New Delhi, Feb. 26 -- OpenAI has appointed Arvind KC as Chief People Officer. His mandate is not limited to hiring. It centres on helping the organisation grow while redefining how teams operate, collaborate and sustain performance as AI becomes part of everyday workflows.

KC brings experience from engineering-led environments where scaling products required parallel scaling of teams and internal systems, including roles at Roblox, Google, Palantir Technologies and Meta.

At OpenAI, his role focuses on the foundations of hiring, onboarding and development, alongside building policies and systems that enable teams to move quickly without operational friction.

This signals a shift from viewing people operations as support to treating it a...