Engineering Program Manager, North at Cohere

United States

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Not SpecifiedCompensation
Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Artificial Intelligence, TechnologyIndustries

Requirements

  • 3+ years as an Engineering Program Manager or Technical Program Manager, with demonstrated experience in startup or high-growth environments
  • Resourceful, can-do attitude and thrive in ambiguous, fast-paced environments where you can wear multiple hats and do whatever it takes to get things done
  • Comfortable with low structure, high impact situations where you can roll up your sleeves, be pragmatic, and function at both tactical and strategic levels to drive results, with proven ability to build processes, teams, or programs from scratch
  • Strong bias for action and can move quickly from problem identification to solution implementation
  • Experience with project management tools (Linear, Jira, etc.) and can effectively manage workflows and processes
  • Excellent communication skills for interfacing with both technical teams and business stakeholders across all levels of the organization
  • (Preferred) Experience with AI/ML products or technical platforms

Responsibilities

  • Establish and scale foundational processes that allow North's teams to execute better and faster across our growing platform
  • Partner directly with North leadership and Members of Technical Staff on efforts to design, develop and improve North's core capabilities and research bets
  • Run cross-functional programs, collaborating and coordinating with Product, Engineering, Design, and Customer Success teams on delivering features on time and within scope, establishing feedback loops, and optimize resource distribution across competing priorities
  • Map out dependencies and risks across the North ecosystem, ensuring smooth cross-functional execution while communicating status to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Troubleshoot cross-team challenges and build dependable partnerships both within and outside the North organization
  • Constantly seek to improve communication flow of priorities, ideas, and progress throughout all layers of the organization
  • Manage project tracking tools, Linear triage, team workflows, and facilitate cross-functional planning sessions
  • Respond quickly to program-level changes, clarifying new scope and marshaling resources in response to evolving customer and market priorities

Skills

Program Management
Project Lifecycle Management
Process Scaling
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Engineering Operations
AI Platform Development
Operational Efficiency

Cohere

Provides NLP tools and LLMs via API

About Cohere

Cohere provides advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools and Large Language Models (LLMs) through a user-friendly API. Their services cater to a wide range of clients, including businesses that want to improve their content generation, summarization, and search functions. Cohere's business model focuses on offering scalable and affordable generative AI tools, generating revenue by granting API access to pre-trained models that can handle tasks like text classification, sentiment analysis, and semantic search in multiple languages. The platform is customizable, enabling businesses to create smarter and faster solutions. With multilingual support, Cohere effectively addresses language barriers, making it suitable for international use.

Toronto, CanadaHeadquarters
2019Year Founded
$914.4MTotal Funding
SERIES_DCompany Stage
AI & Machine LearningIndustries
501-1,000Employees

Risks

Competitors like Google and Microsoft may overshadow Cohere with seamless enterprise system integration.
Reliance on Nvidia chips poses risks if supply chain issues arise or strategic focus shifts.
High cost of AI data center could strain financial resources if government funding is delayed.

Differentiation

Cohere's North platform outperforms Microsoft Copilot and Google Vertex AI in enterprise functions.
Rerank 3.5 model processes queries in over 100 languages, enhancing multilingual search capabilities.
Command R7B model excels in RAG, math, and coding, outperforming competitors like Google's Gemma.

Upsides

Cohere's AI data center project positions it as a key player in Canadian AI.
North platform offers secure AI deployment for regulated industries, enhancing privacy-focused enterprise solutions.
Cohere's multilingual support breaks language barriers, expanding its global market reach.

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