Senior Counsel, Competition
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 1, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 27, 2026. OpenAI scores B on the Alion truth index.
About the Team
OpenAI's Legal team plays a crucial role in furthering OpenAI's mission by tackling innovative, fundamental legal issues in AI. If you're passionate about doing significant and unique work as a technology lawyer, this team is for you. The team comprises professionals from diverse fields, including technology, AI, privacy, IP, corporate, employment, tax law, regulatory, and litigation.
About the Role
We’re seeking a senior lawyer to help support OpenAI in the area of competition and antitrust. This role will involve engaging with competition regulators globally and helping set our competition strategy.
We’re looking for an experienced competition lawyer who is excellent at regulatory engagement, can operate at a fast pace with high volume of matters, and is a strong leader and manager. This role reports to our Associate General Counsel of Competition.
In this role, you will:
Support strategy and regulatory engagement for OpenAI in the area of competition and antitrust.
Advise on commercial partnerships and acquisitions from an antitrust perspective.
Respond to RFIs and other inquiries from competition regulators.
Collaborate with global policy and regulatory affairs to anticipate and navigate competition scrutiny in the area of AI.
Advise business and other legal teams on compliance with antitrust laws.
You might thrive in this role if you have:
10+ years of legal experience in the area of antitrust.
A mix of in-house and top-tier law firm experience.
Experience working for a competition regulator is a plus.
Expertise in regulatory review of mergers and acquisitions and associated filings.
Experience leading strategy and responses to antitrust investigations at a technology company.
Demonstrated ability to operate with autonomy and sound judgment in highly technical and fast-moving environments.
Exceptional communication skills, with an ability to distill complexity into actionable, business-aligned guidance.
About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
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