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Discovery & Validation Sprint + Expert Recruitment Support (success fee payable only once hired)

A clean commercial model to de-risk significant hires. Pay a fixed sprint fee up front to validate your role and market. Add our expert recruitment support and hire with us, the success fee is simple and predictable.

What you get:

1)Discovery & Validation Sprint (fixed fee - paid up front)

Clarify outcomes, scope, and must-haves (so the role is hireable, not wishful).
Map the market and test your ask with real talent conversations.
Bring back evidence: availability, salary signals, motivators, and risks.
Decision-ready plan: proceed, adjust, or pause - with a clear recommendation.

2) Expert Recruitment Support (Success fee: Capped at 2x the sprint fee, payable on successful hire )

Full hiring execution off the validated sprint: sourcing, screening, coordination, and candidate management.
Structured shortlist with clear trade-offs and decision support.
Offer support through to start-date handover.

Example: For a Standard sprint the fee is NZD $5,000 + GST, the success fee on hire is NZD $10,000 + GST.

Commercial notes

GST is additional.
Success fee is invoiced when the candidate signs and is payable within 14 days (or by start date whichever comes first).
This model rewards outcomes while keeping your up-front risk controlled.

Sprint option

- 2-week sprint
- A swift, data-rich sweep of the most relevant talent
- Finds the signal before you disappear down a wild goose chase
- NZD $3,500 + GST
- 3–4 week sprint
- A wider sweep of the market and more conversations in the wild
- Pressure-tests the role before you commit to the chase
- NZD $5,000 + GST
- 5–6 week sprint
- We go beyond the obvious flock and into the harder-to-reach market
- Best for senior, niche or “getting this wrong will hurt” hires
- NZD $8,000 + GST