Top Benefits
Six weeks paid vacation
Equity / stock options
RRSP, 401(k), pension contributions
About the role
Who you are
- 7+ years of product management experience, with meaningful time in enterprise SaaS, infrastructure, or platform products sold into regulated industries
- Direct experience working with or within Canadian government, defence, or public sector organizations, whether as a vendor, contractor, or public servant
- Strong cross-functional collaborator who can align engineering, sales, legal, and customer teams around a shared plan without formal authority
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to present to senior government officials and translate technical concepts for non-technical decision-makers
- Eligible to obtain Top Secret Canadian government security clearance
- Active Canadian government security clearance (Secret or Top Secret). Strong preference for candidates holding active Top Secret clearance, as this enables immediate engagement with defence and national security accounts
- Strong working knowledge of the Canadian government technology landscape: data sovereignty requirements, Treasury Board policies, security classification frameworks (Protected B/C, Secret), and procurement processes
- Experience with GC Cloud services (Azure Government, AWS GovCloud) or Protected B/C deployment environments
- Bilingual (English/French) proficiency
- If some of the above doesn’t line up perfectly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply!
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Public Sector & Defence PM to own North's product strategy across Canadian public sector and defence accounts
- This is a senior, customer-facing role that sits at the intersection of product, compliance, and vertical strategy
- You'll be the voice of government customers inside Cohere's product organization, translating the unique requirements of public sector deployments (data sovereignty, security classifications, accessibility, multilingualism) into concrete product investments
- You'll work closely with our Strategic Customer, Engineering Program Management, Sovereign AI , and Forward Deployed Engineering teams to ensure North can meet the standards that regulated government environments demand
- Location: Ottawa or Toronto preferred. Proximity to government customers is important for this role
- Own the public sector product roadmap for North, prioritizing features and compliance investments based on direct customer input, deal requirements, and the regulatory landscape
- Translate government requirements, including data sovereignty, Protected B/C environments, Privacy Act compliance, Algorithmic Impact Assessments, accessibility standards, and official languages obligations, into actionable product requirements for internal engineering and design teams
- Work directly with our FDEs and Applied Machine Learning Engineers to scope and build custom solutions/agents/features for public sector accounts
- Partner with GTM and EPM teams to support RFP responses, technical evaluations, and procurement processes, ensuring Cohere's product capabilities are accurately and compellingly represented
- Build and maintain deep customer relationships with departmental CIOs, IT directors, and technical leads, acting as a trusted advisor on AI adoption in constrained regulatory environments
- Synthesize market and customer signals from across the public sector vertical into a coherent product strategy, including competitive positioning against other AI platforms pursuing government contracts
Benefits
- Six weeks’ paid vacation
- Equity / stock options
- RRSP, 401(k), and Pension Scheme contributions
- Coverage for 100% of your insurance premiums across health, dental, vision, and travel
- Additional coverage for accessing mental health providers/services
- Six months of fully paid parental leave, including adoption and surrogacy
- Financial support for egg freezing and IVF in Canada and the UK
- A monthly fitness and wellness allowance
- Globally dispersed company that supports a remote work culture
- A $2,000 annual education benefit for professional development
- A weekly stipend for meals when working remotely and catered lunch when working from one of our global offices
- A monthly arts and culture allowance
- A monthly quality time allowance
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About Cohere
Software Development
501-1000
Cohere is the leading data security-focused enterprise AI company. It is a global technology company co-headquartered in Toronto and San Francisco, with key offices in London and New York. The company builds enterprise-grade frontier AI models with industry-leading multilingual capabilities designed to solve real-world business challenges. Cohere’s AI solutions are cloud-agnostic to meet companies wherever their data is stored and offer the highest levels of security, privacy, and customization with on-premises and private cloud deployment options.
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Top Benefits
Six weeks paid vacation
Equity / stock options
RRSP, 401(k), pension contributions
About the role
Who you are
- 7+ years of product management experience, with meaningful time in enterprise SaaS, infrastructure, or platform products sold into regulated industries
- Direct experience working with or within Canadian government, defence, or public sector organizations, whether as a vendor, contractor, or public servant
- Strong cross-functional collaborator who can align engineering, sales, legal, and customer teams around a shared plan without formal authority
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to present to senior government officials and translate technical concepts for non-technical decision-makers
- Eligible to obtain Top Secret Canadian government security clearance
- Active Canadian government security clearance (Secret or Top Secret). Strong preference for candidates holding active Top Secret clearance, as this enables immediate engagement with defence and national security accounts
- Strong working knowledge of the Canadian government technology landscape: data sovereignty requirements, Treasury Board policies, security classification frameworks (Protected B/C, Secret), and procurement processes
- Experience with GC Cloud services (Azure Government, AWS GovCloud) or Protected B/C deployment environments
- Bilingual (English/French) proficiency
- If some of the above doesn’t line up perfectly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply!
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Public Sector & Defence PM to own North's product strategy across Canadian public sector and defence accounts
- This is a senior, customer-facing role that sits at the intersection of product, compliance, and vertical strategy
- You'll be the voice of government customers inside Cohere's product organization, translating the unique requirements of public sector deployments (data sovereignty, security classifications, accessibility, multilingualism) into concrete product investments
- You'll work closely with our Strategic Customer, Engineering Program Management, Sovereign AI , and Forward Deployed Engineering teams to ensure North can meet the standards that regulated government environments demand
- Location: Ottawa or Toronto preferred. Proximity to government customers is important for this role
- Own the public sector product roadmap for North, prioritizing features and compliance investments based on direct customer input, deal requirements, and the regulatory landscape
- Translate government requirements, including data sovereignty, Protected B/C environments, Privacy Act compliance, Algorithmic Impact Assessments, accessibility standards, and official languages obligations, into actionable product requirements for internal engineering and design teams
- Work directly with our FDEs and Applied Machine Learning Engineers to scope and build custom solutions/agents/features for public sector accounts
- Partner with GTM and EPM teams to support RFP responses, technical evaluations, and procurement processes, ensuring Cohere's product capabilities are accurately and compellingly represented
- Build and maintain deep customer relationships with departmental CIOs, IT directors, and technical leads, acting as a trusted advisor on AI adoption in constrained regulatory environments
- Synthesize market and customer signals from across the public sector vertical into a coherent product strategy, including competitive positioning against other AI platforms pursuing government contracts
Benefits
- Six weeks’ paid vacation
- Equity / stock options
- RRSP, 401(k), and Pension Scheme contributions
- Coverage for 100% of your insurance premiums across health, dental, vision, and travel
- Additional coverage for accessing mental health providers/services
- Six months of fully paid parental leave, including adoption and surrogacy
- Financial support for egg freezing and IVF in Canada and the UK
- A monthly fitness and wellness allowance
- Globally dispersed company that supports a remote work culture
- A $2,000 annual education benefit for professional development
- A weekly stipend for meals when working remotely and catered lunch when working from one of our global offices
- A monthly arts and culture allowance
- A monthly quality time allowance
Not the right fit? Search for Product Manager jobs in Toronto
About Cohere
Software Development
501-1000
Cohere is the leading data security-focused enterprise AI company. It is a global technology company co-headquartered in Toronto and San Francisco, with key offices in London and New York. The company builds enterprise-grade frontier AI models with industry-leading multilingual capabilities designed to solve real-world business challenges. Cohere’s AI solutions are cloud-agnostic to meet companies wherever their data is stored and offer the highest levels of security, privacy, and customization with on-premises and private cloud deployment options.