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Economic Development Lead

OpenAI · US - Remote

CHECKED 35M AGO

Frontier labClosedremotelead$225k–$285k

At a glance

Highlights

  • Own incentive strategy and negotiations for national AI infrastructure pipeline.
  • Shape community-benefit and approval strategy before projects go public.
  • Convert powered-land opportunities into executable infrastructure options.

What they offer

  • equity

Ideal candidate

Seasoned economic-development strategist comfortable operating early and behind the scenes. Builds trust with public stakeholders and connects incentives, community outcomes, and project economics.

Requirements

  • 6+ years in economic development, public-private partnerships, infrastructure, or government affairs
  • Experience structuring and negotiating incentive packages for large infrastructure projects
  • Strong relationships across local, state, and regional economic-development stakeholders
  • Ability to connect incentives, community benefits, legal commitments, and approval risk
  • Excellent cross-functional coordination, negotiation, and executive-communication skills

Lab profile

About OpenAI

Builds safe frontier AI models and products like ChatGPT for broad benefit.

What they build

  • ChatGPT
  • OpenAI API
  • Frontier AI models

Known for

  • Frontier-scale distributed ML training
  • Massive GPU fleet and data center operations
  • Exabyte-scale data lakes and streaming
  • AI alignment and safety research

Key facts

  • Operates one of the world's largest GPU fleets
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