Perplexity AI
Program Manager, Talent Acquisition
San Francisco
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About the role
- This is a uniquely visible seat, reserved for operators who thrive in ambiguity and have a track record of driving companywide initiatives to measurable outcomes.
- When a complex, high-stakes program needs an owner, you're the person leadership turns to.
Responsibilities
- Own Perplexity's most consequential talent programs end-to-end, from ambiguous mandate to shipped outcome
- Partner directly with executives and recruiting leadership to turn strategy into programs with clear owners, milestones, and accountability
- Drive cross-functional initiatives across Recruiting, People, Finance, and business leadership, aligning stakeholders and clearing blockers before they escalate
- Design the operating cadence of the org: planning cycles, prioritization, reporting rhythms, and executive updates that keep leadership decisive
- Build the systems, tooling, and workflows that let recruiting scale, automating the repetitive so human judgment goes to the highest-leverage work
- Anticipate risk on the highest-visibility programs, communicate crisply under pressure, and drive to resolution when priorities shift
- Operational rigor. You build order out of chaos and design systems that outlast you
- A builder's mindset and a bias for action, aligned with Perplexity's ethos of building what hasn't been built before
Requirements
- 7+ years of program or project management experience, including ownership of companywide, mission-critical initiatives
- Track record of driving ambiguous programs to measurable outcomes in fast-paced, rapidly scaling environments
- Strong analytical instincts, with the ability to structure messy data into clear direction for leadership
Nice to have
- Recruiting, talent, or People-org program experience is a plus, but we're optimizing for the best operators first
Skills
- Perplexity is scaling at a pace few companies ever experience, and talent is the surface where our biggest bets get won or lost.
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