Cohere
AI
SeniorHRBusinessPartner
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“Senior HR Business Partner at Cohere. Skills: Talent management, Employee relations, Organizational development. Support leaders across organizational design. Support leadership effectiveness”
Industry & Context.
Complex organizational challenges; Leadership challenges
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Director-equivalent BP experience, Head of People experience, IC7+ scope, Partnering with Sales, Partnering with Marketing, Operating in startup environments, Operating in scale-up environments, Operating in rapidly scaling environments, Supported distributed organizations, Communicate exceptionally well, Build trust effectively
What You'll Do.
Support leaders across organizational design
Support leadership effectiveness
Support talent strategy
Support succession planning
Support organizational health
Support scaling teams
Support organizational structures
Support senior technical leaders
Support employee experience
Evolve People function
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partnering with GTM organization; Partnering with senior leaders; Trusted advisors to leadership; Partners to People organization
Communication Scope
Written communication; Asynchronous communication
Full Job Description
Who are we? Cohere is the leading security-first enterprise AI company. We build cutting-edge foundation AI models and end-to-end products that are designed to solve real-world business problems. We’re training and deploying frontier models for enterprises who are building AI systems. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI and we are looking for folks that want to be part of that. 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. Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are all passionate about their craft. We are a global technology company co-headquartered in Toronto and San Francisco, with key offices in London, New York City, Montreal, Seoul, Germany and Paris. Join us! 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 —
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