AI lab, snapshot September 5, 2026
Perplexity AI governance jobs: 8 open roles
How many AI governance jobs is Perplexity hiring for?
8 of Perplexity's 112 open roles carry governance, risk, compliance, privacy, legal, policy or safety in the title as of September 5, 2026 (7.1 percent of the board). By family: legal 4, safety and evaluation 2, policy 1, governance, risk and compliance 1. Read weekly from Perplexity's own job board. Every row links to Perplexity's own posting and to the seat on our map it matches.
Regulations these postings name
The seats on our map
Matched by the titles postings use for each seat. The role page lists what the seat asks for and carries the readiness check.
The programs that teach what Perplexity asks for
Counted from the graded topics that teach the competencies these postings name. Your own path is shorter: it skips what you can already prove.
- Certified AI Practitioner: Workplace Foundations45 graded topics, first module free
- Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)29 graded topics, first module free
- The AI Lobbyist: Certified AI Policy Strategist53 graded topics, first module free
The 8 open roles
| Role | Next step |
|---|---|
| Counsel, Product San Francisco (Remote), $200,000 to $265,000, posted 2026-09-01 | Readiness for AI Regulatory Counsel |
| Public Policy Associate Washington D.C., $185,000 to $200,000, posted 2026-08-27 | Readiness for AI Policy Analyst |
| Principal Counsel, Corporate San Francisco, $250,000 to $350,000, posted 2026-08-17 | Paste it, see your gaps |
| Legal and Operations Engineering Lead San Francisco (Remote), $150,000 to $250,000, posted 2026-08-03 | Paste it, see your gaps |
| AI Strategist, Legal San Francisco, $215,000 to $250,000, posted 2026-07-23 | Paste it, see your gaps |
| Governance, Risk & Compliance Analyst San Francisco, $200,000 to $220,000, posted 2026-07-08 | Readiness for Compliance Analyst |
| Member of Technical Staff (Data Scientist, Evals) San Francisco (Remote), $200,000 to $300,000, posted 2026-06-29 | Paste it, see your gaps |
| Member of Technical Staff (Answer Quality & Evals) San Francisco (Remote), $200,000 to $350,000, posted 2026-04-13 | Paste it, see your gaps |
Questions
- How many AI governance jobs is Perplexity hiring for?
- 8 of Perplexity's 112 open roles carry governance, risk, compliance, privacy, legal, policy or safety in the title as of September 5, 2026 (7.1 percent of the board). By family: legal 4, safety and evaluation 2, policy 1, governance, risk and compliance 1. Read weekly from Perplexity's own job board.
- Which regulations do Perplexity's governance postings name?
- GDPR (1), US state AI laws (1), SOC 2 (1).
- What would I need to be ready for a governance role at Perplexity?
- The postings call for regulatory change management, contract terms that allocate ai risk, ai evaluation and testing design, eu ai act obligations and timelines, model failure modes and bias recognition. Paste the posting you want into the readiness check to see which of these you can already prove and the graded path that closes the rest.
Part of the AI Governance Hiring Index, 204 roles at 15 employers, measured weekly. GAGE is not affiliated with Perplexity; the postings are theirs.