Global Public Policy Manager Compute Infrastructure and Sovereign AI
Toronto-founded enterprise AI company building foundation models, agentic AI, enterprise search, and private deployment products.
About Cohere
Cohere provides enterprise-focused AI models and end-to-end products, including North for agentic workplace AI, Compass for enterprise search, and models for generation and retrieval. It supports private, VPC, and on-premises deployment options.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will monitor AI infrastructure, energy, semiconductor, export-control, and national AI-policy developments. You will develop policy positions, engage governments on AI investment initiatives, support public-private partnerships, represent the organization in policy discussions, and produce policy analysis and thought leadership.
Requirements
- 5–7 years of experience in public policy, technology policy, trade policy, energy policy, national security policy, or related fields
- Understanding of geopolitical technology issues, AI infrastructure, export controls, or digital sovereignty
- Ability to assess emerging policy developments and their strategic business implications
- Analytical and stakeholder engagement skills
Responsibilities
- Monitor and analyze AI infrastructure, data-center, energy, semiconductor, export-control, and national AI-policy developments
- Develop policy positions on sovereign AI, compute access, digital sovereignty, and AI competitiveness
- Support engagement with governments on AI infrastructure investment and national AI initiatives
- Collaborate on public-private partnership opportunities
- Represent the organization in AI infrastructure and technology-competitiveness policy discussions
- Produce policy analysis and thought leadership
Benefits
- Equity
- Weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or local equivalent
- Health and dental benefits
- Mental health budget
- RRSP matching, 401K, or pension scheme
- 100% parental leave top-up for up to 6 months
- Annual enrichment benefits
- Education and learning stipend
- 6 weeks of paid vacation
- Remote-office travel budget
- Annual company offsite
- Daily lunch program for office-based employees
- Co-working benefit
- $500 home office stipend