Total Rewards Business Partner, APAC

About the Team OpenAI’s Total Rewards team plays a critical role in attracting, rewarding, and retaining world-class talent in support of our mission to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. The team designs and delivers compensation and benefits programs that are competitive, equitable, innovative, and scalable, while balancing global strategy, local market dynamics, employee experience, and long-term sustainability. About the Role OpenAI is seeking an APAC Total Rewards Business Partner to lead and support compensation initiatives and provide regional benefits execution and operational support across the region as we continue to expand our global footprint. This role will serve as a key regional partner, helping translate OpenAI’s global Total Rewards strategy into programs and practices that reflect local market needs, regulatory requirements, and the evolving needs of our employees. In this role, you will partner closely with regional leadership, HR Business Partners, Recruiting, People Operations, Finance, Payroll, Legal, and external partners to design, implement, and manage compensation and benefits programs across APAC. You will operate as both a strategic advisor and hands-on practitioner, balancing global consistency with regional flexibility while maintaining a high bar for employee experience and operational excellence. This role is based in Singapore and we use a hybrid work model of 3 days in the Singapore office per week. In this role, you will: Regional Total Rewards Partnership: Serve as a trusted Total Rewards advisor across APAC, providing strategic and practical guidance on compensation, benefits, market practices, and complex employee matters as the region scales. Compensation Strategy & Design: Support the development and evolution of base pay structures, incentive programs, equity frameworks, and other compensation programs to ensure competitiveness, internal consistency, and alignment with OpenAI’s global compensation philosophy. Benefits Execution & Operations: Partner with the International Benefits Lead to support the implementation and ongoing operation of APAC benefits programmes, aligned with agreed priorities and programme designs. Provide regional support for benefits rollouts, vendor coordination, employee communications and operational issue resolution, and surface local insights to inform programme decisions. Market Benchmarking & Insights: Lead compensation and benefits benchmarking and market analysis across APAC, translating external market developments, regulatory changes, and regional practices into thoughtful recommendations. Offer Strategy & Pay Decisions: Partner with Recruiting and HRBPs on offer design, compensation decisions, and approvals, balancing market competitiveness, internal equity, global philosophy, and local market considerations. Program Management & Governance: Support the effective administration and governance of regional Total Rewards programs, ensuring stron