Product Manager

About the role

Join Cohere as a Public Sector & Defence Product Manager, where you'll own the product strategy for Canadian public sector and defence accounts. This senior, customer-facing role requires a deep understanding of government requirements and the ability to translate them into actionable product investments. You'll work closely with various teams to ensure compliance and meet the standards of regulated government environments. The position is based in Ottawa or Toronto, with a focus on building and maintaining relationships with government customers. Key missions: Posséder la stratégie produit pour le secteur public et la défense au Canada, en traduisant les exigences uniques des déploiements du secteur public en investissements concrets dans le produit.. Collaborer avec les équipes d'ingénierie et de conception internes pour traduire les exigences gouvernementales en exigences de produit actionnables.. Établir et maintenir des relations solides avec les clients, en agissant en tant que conseiller de confiance sur l'adoption de l'IA dans des environnements réglementaires contraints. Profile: - Eligible to obtain Top Secret Canadian government security clearance - Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to present to senior government officials and translate technical concepts for non-technical decision-makers - Direct experience working with or within Canadian government, defence, or public sector organizations, whether as a vendor, contractor, or public servant - 7+ years of product management experience, with meaningful time in enterprise SaaS, infrastructure, or platform products sold into regulated industries - Strong cross-functional collaborator who can align engineering, sales, legal, and customer teams around a shared plan without formal authority - 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 - Bilingual (English/French) proficiency - Experience with GC Cloud services (Azure Government, AWS GovCloud) or Protected B/C deployment environments - If some of the above doesn’t line up perfectly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply!