Founder-led. Cross territories. Industry Experts. We run every search ourselves, end to end — from brief to placement to close.
Founder-led. Cross territories. Industry Experts. We run every search ourselves, end to end — from brief to placement to close.
For CTOs, VPs of Engineering, and technical hiring managers running AI excutive search across APAC — from LLM researchers to AI infrastructure leads to enterprise AI sales. We know the talent before they start looking.
For AI researchers, LLM engineers, AI Solutions Architects, and Enterprise AISales professionals looking for the right next role in APAC — or cross-borderinto markets where your work travels.
Pivot's team asked better questions in the first call than most agencies ask in three months.
When companies across APAC look for an AI headhunter in Singapore, they want depth — not a generalist with AI on the menu.
We built this practice when AI hiring was still a niche brief. That head start means deep relationships with the right candidates across APAC — and a hard-won read on what the best hiring bars actually look like in this region.
Our retention rate on placed candidates is something we protect. It comes down to the brief — we won't shortlist until we're confident the role, the team, and the candidate are genuinely aligned.
Every search run in-house, in English and Mandarin.We are the natural bridge between APAC and global hiring managers — and weoperate like a senior partner, not a vendor.
GenAI recruitment across APAC demands a firm that understands the roles, not just the titles.
A company actively shipping models to production — scale and reliability matter as much as research quality. The most in-demand AI engineering hire across APAC right now.
AI-native product companies · Scaling tech platforms · Enterprise AI teams from Series B onwards
A business moving from AI proof-of-concept to production — engineering the application layer, not the model. High demand as enterprises across APAC operationalize their AI strategies.
Enterprise AI teams · SaaS platforms embedding AI features · Professional services firms with AI practices
A company moving AI from prototype to roadmap — someone who owns prompt orchestration, RAG pipelines, and agent frameworks, and can translate model capability into shippable product outcomes.
AI-native product companies · Enterprise teams operationalizing AI · Scaling platforms building AI-first roadmaps fromSeries B onwards
This is when companies are having serious demand on AI Compute. They are facing huge challenges on GPU scaling, increasing Inferencing cost, model deployment issues, rapid growth in Enterprise AI deployment.
AI-native Series C+ scaleups · Enterprise AI teams · AI Model companies · NeoCloud · Hyperscalers
A company productizing generative AI at scale — image, video, voice, or multimodal. Often APAC-headquartered with global distribution ambitions.
APAC GenAI product companies · Multimodal AI scaleups · AI-native platforms Series B and above
A company with a production-ready AI product entering market — transitioning from founder-led sales to a repeatable revenue motion. In APAC, this role surges as US and Chinese AI companies use Singapore as their regional beachhead for market expansion.
AI-native Series B+ companies entering APAC · US and Chinese AI companies with Singapore regional operations ·Enterprise AI SaaS platforms scaling commercial teams
A company actively shipping models to production — scale and reliability matter as much as research quality. The most in-demand AI engineering hire across APAC right now.
Where we place themAI-native product companies · Scaling tech platforms · Enterprise AI teams from Series B onwards
A business moving from AI proof-of-concept to production — engineering the application layer, not the model. High demand as enterprises across APAC operationalize their AI strategies.
Where we place themEnterprise AI teams · SaaS platforms embedding AI features · Professional services firms with AI practices
A company moving AI from prototype to roadmap — someone who owns prompt orchestration, RAG pipelines, and agent frameworks, and can translate model capability into shippable product outcomes.
Where we place themAI-native product companies · Enterprise teams operationalizing AI · Scaling platforms building AI-first roadmaps from Series B onwards
This is when companies are having serious demand on AI Compute. They are facing huge challenges on GPU scaling, increasing Inferencing cost, model deployment issues, rapid growth in Enterprise AI deployment.
Where we place themAI-native Series C+ scaleups · Enterprise AI teams · AI Model companies · NeoCloud · Hyperscalers
A company productizing generative AI at scale — image, video, voice, or multimodal. Often APAC-headquartered with global distribution ambitions.
Where we place themAPAC GenAI product companies · Multimodal AI scaleups · AI-native platforms Series B and above
A company with a production-ready AI product entering market — transitioning from founder-led sales to a repeatable revenue motion. In APAC, this role surges as US and Chinese AI companies use Singapore as their regional beachhead for market expansion.
Where we place themAI-native Series B+ companies entering APAC · US and Chinese AI companies with Singapore regional operations ·Enterprise AI SaaS platforms scaling commercial teams
Every search starts with a deep brief and ends with a closed role — and us checking in afterwards.
We spend time understanding your team, tech stack, culture, and what great actually looks like for this role — not just the job description. If we can't describe the role convincingly, we won't source for it.
↳ 60–90 min scoping callActive sourcing from our curated AI talent network — not a database blast. We reach candidates who aren't on job boards, in the language they work in.
↳ ~7 days avg to shortlistOffer management, counter-offer handling, and post-placement check-ins at 30, 60, and 90 days. We're not done when the contract is signed.
↳ 30/60/90-day post-placement check-insLLM engineers, AI product managers, AI infrastructure leads, AIGC engineers, and enterprise AI sales — across every stage of the AI product lifecycle.
Explore AI Search →02 — Financial ServicesDigital banks, payments platforms, capital markets, and crypto-native firms. A credible, established specialization built over years in the region.
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