Public Policy AssociateActive$185K–$200K
The opportunity
Perplexity is AI for people who expect more. More accuracy.
What you'll do
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.
What they're looking for
- Prepare our leaders for D.C. engagements. Briefing books, meeting prep, and: post meeting recaps that actually get read.
- At least 3 years of professional experience , including time on Capitol Hill: in a personal office or on a committee is strongly preferred.
- External lobbying experience , either at a government relations or law firm: representing clients, or in house at a company. Registered lobbying experience under the Lobbying Disclosure Act is strongly preferred.
- A real Washington network you built yourself, and the instinct to keep growing it.
