Program Manager, Talent Acquisition

Perplexity is hiring a Program Manager, Talent Acquisition for a remote role open to applicants in United States. It pays $180k-$200k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Perplexity.

Level's read on this job

Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this HR role: aI is not part of the work.
The listed pay starts 50% above the typical HR posting on Level.
The posting lists this role as remote.
Tools and skills the posting cites include program management, cross functional leadership and talent operations.
Level lists 131 other open roles at Perplexity.

AI in this role

Own high-impact cross-functional talent acquisition programs and scaling operations at Perplexity.

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Perplexity is scaling at a pace few companies ever experience, and talent is the surface where our biggest bets get won or lost. We're hiring a Program Manager to sit at the center of that motion, owning the mission-critical, cross-functional programs that shape how we plan, prioritize, and hire.

This is a uniquely visible seat, reserved for operators who thrive in ambiguity and have a track record of driving companywide initiatives to measurable outcomes. You'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with recruiting leadership, executives, and cross-functional partners to architect the systems, operating rhythms, and decision-making frameworks that let the company move faster and with more clarity. When a complex, high-stakes program needs an owner, you're the person leadership turns to.

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
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

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

How we rate this

Program Manager, Talent Acquisition at Perplexity rates 20 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● 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

Program Manager, Talent Acquisition is an open job at Perplexity.
Level rates this role AI Level 1 of 4: Little AI.
The listed salary is $180k-$200k a year.
The role is based in San Francisco and is marked remote.
The job was posted on July 23, 2026.
Seniority: senior.
Applications are handled by Perplexity. Apply on Perplexity

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Program ManagementCross Functional LeadershipTalent OperationsRecruiting Analytics

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Pay

This job starts at: $180k
Typical HR job: $120k

This posting starts 50% above the typical HR job. See HR jobs

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Tell me about a project where recruiting analytics was part of your work. What did you do?

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