Public Policy Associate

We're hiring a Public Policy Associate in Washington, D.C. to sit at the center of Perplexity's engagement with Congress, the executive branch, trade associations, think tanks, and the broader D.C. ecosystem. This work happens where Washington happens, in Hill offices, in coalition meetings across town, and at the occasional evening event where the conversations that matter most actually take place.

This is a relationship heavy, execution heavy seat. You've already worked both sides of the table, once inside a congressional office and once representing an organization before Congress, and you know how policy actually moves. Our Comms team and executive leadership set the strategy; you're our boots on the ground who makes it real. You'll build the stakeholder map, carry our message into the rooms that matter, and bring back what policymakers are saying, so that Perplexity shows up early, credibly, and consistently on the policy questions shaping AI. This role reports to the Senior Director, Product, Privacy & Regulatory Legal.

• Execute our policy communications strategy set by our Comms and executive leadership teams. Turn company positions into talking points, event backgrounders, and rapid response, and feed intelligence back to our legal, policy, and product teams.
• Build and hold relationships with Hill staff in personal offices and on committees, executive branch staff, trade associations, think tanks, and civil society organizations.
• Advocate directly. Take meetings, deliver our positions, and follow bills and rulemakings that affect Perplexity, working within the company's lobbying disclosure and ethics requirements.
• Run our D.C. event footprint. Hill staff briefings, roundtables, product demos, receptions, dinners, and off sites. Own guest lists, venues, run of show, and follow up.
• Represent Perplexity in coalitions and trade association working groups. Track what's being said, flag what matters, and bring our point of view into the conversation.
• Partner with think tanks and civil society groups on convenings, research launches, and joint programming.
• Prepare our leaders for D.C. engagements. Briefing books, meeting prep, and post meeting recaps that actually get read.