[Hiring] Business Operations Lead @Cohere

Role Description

The Strategy & Business Operations team’s mission is to support decision making on critical C-level topics and act as a force-multiplier for functional priorities across the organization. We are looking for a BizOps Lead to join the team, reporting to the Head of BizOps, focused on strategy, corporate development, and cross-functional projects.

In this intermediate level individual contributor role, you may:

• Influence strategic decision-making by collaborating with and building consensus among leaders across the organization, including product, GTM, and research and engineering.
• Optimize pricing and packaging, ensuring that the company's offerings are both attractive to customers and profitable.
• Build financial models and analyses to evaluate new and existing opportunities.
• Contribute to corporate development activities: fundraising, strategic partnerships, investor relations, M&A, etc.
• Conduct market and competitive analysis to anticipate and respond to emerging trends and to identify new opportunities for innovation and growth.

Qualifications

• 3-4 years of top tier investment banking/investing experience, ideally with a focus on software, technology, or digital infrastructure.
• OR 2-3 years of top tier consulting experience, ideally with a focus on software/technology; further experience in BizOps, product, or investing is also valued.
• Some technical background (e.g., CS, EE, Applied Math, or related undergraduate degree, software engineering internships).
• Clear communicator with a high-ownership mentality and bias to action.
• Problem solver: can operate at a level 4-5 on this hierarchy.

Benefits

• A weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent in your local currency for lunch.
• Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget for mental health.
• RRSP matching, 401K, Pension Scheme.
• 100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months, for either parent.
• Annual enrichment benefits: Arts & culture, fitness/wellness, quality time, and a workspace improvement credit.
• Education & learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching.
• 6 weeks of paid vacation (30 working days!).
• Budget for traveling to other offices if you are remote, plus an annual company offsite.

How and Where We Work

Cohere is remote-friendly, but we also have offices in Toronto, London, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Paris, Berlin and Seoul with more opening soon.

• For those in the office: a daily lunch program, plenty of snacks, and regular community and social events.
• For those not near an office: a co-working benefit so you can work alongside others in your city.
• Everyone receives a $500 home office stipend to set up your workspace properly.