Perplexity
Perplexity
201 – 500 Employees
ConsultingHealthcareMarketing
Perplexity develops an AI-powered conversational search and assistant platform for researching questions in natural language. Its web-based product delivers concise, sourced responses and supports deeper exploration through curated Spaces covering topics such as Finance, Health, and Sports. Users can compare information, troubleshoot problems, analyze subjects, review search history, and access additional capabilities through a Pro subscription. The platform is designed for people seeking a faster way to investigate information and organize research across a range of topics.

Director of Events and Experiences

Lead Perplexity’s global hosted, speaking, sponsored, and field event programs. Build the events function while overseeing budgets, sponsorships, production, and team leadership.

Description

  • Lead global hosted, speaking, and sponsored event programs
  • Set the event calendar and decide which opportunities to pursue, support, or decline
  • Deliver launches, dinners, summits, and roadshows from concept and programming through venues, vendors, and run of show
  • Direct the speaking program, including stage selection and speaker preparation
  • Oversee sponsorships, negotiate commercial terms, design event footprints, and manage spending
  • Lead field events with Sales and drive customer follow-up
  • Partner with Brand and Creative to connect events with Perplexity’s product
  • Manage the events team while contributing as an individual operator
  • Create playbooks, event tiers, intake workflows, vendor and agency partnerships, and budgets
  • Track attendance, media coverage, pipeline, signups, attribution, and brand sentiment
  • Attend and oversee key events on site

Requirements

  • Bring 12 or more years of event production experience, including large hosted events, sponsorships, and field programs, preferably within a technology company
  • Demonstrated experience building or leading an events team
  • Experience managing substantial budgets, agency partnerships, and vendor contracts
  • Proven ability to negotiate sponsorship agreements
  • Experience directing an executive speaking program, from stage selection and speaker preparation through event-day execution
  • Working knowledge of event production, including run of show, staging, audiovisual, registration, staffing, security, and permits
  • Experience creating event attribution systems, monitoring brand sentiment, and reporting event returns
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with Sales, Product, Communications, Brand, Finance, Legal, and executive stakeholders
  • Advanced, practical use of AI tools
  • Located in San Francisco or New York
  • Willingness to travel internationally
  • Able to work from the office four days each week

Benefits

  • Equity participation
  • Medical health insurance
  • Dental coverage
  • Vision coverage
  • Retirement benefits
  • Fitness benefits
  • Commuter benefits
  • Dependent care accounts
  • Regionally tailored benefits for full-time employees outside the United States
  • Opportunities for international travel

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