Data Scientist, People Innovation
OpenAISan Francisco, California, United States
Posted March 10, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.
Job Description
We’re hiring a Data Scientist to support People Innovation Labs, a fast-moving engineering team embedded in the People organization focused on rethinking how we find and retain the best talent and empower everyone to do their best work. You’ll be embedded with Product and Engineering to ensure our work drives measurable business outcomes.
Requirements
- Define success metrics for agentic recruiting and HR systems
- Design measurement and experimentation frameworks for always-on systems across every stage of the candidate and employee lifecycle
- Partner with PMs and engineers to instrument, evaluate, and monitor launches
- Translate behavioral and model-driven signals into decisions
- Build repeatable decision loops (pre-launch criteria → post-launch read → next action)
- 10+ years in a quantitative role (e.g., Data Science, Decision Science)
- Deep grounding in experimentation, causal inference, and applied statistics
- Strong technical fluency in SQL and Python
- Proven track record of translating results into shipped decisions
- Strong business judgment and a bias toward action
Benefits
- Equal opportunity employer
- Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement
- Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law