Executive Business Partner, APAC

We are looking for an experienced Executive Business Partner to support our Regional GM and VP, APAC Sales, based in Singapore. This person will help both leaders operate with clarity, focus, and momentum across APAC-specific priorities, regional work, and HQ partnership. The Executive Business Partner will be a proactive and adaptable partner to executives, managing complex scheduling, coordinating projects, and optimizing workflows. This role requires independence, task-level ownership, and a deep understanding of OpenAI's mission to foster AGI that benefits humanity. The ideal candidate is comfortable with ambiguity, rapidly-evolving business priorities, and can drive best practices to help scale exec and team operations. This role is based in Singapore. We follow a hybrid work model of three days in the office each week.

Responsibilities

Build strong connections within the immediate team and across other departments, becoming a trusted partner to leaders. This includes an understanding of team dynamics, priorities, and stakeholders, facilitating seamless coordination on high-stakes projects; Excel in sharing information clearly and efficiently, adapting communication styles for a broad range of audiences; Balance the calendars and priorities of multiple leaders, demonstrating prioritization skills and agility in adapting to shifts in priorities, while maintaining accuracy and meeting deadlines; Operate with discretion and independence, proactively optimizing processes and flagging risks, while ensuring sensitive information is handled with care; You will manage highly dynamic calendars, complex travel, internal and external communications, and operating rhythms that keep leaders and teams aligned across markets and time zones; You will also serve as a key point of contact for executives visiting APAC from HQ, helping coordinate local context, schedules, logistics, and meetings.

Requirements

Fluency in English is required; This role requires independence, task-level ownership, and a deep understanding of OpenAI's mission to foster AGI that benefits humanity; Must be rock solid on confidentiality.

Nice to have

5+ years experience in a cross-functional executive assistant role or similar support function; Successfully supported multiple leaders in the past; Worked in a hard tech startup or similar environment; Experience working across APAC markets and collaborating with U.S.-based HQ teams; High cross-cultural EQ and ability to tailor communication styles for diverse stakeholders; Strong operational rigor — able to run cadences, track priorities, and maintain alignment across time zones; Comfortable supporting complex, rapid travel across international regions; Strong communication - being able to tailor a message appropriate to a specific audience; Discretion - this role will have exposure to sensitive knowledge so must be rock solid on confidentiality; Humility/diplomacy - this role has the potential to accrue power in a unique ways, but we want this person to be decisive and make noncontroversial decisions; Very fluent in Google Calendar, Docs, Sheets, Gmail, etc. and other modern productivity software, and are excited to learn and use new tools; Genuine interest in the technology we’re building and the transformative potential of AI.