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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