About the Position:

Bluefish is looking for a passionate individual with experience across talent acquisition and HR generalist leadership. This person owns full-cycle recruiting for technical, GTM, and operational roles while also building scalable HR processes across onboarding, performance management, employee engagement, and compliance. As an early member of the People team, you’ll help shape how our company grows and thrives.

This role is ideal for someone who is hands-on yet strategic, excited to roll up their sleeves in recruiting while also building out longer-term people programs.

What You Will Be Doing

Talent Acquisition (60%)

• Own full-cycle recruiting across technical, GTM, and business roles, from sourcing to offer.
• Partner with executives and hiring managers to define role requirements and hiring strategies.
• Build and manage a strong candidate pipeline using creative sourcing methods.
• Manage relationships with external recruiting agencies, including negotiating contracts, setting performance expectations, and ensuring alignment with hiring needs and company culture
• Develop a compelling employer brand that resonates with top talent.
• Track and report recruiting metrics (pipeline health, time-to-fill, candidate experience).

HR Generalist (40%)

• Design and implement HR processes, policies, and programs for a scaling Series A company.
• Oversee onboarding and ensure a best-in-class employee experience.
• Support managers with performance management, career development, and employee relations.
• Partner with leadership on engagement initiatives, DEI, and culture-building.
• Ensure compliance with labor laws and partner with external HR/payroll vendors.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to employees across all levels.

What We’re Looking For

• 7–10 years of HR/talent acquisition experience, ideally in a high-growth SaaS or startup environment.
• Proven success managing full-cycle recruiting across diverse functions.
• Experience building HR processes and programs from the ground up.
• Strong knowledge of employment law and compliance best practices.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; able to influence at all levels.
• Balance of strategic vision and hands-on execution.
• Excited to work in a fast-paced, evolving startup environment.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience scaling a company from ~20 to 200 employees.
• Familiarity with HRIS, ATS, and people analytics tools.
• Exposure to compensation strategy and leveling frameworks.

About Bluefish:

Bluefish believes that AI represents the next major chapter of the internet – and that consumers will increasingly use AI to consume information and media online. On this new AI internet, brands will need new tools and technologies to tell their stories to consumers online – and a new marketing ecosystem will be created around AI. Bluefish is building the platform that helps brands engage consumers on this new AI channel, with powerful enterprise tools to manage AI brand safety and engage consumers with thoughtful and personalized AI marketing experiences.

The Bluefish team is a tight-knit group of mar-tech industry veterans who previously helped build foundational ad-tech platforms now owned by Meta and Microsoft. Bluefish, the leading AI marketing platform for the Fortune 500, recently announced a $20M Series A funding round led by NEA, with participation from Salesforce Ventures. Additional investors include Crane Venture Partners, Swift Ventures, and Bloomberg Beta. We are a globally distributed team, with business operations based in New York City and engineering based in Berlin.

Why Bluefish & Our Values:

• Unique opportunity to join on the ground floor of a fast-moving startup building at the center of AI
• Tackle challenging and abstract problems while disrupting the $300BN legacy mar-tech industry
• Join an experienced high-performing team where you will have immediate ownership and impact
• Experience a true meritocracy with significant career growth upside as the business scales

Our Values:

• Demonstrated grit and resourcefulness—you find creative solutions, adapt quickly, and aren’t afraid to roll up your sleeves in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Thoughtful and strategic thinker with the ability to anticipate needs, ask the right questions, and deliver insights that truly drive value.
• Proven ability to collaborate across functions and roles, fostering open communication and shared ownership of outcomes.
• Commitment to craftsmanship—you take pride in delivering high-quality work, paying attention to the small details while keeping the big picture in mind.
• Self-starter with a proactive mindset and a strong sense of accountability—able to drive projects forward independently while staying aligned with team goals.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and learning new tools, processes, or technologies to get the job done.