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pricing
Contingency for Tiers 1 through 3: you pay when the hire starts. Tier 4 is retained executive search. Numbers below are tied to first-year base salary unless we agree otherwise in the contract.
18%
$27,000 – $40,000 per placement
$150K – $220K candidate base
Typically 4–8 years. Ships models and pipelines. Python, PyTorch or JAX, data and eval discipline.
Teams hiring strong ICs who own modeling work without org-wide staff scope yet.
Schedule Intro Call20%
$44,000 – $64,000 per placement
$220K – $320K candidate base
Typically 7–12 years. Sets technical direction for modeling, infra touchpoints, and evaluation.
Most Series A–C teams filling the core technical leader under the executive layer.
Schedule Intro Call22%
$70,000 – $99,000 per placement
$320K – $450K candidate base
Typically 10+ years. Owns architecture across research, training, and production with clear tradeoff judgment.
Small senior groups that need one hire to raise the ceiling on execution and design.
Schedule Intro CallRetained
From $100,000 in three installments
$400K – $700K+ candidate base
Executive scope. Org design, hiring plans, technical strategy, board-level narrative on AI investment.
Series B+ companies building or restructuring the AI function with board visibility.
Contact for Executive SearchYou pay when the candidate starts. No upfront retainer on standard contingency engagements.
Invoice on start date. Payment due within thirty days unless otherwise agreed in writing for Tier 4 milestones.
If a placed candidate exits or is terminated for cause within ninety days, we run a replacement search under the same role definition at no additional success fee.
You do not hire our presented candidates outside the agreement for twelve months without the agreed fee. Standard for serious search work.
You are a CTO or Head of Talent, not a procurement hobbyist. Hiding the number wastes cycles and signals misaligned incentives. We publish ranges so you can sanity-check budget against salary bands before we talk. If the role sits outside these tiers, we say so on the first call and either adjust the bracket or pass. The goal is a fast yes or no, not a negotiation theater.
Thirty minutes. No deck requirement. We cover search design and timing.
Schedule Intro Call