# Head of Talent and People at Sardine

- Company: Sardine
- What the company does: The top agentic risk platform used by leading banks and merchants worldwide to stop fraud in real-time, prevent AI-driven attacks, automate fraud & AML operations. Backed by a16z and GV.
- Company website: https://www.sardine.ai
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Berkeley, California
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $250K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-18
- Apply by: 2026-11-02
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/sardine/a3801830-a009-4115-899c-3af9729e6840
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/sardine-head-of-talent-and-people/

## About the role

Sardine is looking for a Head of Talent & People to lead and grow our global team. This is a hands-on, player-coach role - you'll set direction and manage a full team of practitioners, while still staying close enough to the work to source a hard-to-fill candidate yourself, sit in on a tough employee relations conversation, or dig into a comp band directly. You'll own Talent, People Ops, and HR Business Partnering end-to-end, with a mandate to build pragmatic systems that scale with a fast-growing startup.

## What they're looking for

- 12+ years in talent/recruiting and people roles, with real depth in talent
- Experience running people function at fast-paced, high-growth tech startups
- Proven experience managing a strong Talent and People team, ideally spanning both Recruitment and People Ops/HR - you know how to set direction, hold people accountable, and develop managers
- Generalist range: you're equally credible talking about an offer negotiation, a comp band, a difficult employee relations issue, or a performance management
- A player-coach mindset - you want to do the work, not just direct it
- Excellent judgment and discretion, you build trust quickly with founders, execs, and employees at every level

Tags: Talent and People