ABOUT PERPLEXITY Perplexity is AI for people who expect more. More accuracy. More agency. More signal, less noise. Our answer engine handles hundreds of millions of queries every month for people whose questions spark change and whose decisions bend the world toward progress. As our footprint grows, so does the number of policymakers, agencies, and civil society leaders who want to understand what we are building and how we think. ABOUT THE ROLE 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. 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 compan