# Field CTO at OpenAI

- Company: OpenAI
- Status: Open
- Workplace: Hybrid
- Location: San Francisco · Remote
- Level: Senior
- Discipline: Engineering
- Employment: Full-time
- Salary: $302K–352K
- Posted: 2026-09-09
- Skills: Go To Market
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/23239cae-2a91-4985-94d1-a2acbb3ffa25

## Description

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Field CTO (Strategic Pursuits), you will serve as a strategic bridge between our customers, go-to-market (GTM) teams, and product organization. You will partner closely with Sales, Technical Success, and Product to shape high-impact deals, guide customer architecture decisions, and influence our product roadmap based on real-world adoption and feedback.
This is a highly cross-functional, externally facing leadership role for someone who combines deep technical expertise with strong business acumen and customer empathy.



IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL: 


CUSTOMER & DEAL STRATEGY

 - Partner with Sales, Product and Technical Success teams to support complex, high-value deals as a technical and strategic advisor.

 - Translate customer business needs into scalable technical solutions and architectures.

 - Engage with senior customer stakeholders (CTO/CIO/VP-level) to drive alignment on vision, roadmap, and adoption.

 - Lead technical strategy discussions during key deal stages, including discovery, solution design, and executive presentations.


ARCHITECTURE & IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE

 - Guide customers on best practices for deploying and scaling AI-driven solutions in production.

 - Provide architectural oversight across use cases such as LLM applications, integrations, data pipelines, and security.

 - Act as a trusted advisor to ensure long-term success, not just short-term wins.


PRODUCT & FEEDBACK LOOP

 - Bring structured customer insights back to Product and Engineering teams to inform roadmap and prioritization.

 - Identify gaps, opportunities, and

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