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# People Business Partner Director, Engineering at Brex

- **Company:** Brex
- **Location:** New York New York, United States
- **Posted:** 2026-05-13
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://www.brex.com/careers/8548930002?gh_jid=8548930002

## Job description

## Why join us

Brex is the intelligent finance platform that enables companies to spend smarter and move faster in more than 200 markets. By combining global corporate cards and banking with intuitive spend management, bill pay, and travel software, Brex enables founders and finance teams to accelerate operations, gain real-time visibility, and control spend effortlessly. Brex’s AI-native automation and world-class service eliminate manual expense and accounting tasks for customers so they can focus on what matters most. Tens of thousands of the world's best companies run on Brex, including DoorDash, Coinbase, Robinhood, Zoom, Plaid, Reddit, and SeatGeek.

Working at Brex allows you to push your limits, challenge the status quo, and collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry. We’re committed to building a diverse team and inclusive culture and believe your potential should only be limited by how big you can dream. We make this a reality by empowering you with the tools, resources, and support you need to grow your career.

People at Brex

The People Team at Brex keeps our company and culture growing. We’re curious, optimistic, and pragmatic, and we work across all parts of Brex to solve organizational challenges for years to come. We focus on bringing great people to the company and providing the tools and resources to empower individual and team success. Above all, we help build an authentic, inclusive environment where our team members can grow and make an impact.

## What you’ll do

As the People Business Partner Director supporting Engineering, you will serve as a trusted partner to our CTO and Engineering leadership team, shaping the organization, leadership, and talent strategy that enables Brex to scale its technical capabilities. You will operate as a mini CPO for your client group, ensuring we are building a high-performing, durable engineering organization as we scale.

Where you’ll work

This role will be based in our San Francisco or New York Office. We are a hybrid environment that combines the energy and connections of being in the office with the benefits and flexibility of working from home. We currently require a minimum of three coordinated days in the office per week, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. As a perk, we also have up to four weeks per year of fully remote work!

## Responsibilities

- Serve as a thought partner and advisor to the CTO and Engineering Managers, helping shape long-term organizational design and health
- Translate business and technical strategy into clear people and org implications, proactively identifying risks and opportunities
- Coach leaders on building high-performing teams, including hiring profiles, succession planning, and internal mobility
- Lead org design efforts including defining structure, driving communication plans, and owning execution through rollout
- Drive clarity around roles, scope, and leveling, ensuring consistency and rigor across Engineering
- Act as a connector across functions to drive alignment and execution at scale
- Proactively scope and drive programs in partnership with Comp, Talent Management, and other functions, ensuring Engineering's context and input shapes the right decisions and that leaders stay informed of changes that affect them
- Actively experiment with and champion AI-powered approaches to people processes, helping Brex pioneer more effective and efficient ways of working across the HR function

## Requirements

- 8+ years of experience across People Business Partnering or related functions, with significant experience supporting Engineering or technical organizations
- Proven experience partnering with C-level or senior executives (CTO, VP Eng, or equivalent)
- Demonstrated ability to lead org design and transformation efforts in high-growth or complex environments
- Strong track record of influencing senior leaders and driving change in ambiguous and high-stakes situations
- Deep understanding of what great looks like in engineering organizations (structure, talent, leadership, and scaling challenges)
- Exceptional judgment, business acumen, and ability to connect people strategy to business outcomes
- Clear, concise communicator who can simplify complex topics and drive alignment across stakeholders
- Active interest in and experimentation with AI tools in HR contexts; ability to identify where AI can meaningfully improve people processes

Bonus points

- Experience supporting rapidly scaling fintech or product-led organizations
- Familiarity with technical org design challenges (platform vs. product teams, infra scaling, global engineering footprints)
- Experience operating through major company inflection points (hypergrowth, restructuring, M&A, or public company transition)
- Track record of deploying AI or automation in people workflows at scale

What success looks like

- Engineering has a clear, scalable org structure aligned to company priorities
- Leaders are operating at a higher bar, making better decisions faster and with greater accountability
- Talent density improves, with stronger hiring, clearer expectations, and proactive talent management
- The CTO and leadership team view you as a trusted advisor
- You influence not just Engineering, but how Brex thinks about building and scaling high-performing organizations overall

## Compensation

The expected salary range for this role is $247,470 –$309,338. However, the starting base pay will depend on a number of factors including the candidate’s location, skills, experience, market demands, and internal pay parity. Depending on the position offered, equity and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package.

Brex LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Capital One, N.A.

Please be aware, job-seekers may be at risk of targeting by malicious actors looking for personal data. Brex recruiters will only reach out via LinkedIn or email with a [brex.com](http://brex.com/) domain. Any outreach claiming to be from Brex via other sources should be ignored.

## About Brex

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Brex provides a modern finance platform combining corporate cards, expense management, travel booking, banking, and treasury services, all powered by AI-driven automation.
- **Entity Type**: Private (backed by venture capital; last known Series D3 at $12.3B valuation in 2022)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Henrique Dubugras and Pedro Franceschi

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Financial technology (fintech) – specifically spend management, corporate cards, expense automation, and business banking.
- Target customers: B2B – startups, mid-size companies, and enterprises; over 35,000 companies use Brex.
- Mission/purpose statement: "Empower employees anywhere to make better financial decisions."

## Products & Services
- **Corporate Cards**: Physical and virtual corporate cards with built-in spend controls, real-time budgets, and cash back/rewards.
- **Expense Management**: AI-powered automation for receipts, expense reports, and approvals; integrates with ERP systems.
- **Travel**: In-app global travel booking and management with policy enforcement.
- **Bill Pay**: Automated invoice entry, approval workflows, and vendor payments.
- **Banking & Treasury**: Business cash accounts with up to 4.36% yield, same-day liquidity, and up to $6M in additional FDIC insurance.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: $12.3 billion (Series D3, 2022 – recent valuation not disclosed; may have changed)
- **Key Metric**: Over 35,000 businesses use Brex (source: brex.com). Total funding exceeds $1.5 billion (publicly reported, not detailed in provided sources).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Greenoaks, IVP, Tiger Global, Y Combinator, Kleiner Perkins, DST Global, Max Levchin, Peter Thiel, Lone Pine Capital, Ribbit Capital.
- **Growth Signals**: Named #2 on Fast Company’s 2023 Top 50 Disruptors; expanding AI-driven finance automation; 756 hours average time saved per year for customers; 71% of expenses prepared on Brex handled entirely by automation.

## Competitive Advantages
- **All-in-one platform**: Combines cards, expense management, travel, bill pay, and banking in a single stack – reducing the need for multiple vendors.
- **AI-powered automation**: Uses AI to automate receipt capture, expense categorization, approval workflows, and GL coding, enabling faster close.
- **Higher credit limits**: Offers up to 30x higher credit limits compared to traditional providers.
- **Founder-centric culture**: Over 100 Brex alumni have started their own companies (4x industry average), signaling a culture that breeds entrepreneurship.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI-first finance**: Continually investing in AI to eliminate manual work (e.g., AI expense assistant, invoice automation).
- **Global expansion**: In-app global travel and multi-entity support for international teams.
- **Enterprise penetration**: Deepening ERP integrations, procurement flows, and vendor-specific card controls for mid-market and enterprise clients.
- **Cash management innovation**: Offering competitive treasury yields to attract and retain deposits.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasizes “Be the founder of your career” – hires people with “grit, autonomy, and ambition” and supports rapid growth. Values include Growth Mindset, Ownership, Customer Obsession, and One Brex.
- **Remote-first**: Committed to remote-first work, with in-office days/offsets for connection and up to 4 fully remote weeks per year. Employees can optimize time and location.
- **Benefits**: Generous parental leave, Carrot Fertility, Milk Stork, medical/dental/vision, Spring Health (mental health), Calm app, generous vacation, and year-end company shutdown.
- **Headcount**: ~800 employees (Built In), 501–1,000 range (The Muse) with 7 offices globally.
- **Engineering focus**: Strong engineering culture visible through “Building Brex” blog and emphasis on automation and AI.

## Sources
1. [brex.com](https://www.brex.com/careers)
2. [brex.com](https://www.brex.com/about)
3. [brex.com](https://www.brex.com/index)
4. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/brex/faq/workplace-perception)
5. [themuse.com](https://www.themuse.com/profiles/brex)

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