Product Designer (AI)

Location: Hybrid, based at OpenAI's San Francisco HQ; relocation assistance is available to eligible new employees.

Salary: $245K–$310K base pay, plus equity and eligible performance-related bonuses.

Company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company developing general-purpose artificial intelligence and products such as ChatGPT.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end design for growth experiences across ChatGPT.
• Design and improve experiences across discovery, onboarding, activation, engagement, collaboration, conversion, and retention.
• Turn ambiguous opportunities into hypotheses, prototypes, and polished product experiences.
• Set a high bar for interaction design, visual craft, systems thinking, content, and end-to-end coherence.
• Partner with product, engineering, data science, research, and go-to-market teams on strategy and execution.
• Use quantitative data, experimentation, research, and qualitative insights to identify opportunities and evaluate outcomes while translating evolving AI capabilities into approachable experiences.

Requirements

• Portfolio demonstrating exceptional product thinking, interaction design, and visual craft across complex, shipped products.
• Experience leading substantial product initiatives from early exploration through launch and iteration.
• Strong product judgment connecting user needs, business goals, technical possibilities, and measurable outcomes.
• Ability to work with data and experiments while balancing quantitative signals with research, intuition, and design judgment.
• Ability to move quickly without compromising clarity, coherence, trust, or craft.
• Fluency in using AI to explore, prototype, communicate, and extend design capabilities.
• Ability to turn ambiguous, fast-moving problems into a clear point of view and actionable product direction.
• Ability to communicate through strong narratives and prototypes that align cross-functional teams.
• Care for building useful, trustworthy products that are worthy of users' time.

Nice to have

• Direct experience in growth design or developer products.
• Experience rethinking established growth patterns and inventing interactions native to AI.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, flexible or annual paid time off, paid parental, medical, caregiver, and sick or safe leave.
• 13+ paid company holidays, coordinated office closures, and mental health and wellness support.
• Employer-paid life and disability coverage, annual learning and development stipend, daily office meals, and eligible meal delivery credits.
• Relocation support for eligible employees, charitable donation matching, and wellness stipends.
• Collaborative work across product, research, engineering, data, and design with an emphasis on early validation, continuous refinement, quality, trust, and real-world feedback.

Hiring process

• More detailed benefits information is provided during the hiring process.
• Background checks are administered in accordance with applicable law.