Product Marketing Manager
Perplexity · Hybrid
MeritLog read this listing from Perplexity's Ashby job board and last checked it on September 12, 2026.
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Job details
- Work model
- Hybrid
- Salary
- $220K - $290K
- Location
- San Francisco
- Occupation
- Marketing Managers(O*NET 11-2021.00)
Hiring context
How this role compares at Perplexity
Perplexity has 115 live roles in MeritLog’s catalog across 11 job families, and 13 of them are in marketing. 99 of those listings publish a pay range, a disclosure rate of 86%.
This role's posted range of $220K - $290K sits above 54% of the 98 other Perplexity roles quoted over the same currency and period.
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What the role asks for
What you'd do
- Turn ambiguity into clarity. Transform complex product capabilities into a crisp market point of view, defining not just what we built, but who it’s for, what it replaces, and why it wins.
- Drive launches as a system, not an event. Orchestrate product introductions by defining success metrics and sequencing readiness across teams, ensuring enablement and proof points land simultaneously with the launch.
- Make others materially better at their jobs. Equip customer-facing teams with "talk tracks that close," handling objections and providing competitive intelligence that reflects the actual battlefield.
- Obsess over the customer and the market. Maintain a sharp, real-time view of buyer needs and alternatives, ensuring our narrative remains grounded in truth and provable value rather than empty hype.
- Measure outcomes, not just outputs. Tie messaging and launches to tangible pipeline influence, activation, and retention, running lightweight experiments to iterate fast on pricing, packaging, and positioning.
- Influence without authority. Lead through alignment by pre-wiring decisions, surfacing risks early, and managing trade-offs to keep product, sales, and marketing moving in lockstep.
What they're asking for
- 8+ years of experience in product marketing, ideally within a high-growth technology company where you have owned end-to-end product launches.ExperiencePreferred
- Proven track record of synthesizing complex technical concepts into simple, specific, and provable narratives that travel across executive, sales, and partner teams.Skill
- Deep familiarity with the rules of traditional marketing with an interest in breaking them.Skill
- World-class storytelling skills grounded in data, with the ability to summarize a product’s value in a single sentence and defend it with evidence.Skill
- Extreme comfort delivering clarity in high-velocity, ambiguous environments.Skill
Parsed by MeritLog from the employer’s own posting. The full description follows below.
Job description
Perplexity is revolutionizing how companies get work done. We are seeking a Product Marketing Manager to join our team and serve as the strategic bridge between our product reality and market impact. You will architect the external narrative of our products and amplify their value to inspire adoption and drive growth. If you have a passion for creating clarity when things are messy, thrive in turning ambiguity into a definitive point of view, and want to build a world-class marketing engine that drives launches as systems rather than events, this role is for you. RESPONSIBILITIES - Turn ambiguity into clarity. Transform complex product capabilities into a crisp market point of view, defining not just what we built, but who it’s for, what it replaces, and why it wins. - Drive launches as a system, not an event. Orchestrate product introductions by defining success metrics and sequencing readiness across teams, ensuring enablement and proof points land simultaneously with the launch. - Make others materially better at their jobs. Equip customer-facing teams with "talk tracks that close," handling objections and providing competitive intelligence that reflects the actual battlefield. - Obsess over the customer and the market. Maintain a sharp, real-time view of buyer needs and alternatives, ensuring our narrative remains grounded in truth and provable value rather than empty hype. - Measure outcomes, not just outputs. Tie messaging and launches to tangible pipeline influence, activation, and retention, running lightweight experiments to iterate fast on pricing, packaging, and positioning. - Influence without authority. Lead through alignment by pre-wiring decisions, surfacing risks early, and managing trade-offs to keep product, sales, and marketing moving in lockstep. QUALIFICATIONS - 8+ years of experience in product marketing, ideally within a high-growth technology company where you have owned end-to-end product launches. - Proven track record of synthesizing complex technical concepts into simple, specific, and provable narratives that travel across executive, sales, and partner teams. - Deep familiarity with the rules of traditional marketing with an interest in breaking them. - World-class storytelling skills grounded in data, with the ability to summarize a product’s value in a single sentence and defend it with evidence. - Extreme comfort delivering clarity in high-velocity, ambiguous environments.
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