People Systems & Automation Lead

Cohere; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Cohere, a security-first enterprise AI company, seeks a People Systems and Automation Manager to own and automate our People processes. This role combines process design with hands-on implementation across Rippling, Slack, Notion, and other tools to reduce manual work.

You will redesign workflows, map current processes, own the employee lifecycle end-to-end, and measure impact in hours and errors. You’ll lead a small HR Operations team as Cohere scales, ensuring governance and compliance for a

Qualifications

• Experience building HR systems for fast-growing companies.
• Ability to design and automate People processes across multiple tools.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Map how People processes actually work today and redesign before automation.
• Build workflows across HRIS and wider tooling.
• Own the employee lifecycle end to end (joiners, movers, leavers).
• Remove manual handling and measure impact in hours, tickets, or errors.
• Document SOPs and runbooks so processes are maintainable.

Skills

People Ops

Automation

Workflow design

Process mapping

Cross-country ops

Communication

Tools

Rippling

Slack

Notion

Job description

Cohere, a security-first enterprise AI company, seeks a People Systems and Automation Manager to own and automate our People processes. This role combines process design with hands-on implementation across Rippling, Slack, Notion, and other tools to reduce manual work.

You will redesign workflows, map current processes, own the employee lifecycle end-to-end, and measure impact in hours and errors. You’ll lead a small HR Operations team as Cohere scales, ensuring governance and compliance for a