Inside the embedded model
Your embedded team never hands your search over.
Saiyō headhunters embed into your team and stay accountable from strategy through to offer. When a role calls for expertise beyond their own, they draw on our curated global network of specialist headhunters. Same process, same standards, same subscription.
How it works
Accountability first. Reach second.
Your embedded headhunter owns the brief
They run discovery with your hiring managers, build the market map and set the scorecard. They are the single accountable owner of the search and remain so until the offer is signed.
They decide where specialist depth adds value
Some roles sit squarely in their patch. Others need someone who has spent years inside a specific function, a regulated market or a particular geography. That judgement is made by your headhunter, not by a system.
A vetted specialist is activated behind the scenes
The specialist works to Saiyō's standards inside your existing process and ATS. You see one pipeline, one shortlist and one point of contact. Nothing about your experience changes.
What it is
- An extension of your embedded hiring team
- Individually vetted, invited specialists
- Activated only when expertise adds value
- Invisible to you operationally
- Included in your subscription
What it is not
- A marketplace
- An agency panel
- A freelance network
- Roles put out to multiple firms
- An additional line on your invoice
Where the depth sits
Functions, markets and geographies.
Your embedded headhunter covers the roles you hire most. The network covers the long tail: the adjacent function, the regulated market, the country you are entering for the first time.
What we’ll deliver
Specialist hiring coverage with measurable commercial outcomes.
If you hire between 5 – 150 specialist hires per year, our embedded headhunter model could be for you.
68%
Average savings for Saiyō partners versus a traditional agency model
36%
Average time to hire reduction
115%
Delivery target success
59%
Average cost per hire reduction
10/10
Average client satisfaction score
Verticals
Six verticals across technology.
Six industries our software & technology vendor clients build for. Find the one your business sits in, we bring the network and domain context that fits.
SaaS & B2B
Enterprise and business apps sold on subscription.
ExploreCyber & Security
Detection, identity, endpoint, cloud security, SecOps, network.
ExploreFintech
Payments, banking infra, lending, insurtech, wealth, crypto.
ExploreData & AI
Data infra, warehousing, BI, ML platforms, AI/LLM tooling.
ExploreCloud & DevTools
IaaS, PaaS, containers, observability, CI/CD, dev platforms.
ExploreConsumer & Mobile
B2C apps, marketplaces, e-commerce, social, gaming, media.
ExploreQuestions buyers ask.
Access over capacity
Get a costed hiring plan for the next 12 months.
30-minute call. You leave with a role-by-role plan, a fixed monthly figure and a shortlist timeline, whether you subscribe or not.
- Shortlists in under 10 days
- 96% offer acceptance
- 100-day replacement guarantee
- Up to 59% lower cost per hire
30 minutes. Senior partner, not an SDR. No obligation.