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Director of Events and Experiences

Perplexity· Marketing & Communications
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Hybrid (San Francisco), Hybrid (New York City)$185k - $240kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Perplexity is seeking a Director of Events to own external events worldwide, including hosted events, speaking engagements, and sponsorships. Own strategy, production, budget, and team-building to create events that reflect the product and company.

Responsibilities

  • Own events. Hosted, speaking, sponsored. Strategy, budget, production, results.
  • Set the calendar. Decide which events we run, which we speak at, and which we skip.
  • Produce hosted events. Launches, dinners, summits, roadshows. Concept, programming, venue, vendors, run of show.
  • Run the speaking program. Pick the stages. Prepare the speakers.
  • Manage sponsorships. Negotiate terms, design our footprint, and account for the spend.
  • Run field events with Sales. Get the right customers in the room. Make sure someone follows up.
  • Be Perplexity. Our events should look and feel like our product. Work with Brand and Creative on every one.
  • Lead the team. Equal parts IC and manager.
  • Build the system. Playbooks, event tiers, intake, vendors, agencies, budgets.
  • Measure. Attendance, coverage, pipeline, signups. Know which events worked and stop doing the ones that didn't.
  • Be on site. For the events that matter, you are in the room.

Qualifications

  • 12+ years producing events, including large hosted events, sponsorships, and field programs, ideally in-house at a technology company.
  • Has built or led an events team.
  • Has owned large budgets, agency relationships, and vendor contracts.
  • Has negotiated sponsorships and knows a bad deal when they see one.
  • Has run an executive speaking program: selecting stages, preparing speakers, managing the day.
  • Knows production: run of show, staging, AV, registration, staffing, security, permits.
  • Drives measurement. Has built event attribution and tracked brand sentiment, and reports what each event returned.
  • Can partner with Sales, Product, Comms, Brand, Finance, Legal, and executives.
  • Power user of AI tools. Most of your work already runs through them, and you can show us how.
  • Based in San Francisco or New York. Willing to travel internationally.

Skills

Required:Event strategy and planningBudget managementVendor and agency managementExecutive speaking program

Benefits

  • Full-time U.S. benefits including equity, health, dental, vision, retirement, fitness, commuter and dependent care accounts, and more.
  • International benefits tailored to region of residence.
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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