Communications Manager, France & Southern Europe

About the Team OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Communications team supports this mission by clearly and authentically explaining our technology, products, values, and approach to safely building and deploying powerful AI. We work across corporate, product, policy, research, go-to-market, and consumer communications to help people understand OpenAI’s work and its impact. As OpenAI’s presence grows in France and across Southern Europe, we are looking for a Communications Manager to help shape and execute high-impact communications programs for the French market. About the Role In this role you will help drive communications across several of OpenAI’s most important European markets. You will work across product, B2B, developer, and mainstream communications, helping bring OpenAI’s products and priorities to life for French and Southern Europe audiences. This role is designed for someone who can combine strategic judgment with hands-on execution. You will help localize global announcements, develop proactive country-specific stories, manage agency workstreams, build media relationships, and support communications around product launches, customer stories, developer initiatives, and broader public understanding of AI. The role will have a strong business and product communications center of gravity. In practice, many of OpenAI’s product moments need to reach multiple audiences at once: business leaders, developers, policymakers and everyday users. You will help connect those narratives so that our communications in the region are clear, locally relevant, and consistent across audiences. This role is based in Paris, France. We use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week and offer relocation assistance to new employees. In this role, you will: Support B2B and GTM communications, including enterprise adoption, customer stories, partner announcements, business media, and industry narratives. Drive product communications workstreams across audiences, including enterprise, developer, business, and mainstream user-facing moments. Localize global announcements and campaigns for the French market, ensuring messaging is culturally relevant and grounded in local media context. Proactively identify and tell stories that show how OpenAI’s technologies are being used by businesses, developers, institutions, educators, creators, and people in France and across Southern Europe. Help shape mainstream and consumer-facing product stories that explain OpenAI’s tools, benefits, and approach in accessible ways. Manage day-to-day agency work across product-led consumer and business communications, ensuring execution is connected to broader business, developer, and corporate priorities. Build and maintain relationships with French media, including technology, business, national, trade, consumer, and digital outlets. Draft and edit communications materials, including messaging, pitches, briefing documents, and media plans. Prepare and brief spokespeople for media interviews, events, and other external opportunities. Partner cross-functionally with teams including GTM, Product, Marketing, Global Affairs, Legal, Research, and other Communications teams. Track media coverage, market conversation, and emerging issues locally to identify opportunities and risks. Help bring structure, momentum, and strong execution to a fast-moving communications environment. You might thrive in this role if you: Have strong experience in communications, media relations, PR, or related roles, ideally in the tech industry. Have a strong understanding of the French media landscape, including business, technology, national, and mainstream media. Can translate complex technology into clear, compelling narratives for different audiences. Are comfortable working across both B2B and consumer-facing communications, and understand how product stories can travel across audiences. Have experience managing agency partners and driving workstreams forward with clear priorities and strong follow-through. Have sound judgment on sensitive or high-profile issues, and know when to escalate. Are comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities. Have strong attention to detail and can produce high-quality written materials under time pressure. Are curious about AI and motivated by helping people understand its benefits, limitations, and impact. Are fluent in French and English, with excellent writing and editing skills in both languages. Spanish or Italian language skills are not required, but would be helpful. Applications will be reviewed from Monday 8th June 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 tha