Governance, Risk & Compliance Lead
Content + Source + Freshness • 12 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
High value due to substantial salary matching industry standards and the opportunity to shape compliance in a rapidly evolving tech sector.
- Salary range: $200,000 - $220,000/year
- Influential role in a highly regarded startup
- Scope for extensive career development in compliance
- Requires significant experience in regulatory environments (6+ years)
Pros
- Competitive salary range ($200,000 - $220,000)
- Opportunity to lead in compliance for a cutting-edge AI organization
- Strong backing from notable investors reinforces company stability
Cons
- Fast-paced environment may require quick adaptability
- High stakes in ensuring compliance across multiple frameworks
- Expectations for cross-functional leadership may be challenging for some
Who it's for
Senior-Level • Onsite or hybrid expected
Good fit
- Expertise in compliance management
- Leaders aiming to transition to high-growth tech
- Candidates interested in AI governance and ethics
Not recommended for
- Lacking the requisite experience or skill in compliance
- Individuals preferring a less dynamic work setting
- Those who do not enjoy cross-functional collaboration
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
Perplexity is an AI-powered answer engine founded in December 2022 and growing rapidly as one of the world’s leading AI platforms. Perplexity has raised over $1B in venture investment from some of the world’s most visionary and successful leaders, including Elad Gil, Daniel Gross, Jeff Bezos, Accel, IVP, NEA, NVIDIA, Samsung, and many more. Our objective is to build accurate, trustworthy AI that powers decision-making for people and assistive AI wherever decisions are being made. Throughout human history, change and innovation have always been driven by curious people. Today, curious people use Perplexity to answer more than 780 million queries every month–a number that’s growing rapidly for one simple reason: everyone can be curious.
Perplexity is seeking a highly experienced Governance, Risk & Compliance Analyst to join our world-class team. You will help shape our compliance and risk management program. If you are a self-motivated, organized professional with a passion for driving compliance and building customer trust, this is an exciting chance to join a fast-growing startup and help revolutionize the way people search and interact online.
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
- Follow and help shape the AI regulatory and standards landscape to keep the company at the forefront of industry developments and best practices
Qualifications
- 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
- Self-motivated, detailed and organized, with a diligent approach to project completion
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
The cash compensation range for this role is $200,000 - $220,000.
