Head of Talent and People
AI risk platform that helps financial institutions prevent fraud, ensure compliance, and detect money laundering through behavioral analysis and device intelligence.
Maintainer signals as of 9/2/2026
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About Sardine
Sardine helps financial institutions prevent fraud and ensure compliance by analyzing user behavior and device intelligence in real-time. Users can detect identity theft, payment fraud, account takeovers, and money laundering while streamlining KYC/AML processes. Sardine provides risk management with AI agents, case management, and regulatory reporting tools.
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About the Role
You will lead Talent, People Operations, and HR Business Partnering. You will manage practitioners, own headcount planning and leadership recruiting, improve hiring systems and sourcing, oversee employee-lifecycle operations, maintain people programs, support compliance, and advise managers on organizational and employee matters.
Requirements
- 12+ years in talent, recruiting, and people roles
- Experience running a people function at high-growth technology startups
- Experience managing Talent and People teams across recruitment and People Operations or HR
- Experience with recruiting, compensation bands, employee relations, and performance management
- Ability to work from the Berkeley office at least 2 days per week
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage recruiters, People Operations, and HR practitioners
- Set goals, priorities, and capacity plans across recruitment and People Operations
- Coach, develop, and performance-manage team members
- Own organizational headcount planning
- Create the operating rhythm for the team
- Build and improve hiring processes
- Own full-cycle recruiting for key leadership roles
- Build scalable sourcing channels and employer branding
- Track hiring metrics and adjust strategy
- Oversee employee lifecycle operations, HRIS administration, benefits administration, and compliance
- Manage performance review, compensation banding, leveling, and promotion infrastructure
- Ensure employment-law compliance across jurisdictions
- Advise managers and leadership on organizational design, performance management, and employee relations
- Handle employee relations issues
Benefits
- Equity
- Early exercise for options including pre-vested options
- Remote-first work from anywhere
- Flexible paid time off
- Year-end break
- Health, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents in the US and Canada
- 4% 401k or RRSP matching in the US and Canada
- MacBook Pro
- One-time home-office setup stipend
- Monthly meal stipend
- Monthly social meet-up stipend
- Annual health and wellness stipend
- Annual learning stipend
