About this role
About the Team
OpenAI’s Education team is building products that advance how people learn with AI. The team works across higher education institutions, K-12 districts, and country-level partnerships, including applied research on how AI affects learning and cognitive outcomes.
The team owns owns ChatGPT Edu, ChatGPT for Teachers, and related product/research work. The team partners closely with go-to-market, research, Consumer Learning, and model teams to turn education-specific insights into product experiences that can improve ChatGPT more broadly.
Some of our recent work:
- New Education Plugins for ChatGPT Work and Codex https://www.linkedin.com/posts/leahbelsky_new-education-plugins-for-chatgpt-work-ugcPost-7490452691794612224-Qs00/?rcm=ACoAABieResBU17vLQB6PJl1aP5hT_4oszy7jNo&utm_medium=member_desktop_web&utm_source=social_share_send
- New tools for understanding AI and learning outcomes https://openai.com/index/understanding-ai-and-learning-outcomes/
- Education for countries https://openai.com/index/edu-for-countries/
- Advancements in higher education https://openai.com/index/ai-education-opportunity/
- Early product work - Introducing Study Mode https://openai.com/index/chatgpt-study-mode/
About the Role
We’re looking for a hands-on Tech Lead Manager to lead and manage a team of senior full-stack engineers building AI-native learning experiences in ChatGPT. This person will combine technical execution, product judgment, and people leadership: they will write and ship code, manage engineers, and help shape the product direction for how students and Educationcators use AI.
In This Role, You Will
- Lead and manage a team of three senior full-stack engineers.
- Build product experiences for ChatGPT Education, ChatGPT for Teachers, and AI-native learning workflows.
- Partner with research teams on field studies, randomized control trials, classifiers, data pipelines, and cognitive-outcome measurement.
- Collaborate with Consumer Learning and model teams to translate education insights into broader ChatGPT behavior and product improvements.
- Drive execution across product, engineering, research, go-to-market, and partner teams.
- Help define product strategy, priorities, and delivery plans for a new product pod.
You Might Thrive In This Role If You
- Have several years of direct people-management experience with engineers.
- Are still highly technical and comfortable doing IC engineering work.
- Have strong product sense and can operate like a GM for a focused product area.
- Can lead senior engineers with credibility and clear technical direction.
- Are effective at cross-functional influence, communication, and project management.
- Are genuinely interested in education, learning science, and how AI can improve learning outcomes.
- Have experience operating in a large, complex technology organization.
Nice To Have
- Experience in education, learning products, learning science, or edtech.
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