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Program Manager, Talent Acquisition

Perplexity· People
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Hybrid (San Francisco)$180k - $200kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Program Manager to own cross-functional talent programs, partnering with executives and recruiting leadership to plan, prioritize, and hire. Operators who thrive in ambiguity and drive companywide initiatives to measurable outcomes.

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
  • 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

Qualifications

  • 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

Skills

Required:Program managementExecutive communicationAnalytics / data-driven decision makingStakeholder management

Benefits

  • Full-time U.S. employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits program including equity, health, dental, vision, retirement, fitness, commuter and dependent care accounts, and more.
  • International Benefits: Full-time employees outside the U.S. enjoy a comprehensive benefits program tailored to their region of residence.
Last updated Sep 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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