Product Manager (Builder)

perplexity· Product Management
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📍 Palo Alto📍 San FranciscoFullTime💰 USD 230K–330K/yr

About this role

Perplexity is looking for product managers to join a highly leveraged, small team for building new products that innovate to accelerate human productivity.

In 2026, we launched Computer, the defining product for the new era of agentic AI. We’ve scaled beyond the millions of people using Perplexity every day for research, shopping, investing and curiosity into a new paradigm of using AI to transform knowledge into action.

Product managers at Perplexity work closely with design and engineering, focusing on the core Computer and search experience. The ideal candidate should have strong communication and writing skills, the ability to envision innovative technology, and willingness to reimagine work to be more efficient and creative. Ideal candidates have a passion in a particular industry that they are domain experts in: in the application please highlight which industry you are most interested in innovating.

What you'll do

  • Anticipate opportunities for innovation and value in enterprise industries.

  • Envision new experiences and deliver a long-term vision.

  • Understanding of levers for product-led growth and retention.

  • Work closely with engineering and design to align product expectations and capabilities.

  • Work with research to evaluate and steer nondeterministic models into the high value outcomes for users.

  • Work with data and user research to understand quantitative and qualitative data.

  • Have conviction to make difficult product decisions in the face of uncertainty.

Qualifications

  • Strong experience with product management and leadership.

  • Strong experience working with data and metrics.

  • Experience with productivity and knowledge work products.

  • Experience with prototyping and data visualization.

  • Experience with building data driven flywheels for iterative improvement.

  • Thrives in a small, agile team: has initiative and desire for ownership.

  • 4+ years of product management experience.

Our Mission

Perplexity’s mission is to power curiosity. Curious people are the people who drive change in the world. Driving change is a continuous cycle of learning, building, and integrating.

Learn: curious people constantly learn new things by asking more. They question the status quo in their own expertise and they constantly learn outside of it. Research is essential to them and never ending.

Build: curious people make and create things, to show the world their new answers to problems no one else ever questioned. They take action on what they’ve learned. Makers need tools to create their products, their companies, their reality.

Integrate: they must interact with the world as it is to drive change and adoption. True leaders do not simply build something and hope. They must have armies of agents and workers who can constantly work in millions of small ways.

Repeat. For curious people this is a cycle that never ends.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the salary for the Product Manager (Builder) role at perplexity?
The listed salary for this Product Manager (Builder) position at perplexity is USD 230K–330K/yr. This is an FullTime role.
Where is the Product Manager (Builder) position at perplexity located?
This Product Manager (Builder) role at perplexity is based in Palo Alto, San Francisco. The position is listed as on-site or hybrid. Check the full job description or apply directly to confirm the work arrangement.
Is the Product Manager (Builder) role at perplexity full-time or part-time?
This is listed as a FullTime position. It is posted as a Product Manager (Builder) role in the Product Management department at perplexity.
Which team or department does the Product Manager (Builder) at perplexity belong to?
This Product Manager (Builder) position is part of the Product Management department at perplexity. See the full job description for more information about the team structure and responsibilities.
How do I apply for the Product Manager (Builder) position at perplexity?
Click the "Apply Now" button on this page. You will be redirected to perplexity's official application portal hosted on ashby where you can submit your application directly.
When was the Product Manager (Builder) job at perplexity posted?
This Product Manager (Builder) position at perplexity was posted on Apr 21, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
Product Manager (Builder)
perplexity · 💰 USD 230K–330K/yr
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