Fees and pricing
Transparent fees. No surprises.
Permanent search on a success fee agreed before the search starts. Contract placement on a disclosed margin, never hidden in the day rate. The salary data behind every number is free. No retainers, no lock-in.
Pick where to start
Permanent, contract, or just the data.
Search the leader, build the team by the day, or benchmark for free. Every fee is agreed in writing before work starts.
Permanent search
The leader, then the team.
Head of AI, Chief AI Officer and AI Transformation Lead search, and the engineers, architects and governance leads they hire next. Market-standard success fee tied to first-year package, payable on start date, agreed on the brief.
- 30-minute briefFree
Benchmark the role against live AU data, map the pool
- Leadership searchSuccess fee
Agreed on the brief, payable on start
- Team build after the leaderSuccess fee
90-day replacement guarantee on every placement
Contract and interim
Screened specialists, by the day.
Senior GenAI engineers, architects, platform and governance specialists for builds of twelve weeks or more. Day rate and margin disclosed on every brief; the rate card is public.
- Contract specialists$753 to $2,582/day
Sydney, large company medians; see the salary guide
- Interim and fractional leadersDay rate
While the permanent search runs
- MarginDisclosed
Transparent on the brief, never hidden in the rate
Always free
The data behind the number.
The AI salary guide, the live benchmarking tool and the AU AI Talent Index are free and need no sign-up. Use them before you brief us, or instead of briefing us.
- AI Salary Guide AustraliaFree
Fifteen seats, permanent and contract, refreshed from the dataset
- Live benchmarking toolFree
77 roles, six cities, seven company sizes
- AU AI Talent IndexFree
Quarterly demand and salary report
Always free
Research what AI roles really pay.
Search 24,024 active salary records across 77 AI roles, 6 cities, and 7 company sizes. No sign-up. State-by-state, level-by-level, company-size adjusted.
Right-sized teams
Which roles you need depends on your size.
Startups ship with 4 roles. Enterprises run all 12. APRA-regulated firms double down on governance. Here is the minimum viable team by company type.
| Role | Startup | Scaleup | Midmarket | Large | Enterprise | APRA | Gov |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chief AI Officer (CAIO) | • | • | • | ||||
AI Product Manager | • | ||||||
AI Solutions Architect | • | • | |||||
AI Business Analyst | |||||||
Gen AI Engineer | |||||||
AI Integration Engineer | • | ||||||
| Total roles | 3 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Illustrative 3-month engagement cost
Estimate based on each role's daily-rate midpoint, 22 working days per month, over 3 months. Final pricing is set during the 3-week validation.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions.
Permanent: a market-standard success fee tied to first-year package, agreed on the brief, payable on start date, with a 90-day replacement guarantee. Contract: a transparent margin disclosed on every brief, never hidden in the day rate. No retainers and no exclusivity clauses unless you ask for an exclusive search.
Published day rates for the roles we place run $753 to $2,582 per day at Sydney, large-company medians, with senior architects between $1,100 and $1,900. Every rate traces to the Galileo salary dataset; the live tool adjusts for city, company size and seniority.
Because the right number depends on the search: a confidential Chief AI Officer mandate is a different piece of work from a senior engineer hire into an existing team. We put the fee in writing on the brief before any search starts, and it does not move afterwards.
Start with a brief
Book a free 30-minute call.
We benchmark the role against live Australian data, map the candidate pool and put the fee in writing before any search starts.