Data Partnerships Manager (9 month contract)

Who are we?Our mission is to scale intelligence to serve humanity. We’re training and deploying frontier models for developers and enterprises who are building AI systems to power magical experiences like content generation, semantic search, RAG, and agents. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI.
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. We like to work hard and move fast to do what’s best for our customers.
Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are passionate about their craft. Each person is one of the best in the world at what they do. We believe that a diverse range of perspectives is a requirement for building great products.
Join us on our mission and shape the future!
Why this role? At Cohere, we strive to continually improve our large language models. Academic research and real-world experience has demonstrated that high quality, diverse datasets can contribute as much to the performance and capabilities of LLMs as the underlying model architecture and training regimen. We at Cohere believe data will play a central role in accelerating the advancement of our already world-class language models.
Data is therefore critical to our success. Our ability to acquire data that is accurate, relevant, and timely is key to our ability to improve the quality of our models. We strive to continuously improve our data acquisition processes and systems to ensure that we have the data we need to stay competitive and meet the needs of our customers. We run frequent experiments to learn more about the role of data for model quality, from data mixtures, to cleaning techniques, to quality control.
Please Note: This is a contract position.

As a Data Partnerships Manager, you will:

• Scout new data partnering opportunities and manage the process end-to-end, including outreach, discovery, requirements definition, contracting, data transfers and regular data updates; triage data feeds issues as they arise
• Partner with Modeling to manage the relationships and data requirements with external data scraping vendors
• Facilitate hand-off of newly acquired datasets to Modeling, Annotation and Finetuning teams
• Product manage novel data collection methods and applications as needed
• Always keep an eye towards scaling the function with bespoke processes and tools

You may be a good fit if:

• You have more than 3 years of experience managing data vendor programs
• You’ve worked in a partnership-focused role, and have built relationships with text data suppliers
• You’re proficient in data analysis and data management
• You’re energized by proactively seeking out new data sources and building long-term, trusting relationships with vendors
• You enjoy cross-functional collaboration and have partnered with Technical and Business teams
• You’re resourceful and approach problem-solving creatively
• You have a demonstrated passion for applied NLP models and products

If some of the above doesn’t line up perfectly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply! If you consider yourself a thoughtful worker, a lifelong learner, and a kind and playful team member, Cohere is the place for you.
We value and celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive work environment for all. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are committed to providing equal opportunities. Should you require any accommodations during the recruitment process, please submit an Accommodations Request Form, and we will work together to meet your needs.