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.

Global Workplace Business Operations Lead, Perplexity — Hybrid San Francisco

Lead the operational systems behind Perplexity’s global workplaces and employee experience. Oversee capital delivery, portfolio controls, financial planning, workplace technology, and EHS governance.

Description

  • Own annual and quarterly planning, converting team strategy into priorities and resource plans
  • Define decision rights, delivery commitments, and success measures
  • Balance sequencing and capacity constraints, recommending additional staff, vendors, or technology
  • Coordinate integrated delivery plans for office openings, refreshes, and capital projects
  • Manage external project managers and coordinate internal workstreams
  • Address delivery problems and hold partners to schedule, cost, quality, and operational-readiness commitments
  • Build lease administration, obligation tracking, occupancy data, and portfolio reporting practices
  • Set data and control standards, translating trends and risks into actionable recommendations
  • Manage operating and capital forecasts, commitments, actuals, and variance analysis with Finance
  • Evaluate assumptions and recommend corrective actions and investment trade-offs
  • Set requirements, governance, and improvement priorities for workplace tools such as Envoy
  • Raise data quality and automate recurring work while preserving controls
  • Govern EHS programs, including obligation follow-through, remediation, and risk escalation
  • Create project playbooks, planning workflows, and operational-readiness standards
  • Transition completed projects to local operations with documentation, training, vendor arrangements, and clear issue ownership
  • Lead cross-functional operating and project reviews while representing workplace operations to internal and external partners

Requirements

  • At least 8 years of experience in workplace business operations, corporate real estate, facilities programs, or a closely related field
  • Progressive responsibility for complex, multi-site programs and their outcomes
  • Demonstrated ability to operate with substantial autonomy
  • Project and program management experience spanning planning, organization, tracking, and execution
  • Experience owning office buildouts, relocations, or capital improvements internally
  • Responsibility for scope, financial performance, schedules, change control, and external delivery partners
  • Experience building forecasting and reporting processes
  • Strong spreadsheet proficiency and analytical ability
  • Experience creating planning, governance, performance metrics, and systems for a growing function
  • Ability to gain commitment, challenge constructively, and resolve competing priorities across teams and vendors
  • Ability to communicate risks and recommendations credibly to senior leaders
  • Ability to work independently and identify which decisions require escalation
  • Ability to handle sensitive information responsibly
  • Preferred but not required: international portfolio experience, workplace technology ownership, EHS program governance, or a relevant project-management credential

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Retirement benefits
  • Fitness benefits
  • Commuter benefits
  • Dependent care accounts
  • Regionally tailored benefits for full-time employees outside the U.S.

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