Pitch N Hire's executive search helps Lausanne, Switzerland 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 Lausanne 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:
Lausanne, on the shores of Lake Geneva, has become one of Switzerland's strongest deep-tech ecosystems, driven by EPFL and the Innovation Park's dense cluster of AI, robotics, medtech and biotech spin-offs. Startups here compete with large employers for a narrow pool of research-grade engineers, and demand runs high for machine learning, computer vision, embedded systems and life-sciences software.
Lausanne talent is research-heavy and academically strong, fed directly by EPFL's engineering and computer-science programmes. Notable depth exists in machine learning, computer vision, robotics, embedded and firmware development, and bioinformatics. The workforce is highly international and often works in English, but because so much talent is early-career and spin-off-bound, established teams frequently supplement local hires with offshore capacity.
Lausanne developer pay tracks Swiss norms, with senior engineers frequently in the region of CHF 110k–150k plus employer contributions. Offshore augmentation from India typically delivers comparable seniority at a much lower blended rate, letting research-driven Lausanne startups extend runway by pairing a specialist local core with a scalable offshore engineering team.
For Lausanne deep-tech founders, an offshore pod adds engineering hours without diluting a lean local research team: PNH sources and vets India-based engineers, overlaps working hours with CET for collaboration in English, and handles employment and compliance through its Employer of Record — no Swiss entity or payroll required.
You can engage Pitch N Hire in whichever way fits your Lausanne 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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