Cohere develops enterprise AI technology for generative AI, search and discovery, and information retrieval. Its platform includes embedding and reranking models that help organizations find relevant information and build AI-powered applications. Cohere supports enterprise deployments across cloud and on-premises environments, with developer resources for teams integrating AI into their products and workflows.
Chief of Staff, AI Organization (Toronto Hybrid)
Partner with Cohere’s Chief AI Officer to coordinate planning, budgets, and delivery across the enterprise AI organization. Connect research, product, security, and operations teams to keep priorities and decisions moving.
Description
- Support the Chief AI Officer in keeping Cohere’s AI organization running effectively
- Connect research, modelling, product, delivery, security, sales, and operations teams
- Lead annual and quarterly planning, goal-setting, and weekly and monthly business reviews
- Plan budgets and headcount, adapting as organizational priorities change
- Coordinate major initiatives across research, modelling, product, delivery, and security
- Clarify decision ownership and help teams work through trade-offs
- Guide cross-functional planning with product, engineering, security, and finance
- Keep commitments achievable and make dependencies clear
- Lead special initiatives, including reorganizations, partnerships, flagship research events, and organization-wide planning weeks
- Manage the organization’s operating cadence, including meetings, priorities, plans, and decisions
Requirements
- At least 12 years of operating experience
- Experience in an AI or machine learning organization in a Chief of Staff, business operations, or senior program operations role
- Experience partnering with teams that deliver quickly to high-stakes organizations
- Understanding of AI, including how models become products, research and engineering data needs, and common delivery challenges
- Familiarity with model performance metrics, data pipeline throughput, and budget-to-impact analysis
- Ability to connect strategic direction with execution
- A record of bringing structure to fast-moving, complex organizations
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to influence teams and individuals and represent the Chief AI Officer in high-stakes discussions
Benefits
- Weekly lunch stipend of $75, £75, or equivalent in local currency
- Health and dental coverage, plus a separate mental health budget
- RRSP matching, 401(k), and pension scheme
- Up to six months of 100% parental leave top-up for either parent
- Annual enrichment benefits for arts and culture, fitness and wellness, quality time, and workspace improvements
- Education and learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching
- Six weeks of paid vacation (30 working days)
- Travel budget for visiting other offices if working remotely
- Annual company offsite
- Daily lunch, snacks, and community and social events for office-based employees
- Co-working benefit for employees who are not near an office
- $500 home office stipend