Program Manager, Talent Acquisition

Perplexity is an AI-powered answer engine that provides real-time, cited answers and research capabilities.

San Francisco, United States
About Perplexity

Private AI company founded in 2022. Its products combine conversational search and research with cited web sources; it also offers developer-facing Search, Agent, Router, and Embeddings APIs.

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Candidate Availability

Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.

About the Role

You will own high-impact talent programs from mandate to outcome. You will turn strategy into accountable plans, align recruiting and business stakeholders, design planning and reporting rhythms, build scalable recruiting systems and workflows, create hiring metrics and dashboards, resolve risks, and codify repeatable playbooks.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of program or project management experience
  • Experience owning companywide, mission-critical initiatives
  • Experience partnering with and presenting to executives
  • Track record of delivering ambiguous programs to measurable outcomes
  • Experience operating in fast-paced, rapidly scaling environments
  • Ability to structure data into clear direction for leadership
  • Strong stakeholder communication and judgment

Responsibilities

  • Own talent programs from mandate to shipped outcome
  • Turn strategy into programs with owners, milestones, and accountability
  • Drive cross-functional initiatives across Recruiting, People, Finance, and business leadership
  • Design planning cycles, prioritization, reporting rhythms, and executive updates
  • Build recruiting systems, tooling, and workflows
  • Automate repetitive work
  • Create metrics and dashboards for hiring decisions
  • Anticipate risks and drive resolution
  • Codify repeatable program playbooks

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Health coverage
  • Dental coverage
  • Vision coverage
  • Retirement benefits
  • Fitness benefits
  • Commuter accounts
  • Dependent care accounts
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