Governance, Risk & Compliance Lead

Perplexity
San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 200,000 - 220,000 annuallyFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 6+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Collaboration","Self-motivation","Organization","Attention to detail"]

Experienced Governance, Risk & Compliance leader responsible for shaping and executing Perplexity's compliance and risk program in a cloud-native, high-tech environment. Drives frameworks (SOC2, ISO 27001, HIPAA), privacy regulation adherence (GDPR/CCPA/CPRA), scalable audit processes, risk assessments, and policy development, while collaborating cross-functionally with IT, Security, GTM, and Engineering to maintain customer trust and regulatory readiness.

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Perplexity
Perplexity
10 months ago

Governance, Risk & Compliance Lead

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Job Summary

Experienced Governance, Risk & Compliance leader responsible for shaping and executing Perplexity's compliance and risk program in a cloud-native, high-tech environment. Drives frameworks (SOC2, ISO 27001, HIPAA), privacy regulation adherence (GDPR/CCPA/CPRA), scalable audit processes, risk assessments, and policy development, while collaborating cross-functionally with IT, Security, GTM, and Engineering to maintain customer trust and regulatory readiness.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Implement and lead frameworks such as SOC2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA; ensuring compliance with certification requirements
  • •Ensure and maintain compliance with GDPR, CCPA, CPRA and other privacy regulations
  • •Design and build scalable audit management processes and documentation systems that will support future expansion to additional compliance frameworks
  • •Conduct risk assessments and mitigate data security and compliance risks
  • •Write, update and enact policies capturing security, privacy, and AI safety requirements

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 200,000 - 220,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •6+ years of experience leading engagements in audit and compliance
  • •Experience leading compliance teams
  • •Worked in high tech companies in cloud-native environments
  • •Able to translate complex compliance requirements into clear and actionable work-streams
  • •Strong commitment to cross-functional collaboration with IT, Security, GTM, and Engineering
Experience:6+ yearsCloud-nativeHigh tech
Skills:CommunicationCollaborationSelf-motivationOrganizationAttention to detail

Company Brief

Perplexity
Perplexity AI provides an AI-powered answer engine that returns conversational, citation-backed answers to user queries and offers Pro/Enterprise products and APIs for research, knowledge work, and search augmentation.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Revenue: USD 50M to 100M
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series D
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2022
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Glassdoor: 4.6
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