Cyber Enablement Lead, Gov

The Adoption, Innovation, and Transformation (AIT) team within OpenAI for Government helps government organizations turn OpenAI products into durable capabilities and measurable mission impact. We are seeking a Cyber Enablement Lead to help government cyber professionals turn Daybreak's capabilities into stronger defenses and measurable mission outcomes. The role owns Daybreak's government product enablement strategy and personally designs and delivers the training that brings it to life, working directly with U.S. and international government cyber leaders. This role is based in Washington, D.C., uses a hybrid work model of three days in the office per week, and requires travel and regular work from government customer sites.

Responsibilities

Set the vision and own the execution of Daybreak's government enablement strategy, from audience research and learning objectives to curriculum, delivery, and measurable mission impact; Serve as a trusted cyber ambassador for OpenAI, leading substantive conversations about tools and capabilities with U.S. and international government leaders, customers, and the broader cyber community; Help government leaders understand and respond to AI's changing cyber landscape through executive briefings, public speaking, and thought leadership; Personally lead technical training, live demonstrations, hands-on workshops, and executive conversations with AOs, CISOs, cyber operators, developers, and senior leaders; Bring frontline experience into product development, serving as a key point of contact for Daybreak Blue and Red and translating user feedback, deployment friction, and unmet mission needs into product recommendations; Create practical learning materials, including scripts, recorded demonstrations, interactive labs, digital courses, videos, facilitator guides, and playbooks; Convene and lead cyber councils that build a community of practice; Deliver tailored engagements for specialist teams and repeatable learning programs for thousands of practitioners; Translate frontier capabilities into practical government workflows across the cybersecurity lifecycle, including critical infrastructure security and defense of critical networks; Develop practical guidance for human-machine teaming in cyber; Coordinate across product, security, deployment, and customer teams to address adoption barriers and keep enablement current; Assess demonstrated proficiency, track sustained adoption, and use evidence of stronger cyber performance and mission outcomes to improve programs

Requirements

Hold an active security clearance, preferably TS/SCI; Bring deep cybersecurity expertise across threat modeling, vulnerability discovery and validation, prioritization, remediation, detection, incident response, and recovery; Have deep fluency in Daybreak's capabilities, applications, and deployment requirements, and can translate that knowledge into credible advice and practical government cyber training; Have personally built and delivered cybersecurity enablement that changed how people work, from focused engagements with specialist teams to programs reaching thousands of practitioners; Are a compelling speaker, writer, educator, and hands-on creator; Can earn trust in executive briefings and technical deep dives, adapting language, examples, and level of detail; Know how to read a leader and a room, combining presence and emotional intelligence with humility; Understand government cyber missions, security requirements, and operational constraints, ideally across DOW, federal civilian agencies, and state and local government; Turn ambitious goals into disciplined execution, leading cross-functional work, incorporating feedback, and taking ownership of demonstrated proficiency, sustained product use, and stronger defenses; Have built and led teams of cyber enablement professionals; Bring a practical understanding of U.S. cybersecurity laws, regulations, and policies; Have served in a government cyber role and bring a deep commitment to the people behind the mission

Benefits

Relocation assistance for new employees