Perplexity
Sales Enablement Lead
Part remote, part office, you need to live within commuting distance of a named location.
Hybrid · San Francisco
Employer listed it 7 weeks ago · Added 5 days ago
Been open since 7 weeks ago. Long-running listings are sometimes left up after the role is filled.
Salary
$230,000 to $290,000
Location
Hybrid · San Francisco
Timezone
Not stated
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Lead
Category
Sales
Published by the employer
Remote flexibility
Hybrid
This role is only partly remote, the employer expects time in the office around San Francisco, New York City, Hybrid, so you need to live within commuting distance.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "San Francisco, New York City, Hybrid"
- Listing mentions "Hybrid" and four days per week in the office
What Nomaders makes of it
- Not suitable if you plan to move between countries
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About the role
Perplexity is seeking its first Sales Enablement hire to build the function for our Enterprise, Commercial, and BDR teams. Our sales org is growing quickly and selling a product that evolves almost every week to buyers who range from IT and security to legal, research, and the C-suite. This role owns how sellers ramp, how they tell the Perplexity story, and how they get better every quarter.
This is an individual contributor role reporting into Sales leadership. It is hands-on: you will set the strategy and also write the onboarding curriculum, record the demo, build the battlecard, and run the Friday call review. You will partner closely with Sales leadership, AI Strategists, Product, Product Marketing, Revenue Operations, and Strategic Finance.
What you'll do
Onboarding and ramp
Design and run a repeatable onboarding program for new BDRs, Commercial AEs, and Enterprise AEs, with a defined bar for what "ramped" means at each role and clear ramp-time targets
Own the first 30/60/90 for every new seller, including product certification, pitch and demo certification, tooling proficiency, and territory readiness
Build in feedback loops so every cohort improves the next one
Messaging, pitch, and demo
Codify the Perplexity Enterprise, Commercial, and API pitch into a single, current, opinionated narrative that every seller can deliver the same way
Build and maintain the standard demo flow for each product surface (Enterprise Pro, Computer, API) and keep it current as the product ships
Partner with Product Marketing on positioning, use cases, buyer personas, and vertical narratives (Financial Services, Legal, Healthcare, Consulting, and others as they emerge)
Ongoing enablement and coaching
Run a regular enablement cadence (weekly rep-facing sessions, monthly deep dives, quarterly kickoffs) driven by what the field actually needs
Build a live call-review and coaching program with Sales leadership, using recorded calls to reinforce what good looks like and surface where reps are getting stuck
Own the enablement content library — playbooks, talk tracks, discovery questions, objection handles, competitive battlecards, ROI framing — and keep it usable, current, and findable
Product-to-field translation
Sit close to Product to translate each release into "what this means for the field": what to say, who to say it to, when to bring it up, and what proof to lean on
Build a launch process that turns product updates into field readiness quickly and consistently
Sales methodology and skill development
Partner with Sales leadership to select and operationalize the qualification and deal-management framework that fits Perplexity's motion — training, reinforcement, coaching, and inspection
Build role-specific skill programs (discovery, multi-threading, negotiation, executive presence, technical selling to IT and security buyers)
Measurement and iteration
Define what enablement is accountable for: ramp time to first deal, pitch and demo certification pass rates, win rate on contested deals, content adoption, and manager coaching consistency
Report against those metrics and kill programs that do not move them
Requirements
The employer hasn't listed requirements separately, they're described in the role summary above and on the original listing.
Benefits
No benefits package published with this listing. Ask about it at first interview.
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, hybrid, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Perplexity, mentioning your remote working experience.
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
Found 5d ago. Last checked 23 Sept. Always confirm the details on the original posting, salary and location can change after publication.
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