Senior HR Business Partner

Cohere • New York, NY

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• 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

Responsibilities

• 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

Benefits

• 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!)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed