Director of Events and Experiences
Perplexity AI · San Francisco · New York City
CHECKED 4H AGO
Applied AIremotedirector$185k–$240k
At a glance
Highlights
- Own global events strategy across hosted, speaking, and sponsored programs.
- Produce launches, summits, dinners, and roadshows that feel like the product.
- Run executive speaking program and measure events by pipeline and coverage.
What they offer
- Equity
Ideal candidate
Veteran events leader who thrives as both strategist and on-site producer. You love building premium brand experiences from scratch and partnering across teams to make every moment memorable.
Requirements
- 12+ years producing events including large hosted events, sponsorships, and field programs, ideally in-house at a technology company
- Built or led an events team
- Owned large budgets, agency relationships, and vendor contracts
- Negotiated sponsorships and evaluates sponsorship deals
- Ran executive speaking program including stage selection and speaker prep
- Knows production including run of show, staging, AV, registration, staffing, security, and permits
- Built event attribution and tracked brand sentiment and ROI
- Partner with Sales, Product, Comms, Brand, Finance, Legal, and executives
- Power user of AI tools
- Willing to travel internationally
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