HR Business Partner, Cohere
$80-150k
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Enterprise-grade AI solutions for real-world business problems
Open for applications
Enterprise-grade AI solutions for real-world business problems
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$80-150k
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower businesses to scale innovation, boost productivity, and drive progress that reaches everyone.
Role
Who you are
- If you love building, enjoy working closely with leaders, and thrive in ambiguity, you'll feel at home here
- Build trusted relationships with leaders and teams
- Take ownership and exercise sound judgment
- Balance high standards with empathy
- Enjoy fast-moving, evolving environments
- Solve complex people and organizational challenges
- Move comfortably between strategy and execution
- Communicate exceptionally well, especially in async environments
- Bring a collaborative, low-ego approach to your work
- Has several years of HRBP or People Partner experience in a fast-paced environment
- Has partnered with business functions such as Finance, Legal, People, Go-to-Market, or other corporate organizations
- Has experience in startup, scale-up, or other high-growth companies
- Has supported globally distributed organizations
- Is an exceptional written communicator who thrives in async environments
- Is excited to learn, grow, and take on increasing ownership over time
What the job involves
- We're hiring an HR Business Partner to help scale Cohere through an exciting phase of growth
- You'll partner with our Non-Technical organization, supporting teams across Finance, Legal, People, Go-to-Market, and Corporate Functions
- Working alongside a Senior HR Business Partner, you'll help leaders build high-performing teams while gaining exposure to some of the most interesting organizational challenges in one of the world's leading AI companies
- This isn't a traditional "policy and process" HRBP role
- At Cohere, HRBPs are trusted partners who help shape how teams scale, managers grow, and organizations perform
- You'll contribute across organizational design, leadership effectiveness, performance, talent strategy, employee experience, and organizational health in a fast-moving, globally distributed environment
- Organizational design and team effectiveness
- Manager coaching and leadership capability
- Performance, talent, and succession discussions
- Employee engagement and retention
- The continued evolution of our People function
Our take
Many businesses are now faced with the challenge of adopting advanced AI safely and securely. While AI tools like ChatGPT are making headlines, companies (especially those in regulated industries such as banking, telecoms, or government services) worry about privacy, compliance, and control over their sensitive data. Cohere addresses these concerns by offering AI solutions that can be trained on a company's internal data and, importantly, run on their own infrastructure rather than relying on external cloud providers. And in a world where data breaches and regulatory scrutiny are constant threats, this focus on trust and security is key.
In a competitive landscape dominated by giants like OpenAI, Google, and Elon Musk's xAI, Cohere is setting itself apart by targeting businesses exclusively. Its approach has earned it contracts with some big names, like Royal Bank of Canada, Fujitsu, LG, Oracle, and Dell. By focusing on reliability and enterprise adoption rather than viral consumer appeal, Cohere has carved out a strong niche for itself.
This isn't going unnoticed either, as the company recently raised $500M, boosting its valuation to $6.8B, and brought on board top talent from Meta and Uber to strengthen its leadership team. Alongside this, it's doubled its annual recurring revenue to $100M in 2025 and is aiming to hit $200M by year-end. With its North platform for AI agents and a lean cost structure compared with larger rivals, Cohere is very much ready for more growth.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
192% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Apr 2026
$600m
SERIES E
Sep 2025
$100m
LATE VC
Total funding: $2.1bn
Company benefits
- Six weeks’ paid vacation
- Equity / stock options
- RRSP, 401(k), and Pension Scheme contributions
- Coverage for 100% of your insurance premiums across health, dental, vision, and travel
- Additional coverage for accessing mental health providers/services
- Six months of fully paid parental leave, including adoption and surrogacy
- Financial support for egg freezing and IVF in Canada and the UK
- A monthly fitness and wellness allowance
- Globally dispersed company that supports a remote work culture
- A $2,000 annual education benefit for professional development
- A weekly stipend for meals when working remotely and catered lunch when working from one of our global offices
- A monthly arts and culture allowance
- A monthly quality time allowance
Company HQ
Grange Park, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Aidan Gomez
(Co-Founder & CEO)Aidan received a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Oxford in 2024 and has served as Cohere's CEO since co-founding the company in 2019.
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