Cohere

AI

DirectorofPeopleOperations

Toronto, Ontario, Canada; New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, California, United States; London, United Kingdom; Paris, France FULL TIME Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Director of People Operations at Cohere. Skills: People systems and workflows, HRIS and operational tooling, Onboarding and employee lifecycle operations, Operational analytics and reporting, Operational process design and scalability. Help build the operational backbone of the People function. Architect the infrastructure that allows the People organization to scale”

Industry & Context.

AI
Problems you'll solve

Enjoy building elegant solutions to messy operational problems

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10+ years of experience in core People Operations roles, Directly managed and built People Operations teams/functions, Experience operating in hypergrowth environments during periods of rapid scale, Supported globally distributed organizations across multiple countries and regions

Nice to Have

Experience with AI

What You'll Do.

Help build the operational backbone of the People function

Architect the infrastructure that allows the People organization to scale

Design the operational foundation of the People organization

Redesign and modernize the operational foundation of the People function at scale

Build and lead a People Operations team

Full Job Description

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 WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THIS ROLE We’re hiring a Director of People Operations to help build the operational backbone of the People function at Cohere during a period of intense global scale. Far from being a “keep the lights on” People Ops role - this is a high-ownership, systems-building role with huge scope and greenfield opportunity. Cohere is one of the leading AI companies in the world, with real enterprise traction, rapid product growth, and a huge amount of momentum. We’re scaling quickly and need someone who can help architect the infrastructure that allows the People organization to scale with it across a globally distributed workforce with both remote employees and physical office locations. This is one of the highest-leverage hires on the People team and will be a key leadership role within the function. We’re incredibly excited about the opportunity for someone to come in and help design the operational foundation of the People organization during a major scaling moment. Right now, we have fragmented tooling, inconsistent workflows, emerging operational infrastructure, and huge opportunity to r

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