Apac Strategic Initiatives Lead Global Affairs Singapore at OpenAI — task breakdown

--- BEGIN UNTRUSTED EXTERNAL CONTENT (source: https://openai.com/careers/apac-strategic-initiatives-lead-global-affairs-singapore/) --- Skip to main contentResearchProductsBusinessDevelopersCompanyFoundation(opens in a new window)Log inTry ChatGPT(opens in a new window)ResearchProductsBusinessDevelopersCompanyFoundation(opens in a new window)APAC Strategic Initiatives Lead, Global Affairs | OpenAICareersAPAC Strategic Initiatives Lead, Global AffairsGlobal Affairs - SingaporeApply now(opens in a new window)About the TeamOpenAI’s mission is to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. Achieving this goal requires deep engagement with policymakers, regulators, institutions, and communities shaping the future of AI.The Global Affairs team builds authentic, collaborative relationships with public officials and the broader AI policymaking community to ensure that external perspectives inform our work and that policy frameworks support the safe and beneficial development of AI. We work closely with research, product, policy, legal, communications, and go-to-market teams to anticipate emerging issues, shape responsible policy outcomes, and advance OpenAI’s mission around the world.About the RoleOpenAI is seeking a senior, highly strategic, and execution-oriented APAC Strategic Initiatives Lead to join the Global Affairs team. This is a senior individual contributor role based in Singapore, reporting to the Head of Asia-Pacific, Global Affairs.This role will help advance OpenAI’s APAC regional strategy by driving execution of priority regional initiatives, partnerships, and campaigns. You will work closely with country leads, functional partners, and company leadership to turn strategy into clear plans, coordinated execution, and measurable outcomes.The role sits at the intersection of policy, partnerships, campaigns, executive engagement, and cross-functional execution. You will bring structure to ambiguous opportunities, drive accountability across complex workstreams, and help ensure that APAC initiatives are delivered with clarity, speed, and discipline.Key ResponsibilitiesOwn end-to-end execution of select APAC strategic initiatives, ensuring clear strategy, sequencing, stakeholder alignment, delivery, and measurement.Partner with the Head of APAC Global Affairs and country leads to identify, shape, and execute priority regional initiatives across Asia Pacific.Translate regional priorities into actionable workplans, owners, milestones, timelines, risks, and decision points.Help design and execute APAC-wide and country-level initiatives that advance responsible AI adoption, strengthen OpenAI’s regional presence, and support priority policy outcomes.Support flagship partnerships, convenings, executive visits, and regional moments with governments, universities, industry, NGOs, civil society, and ecosystem leaders.Coordinate across policy, communications, legal, product, research, partnerships, go-to-market, finance, and operations teams to ensure regional initiatives are aligned and effectively executed.Identify emerging policy, geopolitical, reputational, and commercial priorities across APAC and translate them into practical engagement plans and execution recommendations.Prepare high-quality briefings, memos, strategic updates, and presentations for senior internal and external stakeholders.Build lightweight systems to track priority initiatives, campaign progress, stakeholder engagement, milestones, risks, and outcomes.Improve how APAC Global Affairs plans, executes, documents, and measures impact across regional initiatives.You Should Thrive in This Role If YouAre a senior operator who can move seamlessly between strategy and hands-on execution.Have strong judgment, executive presence, and the ability to influence without formal authority.Know how to turn broad goals into concrete initiatives, timelines, owners, and outcomes.Bring structure, momentum, and accountability to ambiguous, fast-moving envi

Apac Strategic Initiatives Lead Global Affairs Singapore

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