Applied Scientist, Product Policy at OpenAI in San Francisco

About the Team The Product Policy research team studies how people use and experience AI, generating evidence to inform product, policy, and safety decisions. We partner with researchers, data scientists, engineers, and cross-functional teams to understand AI’s effects on people’s lives, including well-being, youth experiences, and social and emotional use. About the Role We’re looking for an Applied Scientist to help design, execute, and analyze large-scale longitudinal research on AI use and well-being. You’ll work closely with research leads to translate scientific questions into rigorous studies, combining survey responses with behavioral data to understand how people’s experiences with AI evolve over time. This is a hands-on role spanning applied analysis, research methods, and study execution. You’ll build reproducible analytical workflows, assess data quality and representativeness, and help establish reliable infrastructure for ongoing panel research. Your work will support research involving teens and adults, including studies of AI companionship, and help turn findings into useful evidence for product, policy, and safety partners. In this role, you will: - Partner with research leads to develop study designs, survey measures, and analysis plans for longitudinal research on AI use and well-being. - Conduct statistical analyses of survey and behavioral data,…