technical, product, research, and deployment teams. You’ll help shape an industry agenda by combining **invited speaking** and **executive engagement** with the work needed to move customers from **interest to adoption**. You’ll also bring field insights into OpenAI’s cyber efforts and advance selected strategic initiatives agreed with cyber leadership. ### What you’ll do - **Represent OpenAI in consequential industry conversations**: deliver invited keynotes, contribute to panels, and lead executive briefings on AI and cyber defense. - **Develop original thought leadership** grounded in operating experience, evidence, and practical lessons. - **Convene senior security leaders**: attract relevant audiences and host candid CISO dinners, closed-door roundtables, and peer discussions. - **Help customers make decisions and deploy**: work with account and technical teams to identify priority defensive workflows, build executive sponsorship, remove organizational barriers, and shape pilots with clear objectives and next steps. - **Bring the field into product and research**: capture customer needs, adoption barriers, and deployment lessons; translate recurring themes into recommendations for product/research/field teams. - **Advance strategic initiatives**: lead selected projects where your executive experience and ability to coordinate across teams can accelerate progress. - **Strengthen field effectiveness**: prepare teams for senior security conversations, create useful executive briefing materials, and turn engagements into sustained relationships and agreed actions. ### You might thrive if you have - **Experience as a CISO or equivalent security executive** with direct accountability for a substantial security program (risk, investment, incidents, and organizational change). - An **established reputation** among senior security leaders in a relevant region/sector, with a track record of attracting executive audiences. - A **strong speaking record** and the ability to lead candid peer discussions and handle unscripted questions. - **Technical depth** to discuss security architecture and defensive operations, plus judgment to explain AI capabilities/limitations to executives and boards. - **Trusted relationships** with CISOs and other senior technology leaders, including experience building relationships beyond your existing network. - Proven ability to turn **executive alignment into action** across teams, with evidence of adoption, deployment, or measurable improvements. - The ability to **listen closely**, exercise discretion, and represent customer needs accurately—distinguishing evidence from speculation. ### Additional experience we value - Deep experience in **technology, retail, telecommunications, life sciences, or healthcare**, or a strong regional security leadership network. - Practical work applying **AI to security**, leading enterprise technology adoption, or advising through significant changes in security operations. - Published practitioner work, influential research, or sustained contributions to security communities. ### Travel This role involves **regular tra
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