About the role
Perplexity is scaling at a pace few companies ever experience, and talent is the surface where our biggest bets get won or lost. We're hiring a Program Manager to sit at the center of that motion, owning the mission-critical, cross-functional programs that shape how we plan, prioritize, and hire. 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. You'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with recruiting leadership, executives, and cross-functional partners to architect the systems, operating rhythms, and decision-making frameworks that let the company move faster and with more clarity. When a complex, high-stakes program needs an owner, you're the person leadership turns to.
What You'll Do 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 Stand up the metrics and dashboards that turn hiring data into faster, sharper decisions Anticipate risk on the highest-visibility programs, communicate crisply under pressure, and drive to resolution when priorities shift Set the bar for program excellence and codify repeatable playbooks the rest of the company can adopt What You Bring 7+ years of program or project management experience, including ownership of companywide, mission-critical initiatives Direct experience partnering with and presenting to executives on high-stakes, cross-functional work Track record of driving ambiguous programs to measurable outcomes in fast-paced, rapidly scaling environments Operational rigor. You build order out of chaos and design systems that outlast you Strong analytical instincts, with the ability to structure messy data into clear direction for leadership Sharp communication and stakeholder judgment, with the discretion to operate on sensitive, high-visibility work A builder's mindset and a bias for action, aligned with Perplexity's ethos of building what hasn't been built before Recruiting, talent, or People-org program experience is a plus, but we're optimizing for the best operators first
