Head of Investor Relations

Role Overview

Cohere is at an inflection point, scaling its enterprise AI platform and expanding globally. As our first dedicated Investor Relations hire, you will build the foundation for structured investor engagement, ensuring transparency, strategic storytelling, and alignment with financial stakeholders. This role is critical for Cohere’s market positioning, and long-term public-market readiness.

Key Responsibilities

• Investor Engagement & Strategy

• Develop and execute a comprehensive investor relations strategy, including investor presentations and roadshows.
• Develop, refine, and present investor materials and presentations that clearly articulate the company’s strategy and results.
• Lead the creation and refinement of financial and valuation models, benchmarking analyses, and peer/industry work to inform messaging and strategy.

• Stakeholder & Relationship Management

• Build and maintain relationships with existing and potential investors across institutional, strategic, and financial investor bases & with leading venture, growth, and public equity investors.
• Serve as a primary day-to-day point of contact for high-priority investors and provide direct feedback to the executive team from those conversations.
• Support executives on fundraising activities, including preparation, investor communications, and relationship management.

• Data-Driven Communication & Reporting

• Partner with the finance team to distill complex metrics into clear, compelling narratives for investors.
• Partner with leaders across the business to develop key business insights and communicate performance drivers to stakeholders.
• Set the foundation for quarterly reporting, including workstream management, financial and valuation modeling, and creating materials for prepared remarks, Q&A, and investor materials.

• Market Intelligence & Strategic Positioning

• Monitor competitor funding, public-market trends, and AI industry dynamics to refine Cohere’s positioning.
• Serve as a strategic thought partner on investor relations, providing insights and updates to internal and external audiences.

• IPO Readiness

• Lay the groundwork for regulatory compliance, workstream management, complex financial and valuation modeling, and creating materials for public-market messaging.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in a senior level leadership role in investor relations, investment banking, corporate finance, or strategic finance at a high-growth tech company (preferably AI/ML or enterprise software).

• Strong financial modeling and storytelling ability.

• Proven track record working with venture capital and public equity markets.

• Executive level written/oral communication skills.

Cohere

• We are a 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 are a global technology company co-headquartered in Toronto and San Francisco, with key offices in London, New York City, Montreal, Seoul, Germany and Paris.

• We are committed to fair and transparent pay practices.

• Full-time employees enjoy a weekly lunch stipend, full health and dental benefits, RRSP matching, 401K, Pension Scheme, parental leave top-up, annual enrichment benefits, education & learning stipend, and 6 weeks of paid vacation.

• We are remote-friendly. We have offices in Toronto, San Francisco, New York City, London, Paris, Montreal, and more coming soon.

Compensation

Cohere is committed to fair and transparent pay practices. The salary range listed for this role reflects the expected base compensation. Actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, education, and experience. For candidates in the US, the Compensation Range is: $330,000 – $410,000 [USD]