Compensation Lead

Highlights

• Build Perplexity's compensation function and own day-to-day execution.
• Design salary ranges, benchmarks, and cash and equity programs.
• Lead compensation reviews and model impact for leadership decisions.

What they offer

• equity

Ideal candidate

Hands-on compensation builder comfortable owning both program design and individual offers, combining analytical judgment with clear communication and discretion to make pay competitive, fair, and simple to use.

Requirements

• Established or substantially rebuilt compensation frameworks with limited infrastructure and ran them after launch.
• Hands-on depth in market pricing, salary ranges, cash and equity programs, reviews, and pay recommendations.
• Strong analytical judgment building and auditing models and explaining assumptions with imperfect data.
• Ability to turn analysis into clear recommendations and constructively challenge approaches with leadership.
• Independent hands-on execution balancing urgent requests with longer-term program work.
• Discretion with sensitive information and clear communication of pay decisions.