Head of Talent and People

Bretton AI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Bretton AI in San Francisco is seeking a hands-on People & Recruiting Lead who will build the company''s people operating system as we scale. You''ll own comp and leveling, benefits, HR ops, onboarding, policies, and the rhythms that keep a distributed team connected.

This is a builder role with clear ownership of the roadmap and direct impact on culture as we grow. Join a post-Series B fintech startup where recruiting and people strategy are central to scaling operations, maintaining culture,

Responsibilities

• Be a thought partner to the C Suite and Leadership Team on the people calls that matter at this stage.

Job description

About Bretton AI

Bretton is building the agentic AI platform that runs the financial back office: one platform where teams at financial institutions can configure, deploy, and run AI agents for any workflow across compliance, risk, fraud, and operations. The same way Harvey became the agentic AI layer for the legal industry, Bretton is the system of action for financial back office teams. Companies like Kraken, Mercury, and Gusto trust us to automate mission-critical work, starting with anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing investigations. We’ve raised over $95M from Greylock, Y Combinator, Thomson Reuters Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, and other top- tier investors. We’re based in downtown San Francisco and our team comes from world-class organizations like SpaceX, Google, Netflix, Stripe, Plaid, and more.

The Role

We’re 50 people, post-Series B, and at the stage where the informal systems that got us here are starting to show their limits. Culture is strong, but onboarding is patchy, policies are undocumented, comp is ad hoc, and we don’t yet have the infrastructure to scale a team intentionally. You’ll fix that. You’re a strong recruiter, and also the person who builds the operating system underneath: comp and leveling, benefits, HR ops, onboarding, policies, and the rhythms that make a distributed team feel connected. This is a hands‑on, builder role. You’ll own the roadmap, execute it yourself, and grow the function as the company scales around you.

What You’ll Do

People Strategy

• Be a thought partner to the C Suite and Leadership Team on the people calls that matter at this stage.