Pitch N Hire's executive search helps Lagos, Nigeria companies hire senior engineering and leadership roles — heads of engineering, architects, and functional leaders — through a discreet, research-led process. PNH maps the market, approaches passive candidates and runs structured assessment, so a Lagos business fills business-critical leadership roles with rigour rather than relying on inbound applications.
Executive search is a targeted, research-led method for hiring senior and hard-to-fill leadership roles, where the best candidates are usually employed and not actively applying. Instead of posting a job and waiting, Pitch N Hire maps the relevant talent market, discreetly approaches qualified passive candidates, and runs structured, evidence-based assessment against the role's real requirements. This is used for engineering leadership, architecture, and specialist senior roles where a wrong hire is expensive and confidentiality matters. PNH's search process pairs experienced recruiters with structured interview tooling to keep the assessment consistent and defensible, whether the role is based locally or leads an offshore team.
We work with you to define the mandate — responsibilities, the outcomes the leader must deliver, and the competencies and experience that predict success in your context.
PNH researches and maps the relevant talent market, building a longlist of qualified people in comparable roles at comparable organisations — including those not actively looking.
Candidates are approached confidentially and professionally, protecting your employer brand and the candidates' current positions while gauging genuine interest and fit.
Interested candidates go through structured, evidence-based interviews and scorecards against the success profile, so the shortlist is comparable and defensible, not gut-feel.
You interview a small, high-quality shortlist; we support referencing, offer negotiation and a careful close, given how much a senior hire matters.
Research-led search suits senior and business-critical roles where a mis-hire is costly:
Lagos is the commercial and technology capital of Nigeria and the beating heart of African tech, home to the fintech ecosystem that produced payments companies such as Flutterwave and Paystack and a dense cluster of startups, venture funds and engineering hubs like Yaba. Demand for backend, mobile and payments engineers is fierce, and because many developers work remotely for overseas firms, local employers compete hard on pay, growth and speed of hiring.
Lagos talent runs deep in fintech and payments engineering, backend (Node.js, Python, Go), mobile and product, with a large self-taught and bootcamp-trained cohort alongside university graduates. Many senior engineers already work remote-first for international employers, which raises the bar and the price for local hires — so Lagos companies value fast, structured recruitment and, at times, offshore capacity to keep delivery on track.
Lagos commands Nigeria's highest developer pay, and senior remote engineers are frequently paid in US dollars to match international remote offers, while mid-level local salaries often fall in the region of ₦6m–₦18m a year depending on skill and employer. To manage blended cost or add niche skills quickly, some Lagos teams pair local hires with offshore India-based engineers sourced through PNH.
For Lagos founders scaling delivery, PNH can supply an offshore pod alongside local recruitment: vetted India-based engineers employed through its Employer of Record, working with strong daily overlap to WAT — India runs about four and a half hours ahead, so mornings in Lagos meet afternoons in India — expanding capacity without adding to premium local salary budgets.
You can engage Pitch N Hire in whichever way fits your Lagos team's stage and workload — and mix them as you scale:
A pre-screened India talent pool means matched shortlists in days, not the months a local permanent hire can take.
You interview and choose every person; Pitch N Hire surfaces qualified candidates and handles the operational load.
Offshore hires are employed through PNH's India Employer of Record — payroll, tax and statutory compliance are taken care of.
Building part of your team offshore keeps comparable seniority on the roster at a lower total cost than local-only hiring.
Engineers work on overlapping working hours and inside your tools and sprints — collaboration, not black-box outsourcing.
Staffing, recruitment, EOR and the ATS/interview software come from one provider, so hiring stays joined-up as you scale.
Staffing and recruitment services, the applicant tracking software, and hiring resources — all in one place.
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