Perplexity
Director of Events and Experiences
$185K–$240K
San Francisco +1 · Hybrid · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco
New York City - Experience
- 12+ years producing events.
About the job
Leads Perplexity’s worldwide events function, setting strategy and overseeing hosted events, speaking engagements, sponsorships, and field programs.
What you'll do
- Set the event calendar, produce hosted events, and manage speaking programs and sponsorships.
- Lead the team and build event systems, budgets, agency and vendor relationships, and measurement practices.
- Partner with Sales and internal teams to deliver events, drive follow-up, and evaluate results.
What they ask for
- 12+ years producing events, including large hosted events, sponsorships, and field programs.
- Built or led an events team and owned large budgets, agency relationships, and vendor contracts.
- Experience negotiating sponsorships, running executive speaking programs, and managing event production.
- Built event attribution and tracked brand sentiment; based in San Francisco or New York and willing to travel internationally.
Nice to have
- In-house experience at a technology company.
Pay
$185K – $240K (base salary)
Tools
AI tools
AI focus
Uses AI tools in day-to-day work and demonstrates how they are applied.
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