Who are we?
Our mission is to scale intelligence to serve humanity. We’re training and deploying frontier models for developers and enterprises who are building AI systems to power magical experiences like content generation, semantic search, RAG, and agents. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI.
We obsess over what we build. Each one of us is responsible for contributing to increasing the capabilities of our models and the value they drive for our customers. We like to work hard and move fast to do what’s best for our customers.
Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are passionate about their craft. Each person is one of the best in the world at what they do. We believe that a diverse range of perspectives is a requirement for building great products.
Join us on our mission and shape the future!
Why This Role?We’re hiring a Senior People Business Partner to help scale Cohere through a major phase of growth.
This is a strategic People leadership role partnering closely with our GTM organization and senior leaders inside one of the world’s leading AI companies.
At Cohere, Senior PBPs operate as trusted advisors to leadership teams and influential partners to the broader People organization. You’ll support leaders across organizational design, leadership effectiveness, talent strategy, succession planning, and organizational health in a fast-scaling, globally distributed environment.
We’re still evolving parts of our People infrastructure and operating model, so this is a strong fit for someone energized by ambiguity, building, and improving ways of working in real time.
You’ll thrive here if you:Operate with ownership — strong judgment, accountability, and low ego
Balance standards + empathy — supportive while maintaining high expectations
Enjoy ambiguity — energized by fast-moving, evolving environments
Love solving problems — especially complex organizational and leadership challenges
Move fluidly — between strategy and hands-on execution
Influence effectively — through strong communication and credibility
Enjoy developing others — including mentoring and coaching PBPs
Org design — scaling teams and organizational structures
Leadership coaching — supporting senior technical leaders
Talent strategy — performance, retention, and succession planning
Team effectiveness — organizational health and leadership capability
Employee experience — onboarding, retention, and engagement
People team scale — helping evolve the broader People function
Operate at senior scope — Director-equivalent BP experience, Head of People experience at a smaller company, or similar IC7+ scope
Know technical environments — experience partnering with Sales, Marketing or similar organizations
Understand hypergrowth — experience operating in startup, scale-up, or rapidly scaling environments
Have global exposure — supported distributed organizations across multiple countries or regions
Communicate exceptionally well — especially in written, asynchronous environments
Build trust effectively — influence through credibility, judgment, and strong relationships over time
If some of the above doesn’t line up perfectly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply!
We value and celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive work environment for all. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to providing equal opportunities. Should you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please submit an Accommodations Request Form, and we will work together to meet your needs.
We may use AI-enabled tools to screen and assess applicants against the criteria for this position. This helps our recruiters identify potentially qualified candidates, but it doesn't limit the applications our recruiters may review or consider.
Full-Time Employees at Cohere enjoy these Perks:
🤝 An open and inclusive culture and work environment
🧑💻 Work closely with a team on the cutting edge of AI research
🍽 Weekly lunch stipend, in-office lunches & snacks
🦷 Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget to take care of your mental health
🐣 100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months
🎨 Personal enrichment benefits towards arts and culture, fitness and well-being, quality time, and workspace improvement
🏙 Remote-flexible, offices in Toronto, New York, San Francisco, London and Paris, as well as a co-working stipend
✈️ 6 weeks of vacation (30 working days!)
Skills Required
- Director-equivalent People/Business Partner experience or Head of People at a smaller company (IC7+ scope)
- Experience partnering with Sales, Marketing or other technical GTM organizations
- Experience operating in hypergrowth/startup or rapidly scaling environments
- Experience supporting distributed organizations across multiple countries or regions (global exposure)
- Exceptional written and asynchronous communication skills
- Experience mentoring and coaching other People Business Partners and leaders
What We Do
Cohere provides unprecedented access to affordable, easy-to-deploy large language models. Our platform gives computers the ability to read and write - whether you want to better understand what your customers are saying, or you want to write compelling copy that speaks to your target audience, Cohere can help.
