About OpenAI

OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. OpenAI for Government helps public-sector institutions use advanced AI responsibly to improve services and advance critical missions. The Partnerships team builds the external ecosystem and internal operating mechanisms required to deliver that work at scale.

Excerpted from one of OpenAI's open partner manager postings.

Compensation Context

This company's median disclosed compensation for mid partner roles is $302K. The national median for mid partner manager roles in our dataset is $110K, meaning OpenAI posts roughly 175 percent above the national median for this seniority.

For the full seniority-by-seniority comparison, see our state of partner manager compensation analysis.

Seniority Mix

Open partner roles at OpenAI span the mid, senior, director and head of bands (mid (16), senior (6), director (1), head of (1)). The seniority breakdown shapes whether the company is building a partner org (more director-and-above hiring) or staffing it out (more mid-level hiring).

Partner Program Signals

Structural signals extracted from this company's open partner job descriptions:

  • Build Team: Building out a partner team from scratch or scaling an existing one. Expect higher operational ownership.
  • Channel: Indirect revenue motion through resellers, distributors, MSPs, or referral partners.
  • Enterprise: Enterprise segment focus, typical deal size in the $100K+ range.
  • Reports Cro: Partner leader reports directly to the CRO. Tightly tied to direct-sales motion and quota.
  • Equity: Equity compensation is part of the package.
  • Solution Selling: Uses Solution Selling as the named methodology.

Tool Stack Mentioned in Postings

Named tools and platforms that appear in this company's partner manager job descriptions, weighted by mention count.

Openai (15)Aws (3)Gcp (3)Salesforce (2)

Where They Hire

Open partner postings appear in the following locations:

  • San Francisco, CA, US (12)
  • New York, NY (7)
  • New York, NY, US (2)
  • Washington, DC, US (1)
  • Washington, DC (1)
  • San Francisco, CA (1)

Open Partner Manager Roles at OpenAI

Title Location Salary Range Seniority
Academic Research Partnerships & Programs Lead San Francisco, CA, US $333K - $370K Senior
Agency Partner, Ads Solutions New York, NY, US $261K - $335K Mid
Director, Technical Accounting , Revenue & Strategic Partnerships San Francisco, CA, US $266K - $295K Director
Government Partnerships Communications Lead Washington, DC Not disclosed Senior
Head of Partnerships, Digital Natives New York, NY Not disclosed Head of
ISV Partnerships Lead New York, NY Not disclosed Senior
Order Management & Billing Lead , Cloud Marketplaces & Partnerships San Francisco, CA, US $185K - $205K Senior
Partner Manager, Channel Monetization New York, NY Not disclosed Mid
Partner Marketing Manager, AWS San Francisco, CA, US $287K - $318K Mid
Partner Marketing Manager, Ads San Francisco, CA, US $227K - $252K Mid
Partner Marketing Manager, GCP & Oracle San Francisco, CA, US $287K - $318K Mid
Partner Marketing Manager, Hardware San Francisco, CA, US $287K - $318K Mid
Partner Marketing Manager, Technology Partners & ISVs San Francisco, CA, US $287K - $318K Mid
Partnership Sales Manager New York, NY Not disclosed Mid
Partnerships Operations Lead, OAI for Government Washington, DC, US $221K - $266K Mid
Platform Product Partnerships Lead New York, NY Not disclosed Senior
Product Policy Research and Advisory Partnerships New York, NY Not disclosed Mid
Program Lead, ISV & Marketplace Partnerships New York, NY, US $266K - $370K Mid
Senior Manager, Order to Cash , AI Products & Cloud Partnerships San Francisco, CA, US $185K - $205K Senior
Strategic Finance, B2B Partnerships San Francisco, CA, US $234K - $260K Mid
Strategic Finance, Partnerships San Francisco, CA Not disclosed Mid
Strategic Partner Manager, Monetization Partnerships New York, NY Not disclosed Mid
Technical Program Manager, Cloud AI Partnerships San Francisco, CA, US $257K - $445K Mid
VC Partnerships Manager San Francisco, CA, US $302K - $352K Mid

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