Strategic Business Operations Lead, API
Perplexity AI · San Francisco
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Applied AIremotesenior$170k–$220k
At a glance
Highlights
- Own a portfolio of API customers from startups to global tech leaders.
- Lead migrations, enablement, and rollout programs for API adoption.
- Shape post-sale operations and strategy for Perplexity’s API business.
What they offer
- equity
Ideal candidate
A strategic operator with 5+ years in ops, consulting or customer success who loves working directly with customers and turning ambiguous problems into scalable processes for AI products.
Requirements
- 5+ years in business operations, strategy & operations, consulting, customer success, account management, or related role
- Track record taking ambiguous business problems from analysis through implementation across multiple teams
- Strong analytical skills with spreadsheets, usage data, and business metrics
- Strong relationship skills with interest in substantial customer-facing work
- Curiosity about APIs and AI products and ability to work effectively with engineering
- Clear writing and commercial judgment balancing customer relationships with long-term projects
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