Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cohere is dedicated to scaling intelligence to serve humanity by training and deploying frontier models for AI systems. As a Lead Data Scientist, you will tackle complex problems, design experiments, and lead a team to deliver actionable insights that shape the company's strategy and product development.
Responsibilities
- Drive the mission forward
- Own the science: design and lead experimentation programs including A/B tests, multi-armed bandits, causal inference studies, that directly map to product and go-to-market decisions
- Build predictive models that matter: develop and deploy models for forecasting, segmentation, propensity scoring, and opportunity sizing across Cohere's core business lines
- Lead and grow a team: manage a team of analysts and data scientists. Set the technical bar, mentor aggressively, and create an environment where exceptional people do their best work
- Act like an owner: no waiting around. You'll define analytical priorities, allocate resources, and push initiatives from question to production
- Shape strategy: partner across product, research, sales, and finance to define how Cohere grows. Your team's work will get built into products and implemented into strategy
Skills
- Strong command of SQL, Python, and Git, alongside deep expertise in statistical inference, experimental design, and predictive modeling
- A proven ability to turn ambiguous business questions into rigorous analytical problems, with clear and compelling recommendations to match
- Experience leading analytics or data science teams, with a track record of making smart people faster
- Genuine excitement about AI - you follow the research, have opinions, and enjoy being in the weeds
- Comfort operating in ambiguity, managing complex multi-workstream roadmaps, and distilling insights into a concise, actionable narrative
- A leadership style grounded in empathy as much as in data
- Familiarity with modern data stack tools such as BigQuery, dbt, Looker, or Airflow (nice to have, not essential)
Benefits
- An open and inclusive culture and work environment
- Work closely with a team on the cutting edge of AI research
- Weekly lunch stipend, in-office lunches & snacks
- Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget to take care of your mental health
- 100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months
- Personal enrichment benefits towards arts and culture, fitness and well-being, quality time, and workspace improvement
- Remote-flexible, offices in Toronto, New York, San Francisco, London and Paris, as well as a co-working stipend
- 6 weeks of vacation (30 working days!)
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