IT Support Specialist - London

About the Team

The IT Services and Support team is responsible for providing seamless, efficient, and reliable IT solutions across the organization. We handle frontline IT support, manage vendor relationships and equipment inventory, and continuously improve our processes and documentation to enhance the overall employee experience.

About the Role

As an IT Support Specialist , you will be the first point of contact for troubleshooting hardware, software, and network issues, ensuring our employees have seamless access to the tools and support they need. You will play a crucial role in IT operations, from resolving support requests to managing vendor relationships, maintaining IT assets, and driving process improvements.

We are looking for someone who is customer-focused, technically proficient, and proactive in enhancing IT processes. You should excel in clear communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, have a strong background in macOS (Windows experience is a plus), and thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

This role is based in our London office at King's Cross Station and requires five days per week onsite.

In this role, you will:

• Provide frontline IT support: Serve as the primary contact for troubleshooting hardware, software, and network issues, ensuring quick and effective resolutions.

• Manage IT assets and vendors: Coordinate with vendors for procurement, repairs, and maintenance of hardware and software. Maintain secure, up-to-date, and standardized systems.

• Drive IT process improvements: Work with cross-functional teams to refine workflows (e.g., onboarding, device imaging) and suggest innovative solutions to enhance IT operations.

• Support AV and event operations: Manage audiovisual setups and troubleshoot technical issues for high-production all-hands meetings and office events.

• Leverage ITSM tools: Utilize ServiceNow for IT service management, ticket tracking, and process automation to streamline support operations.

You may be a fit for this role if you have:

• Strong technical expertise in macOS (Windows experience is a plus) and familiarity with identity and device management tools like Azure AD, Jamf, and Intune.

• Experience with enterprise collaboration tools, such as Google Workspace, Office 365, Slack, and Atlassian products.

• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills within Mac and enterprise IT environments.

• AV event management experience, including hands-on expertise with Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Crestron for high-profile meetings.

• Proficiency with ITSM platforms like ServiceNow, using them for ticketing, incident tracking, and process automation.

• A proactive, customer-first mindset, with strong written and verbal communication skills to support both technical and non-technical audiences.

• A meticulous approach to IT operations, ensuring precision and attention to detail in your work.

• A drive for continuous improvement, whether in streamlining IT processes, automating workflows (via scripting or low-code tools), or mentoring junior team members.

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 that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity. 

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

For additional information, please see OpenAI’s Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement .

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the California Fair Chance Act. For unincorporated Los Angeles County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: protect computer hardware entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon termination of employment or end of assignment; and maintain the confidentiality of proprietary, confidential, and non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected information technology systems and related data security obligations.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via this link .

At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.