Internal Communications Manager

Perplexity is hiring an Internal Communications Manager in San Francisco, United States. It pays $130k-$190k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Perplexity.

Level's read on this job

Level rates this role Uses AI ●●○○: an ordinary role that requires AI tools.
Tools and skills the posting cites include Slack, internal communications and corporate communications.
Level classifies it as a senior role.
Level lists 130 other open roles at Perplexity.

AI in this role

Build and manage internal communications for a high-growth tech company, utilizing AI tools within daily workflows.

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internal-communicationscorporate-communicationschange-managementcopywriting

Perplexity is seeking an Internal Communications Manager to build that function from the ground up. You will own how information moves through Perplexity. You will be responsible for what Perplexity employees think, feel, know, and do. This is a 0→1 role with executive exposure from day one.

If you believe internal comms is a strategic function and want to shape how an n(1) company talks to itself, this role is for you.

Responsibilities

Listen and learn across the company. Understand what’s happening, how, and why in order to make sound recommendations on what should be amplified or addressed.
Run all-hands and executive content. Planning, execution, measurement, and evolution.
Internal storytelling. Turn strategy, launches, and hard decisions into messages that bring clarity to every team.
Be the signal in noise. Cut through Slack sprawl. Establish the channels, cadences, and norms that keep a fast company informed without drowning it.
Own change management. Deliver hard and easy news with equal clarity and candor. Earn trust for the message and the messenger..
Protect the culture. Words set the tone. Make sure ours sound like us as we grow.
Measure what matters. Perplexity is a high-velocity high-humility organization.
Partner across the company. Work with every team, brief executives directly, and earn standing as a truth-teller.

Qualifications

6+ years in internal, executive, or corporate communications, ideally inside a high-growth technology company.
A builder, not a maintainer. You've stood a function up, not just kept one running.
World-class writing and editing. You can ghostwrite for an executive, draft an all-hands, or defuse a sensitive announcement in any voice or format.
Proven change-management instincts. You've delivered complex news to a whole company and kept trust intact.
Sharp judgment under pressure. You decide fast, say the hard thing kindly, and hold the line on quality on launch day.
Comfort with executives who hold a strong vision. You can advise, challenge, and make recommendations to senior leaders without flinching.
Deep familiarity with the rules of corporate comms, and a clear point of view on which ones to break and when.
Comfort using AI tools in your workflow, and the ability to say exactly where and how you use them.
A passion for the truth well-told

How we rate this

Internal Communications Manager at Perplexity rates 40 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Uses AI. An ordinary role that requires AI tools.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

Key facts

Internal Communications Manager is an open job at Perplexity.
Level rates this role AI Level 2 of 4: Uses AI.
The listed salary is $130k-$190k a year.
The role is based in San Francisco.
The job was posted on July 1, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Perplexity. Apply on Perplexity

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Internal CommunicationsCorporate CommunicationsChange ManagementCopywritingSlack

Questions you could be asked

Tell me about a project where internal communications was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where corporate communications was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where change management was part of your work. What did you do?
Tell me about a project where copywriting was part of your work. What did you do?
Walk me through how you've used Slack in your day-to-day work.

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List these exact terms on your resume: Internal Communications, Corporate Communications, Change Management, Copywriting, and Slack. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
Put the AI tool in a bullet point about what you did, not just in a skills list. This role treats it as a required part of the job.

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