Senior HR Business Partner

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

Areas you’ll typically support:

• 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

We’re likely to be a strong fit if you:

• 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!)