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Deal Desk Lead

Perplexity AI · San Francisco · Austin · New York City

Applied AIremotelead$200k–$250k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Own Deal Desk end to end and scale the team as the business grows.
  • Structure complex deals balancing customer value, revenue and risk.
  • Define quote-to-order requirements and own business acceptance testing.

What they offer

  • Equity

Ideal candidate

Hands-on commercial operator who thrives in urgency and owns outcomes. You partner tightly with Sales, balance customer needs with business risk, and love turning messy deals into clean, scalable wins.

Requirements

  • 4+ years in Deal Desk, commercial operations or related function in SaaS or high-growth industry, including complex deal structuring and approvals
  • Track record of earning Sales trust through responsiveness, practical solutions and sound commercial judgment
  • Ability to prioritize independently, surface risks early and drive issues to resolution without close supervision
  • Strong analytical skills and exceptional attention to detail across deal economics, terms and documentation under tight deadlines
  • Ability to handle Sales exception requests tactfully, influence stakeholders and escalate to senior leadership appropriately
  • Experience with CRM, quoting or CPQ tools and approval workflows, translating field needs into business requirements
  • Strong perspective on how AI is changing quote-to-order workflows and passion for putting it into practice
  • Experience managing and developing direct reports while remaining hands-on

Lab profile

About Perplexity AI

Builds AI search answers and agentic Computer to turn knowledge into action.

What they build

  • Perplexity AI answer engine
  • Perplexity Computer agentic assistant
  • Comet AI browser and desktop apps

Known for

  • Agentic AI and agent capabilities
  • Applied AI product engineering
  • Cross-platform apps across web, mobile and desktop
  • Multimodal AI and integrations

Key facts

  • Founded in 2022
  • Headquartered in San Francisco, California
  • Serves millions of users daily
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