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Cohere

Director of People Operations

Cohere

Director of People Operations at Cohere, a leading AI company, building operational backbone for global scaling amid rapid growth. Lead the People Operations team and drive systems for scale.

Posted 5/15/2026full-timeRemote • 🇨🇦 CanadaLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Build the operational backbone of the People function at Cohere
  • Own people systems and workflows
  • Own HRIS and operational tooling
  • Own shared services/helpdesk infrastructure
  • Own onboarding and employee lifecycle operations
  • Own operational analytics and reporting
  • Own operational process design and scalability
  • Build and lead a People Operations team

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • has deep hypergrowth and scaling experience
  • has experience scaling People Ops in globally distributed tech environments
  • loves systems thinking and operational design
  • is highly automation and AI-minded
  • enjoys solving messy operational problems
  • can build from zero-to-one
  • scales through systems and leverage, not just headcount
  • has 10+ years of total experience in core People Operations roles

Benefits

Comp & 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!)

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HRISoperational analyticsreportingoperational process designautomationAI
Soft Skills
systems thinkingproblem solvingleadershipscalabilityteam building