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Head of Non-Tech Talent

Cohere · New York · Remote

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About Cohere

Backed by AI Grant.

About the role

We're seeking an experienced Head of Non-Tech Talent to lead our comprehensive hiring strategy for all non-technical roles. This is a pivotal position as we build out our capabilities across General and Administrative (G&A) Go to Market (GTM) Finance, Legal, and other business-critical functions. You'll transform how we attract, hire, and develop top talent beyond while building and coaching a high performing global talent team. This is an opportunity to join an ambitious high performing, scale up company.

What they're looking for

  • Experience: 12+ years in talent acquisition and leading non-technical hiring teams
  • Super Scale Expertise: Proven success scaling recruitment functions 10x+ during hyper-growth phases (from 800+ employees)
  • Strategic Foresight: Demonstrated ability to anticipate talent needs 6-12 months ahead of business growth curves
  • Data-Driven Approach: Deep expertise in talent analytics, metrics development, and data-informed decision making
  • Team Development: Exceptional coaching and mentoring skills with track record of building high-performing teams
  • Non-Tech Focus: Deep experience hiring for HR, Admin, Support, Finance, Legal, and other business roles within a tech setting
More about this role

Cohere is the leading security-first enterprise AI company. We build cutting-edge foundation AI models and end-to-end products that are designed to solve real-world business problems.

We’re training and deploying frontier models for enterprises who are building AI systems. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI and we are looking for folks that want to be part of that.

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. Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are all passionate about their craft.

We are a global technology company headquartered in Toronto with key offices in London, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Paris, Berlin and Seoul. Join us!

We're seeking an experienced Head of Non-Tech Talent to lead our comprehensive hiring strategy for all non-technical roles. This is a pivotal position as we build out our capabilities across General and Administrative (G&A) Go to Market (GTM) Finance, Legal, and other business-critical functions. You'll transform how we attract, hire, and develop top...

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