If you get the error
COM-80020009 DISP_E_EXCEPTION [begin] [] [PERL-2 [[perl_parse() Can't locate strict.pm ... at <script> line 3. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted], in ] [SCRIPTSTATE_STARTED], in Remote_module_instance_server::begin], method=call
while starting a Perl API job but the same Perl script runs on the command line then you have a different environment in the JobScheduler.
You have to set the $PERL5LIB environment variable to fix this problem.
Please look at the article Prerequisites to use the internal API with Perl to get more information.