Program Manager, Talent Acquisition

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
• Set 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