Who are we?

Cohere is focused on building and deploying large language model (LLM) AI into enterprises in a safe and responsible way that drives human productivity, and creates magical new ways to interact with technology and real business value. We’re a team of highly motivated and experienced engineers, innovators, and disruptors looking to change the face of technology.

Our goals are ambitious, but also concrete and practical. Cohere wants to fundamentally change how businesses operate, making everyone more productive and able to focus on doing better what they do best. Every day, our team breaks new ground, as we build transformational AI technology and products for enterprise and developers to harness the power of LLMs.

Cohere was founded by three global leaders in AI development, including our CEO, Aidan Gomez, who co-created the Transformer, which makes LLMs possible. Collectively, we're driven by the belief that our technology has the potential to revolutionize the way enterprises, their employees, and customers engage with technology through language.

Cohere’s broader research team is world-renowned, having contributed to the development of sentence transformers for semantic search, dynamic adversarial data collection and red teaming, and retrieval augmented generation, often referred to as “RAG,” among other technological breakthroughs.

We have been deliberate in assembling a team of operational leaders with industry-leading experience, with backgrounds working at the most sophisticated, demanding, and respected enterprises in the world. Cohere’s operational leaders have built, scaled, and led multi-billion product lines and businesses at Google, Apple, Rakuten, YouTube, AWS, and Cisco.

The Cohere team is a collective from all walks of life, from people who left college to start businesses, to some of the most experienced people from globally renowned companies. We believe a diverse team is the key to a safer, more responsible technology, and that different experiences and backgrounds enable us to tackle problems from all angles and avoid blindspots.

There’s no better time to play a role in defining the future of AI, and its impact on the world.

Why this role?

One of our main goals at Cohere is to provide an extraordinary employee experience - we want people to look back many years from now and think that Cohere was the best career experience of their life! In order to deliver that level of ‘extraordinary,’ we need People Ops partners for the business that can be 100% focused on their line of business. We need someone who is experienced and sure-handed, can provide options, solutions, insights and direction on people related issues - from rewarding and recognizing exceptional performers, to helping leaders manage performance on their team, to rolling out org wide programs to make our employee experience even better. Our (whole) team is growing fast, and we want to make sure the People Ops team grows with it.

As a HR Business Partner you will:

Help drive employee engagement by working with leaders and teams
Helping managers deal with under performers on the team in a manner consistent with our values
Support leadership across your line of business on all people operations program rollouts
Oversee HR projects such as performance management, compensation, leadership development, bonus, and policy implementation
Conduct weekly meetings with business unit leaders

You may be a good fit if:

You have 8+ years of experience working in a similar role
You have a deep understanding of HR programs such as compensation, leadership development and performance management
You are familiar with the tech industry, specifically the AI domain
You are an excellent communicator and have the ability to build relationships with team members and stakeholders
You are comfortable working in an ambiguous environment and have experience working at a fast growing startup
You have knowledge of European, Canadian and US employment laws

If some of the above doesn’t line up perfectly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply! If you consider yourself a thoughtful worker, a lifelong learner, and a kind and playful team member, Cohere is the place for you.

We value and celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive work environment for all. We welcome applicants of all kinds and are committed to providing an equal opportunity process. Cohere provides accessibility accommodations during the recruitment process. Should you require any accommodation, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

Our 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 6 months for employees based in Canada, the US, and the UK

🎨 Personal enrichment benefits towards arts and culture, fitness and well-being, quality time, and workspace improvement

🏙 Remote-flexible, offices in Toronto, Palo Alto, San-Francisco and London and co-working stipend

✈️ 6 weeks of vacation

Note: This post is co-authored by both Cohere humans and Cohere technology.

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HR Business Partner at Cohere

As a HR Business Partner you will:

You may be a good fit if: