Director, Public Policy
Perplexity — Washington D.C.
Posted 2026-10-15
About Perplexity
Perplexity helps people find answers, explore ideas and get things done with AI. As we grow, we want policymakers around the world to understand what we're building and how it works.
Overview
We're hiring a Director, Public Policy as a founding member of our policy team. Based in Washington, D.C., this role will help build and scale our engagement with governments, regulators and policy communities worldwide.
Ideal candidates have built this function before, not only operated within an established team. The role requires hands-on coordination and will help set policy priorities with company leadership. We will prioritize candidates who can demonstrate resourcefulness, persistence, and a willingness to work through the details to get things done.
This role reports to the Senior Director, Product, Privacy & Regulatory Legal and will operationalize our public positions set by Comms and executive leadership.
What you'll do
- Build the program. Turn company priorities into a global engagement plan, with clear market priorities, owners and measures of progress.
- Scale how we work. Establish stakeholder tracking, policy monitoring and briefing standards that ke