Senior Philippine Talent. Research-Driven. Delivered to You.
VANTAEL provides Talent Intelligence Reports to international growth-stage companies building or expanding Philippine-based remote teams — across SaaS & Technology, FinTech & Digital Finance, and IT-BPM & Multinational Subsidiaries.
We find the senior professionals who are not on job boards, because the best ones never were.
If you are a company headquartered in the United States, Australia, Singapore, or the United Kingdom — and you need to hire at the Manager, Director, VP, C-Suite, or Country Head level in the Philippines — VANTAEL was built for this exact problem.
At 96.2% employment, the Philippine senior talent pool is almost entirely passive. The professionals you need are already placed, and they will not appear in any job board search, LinkedIn InMail campaign, or agency shortlist. Reaching them requires direct, intelligence-led sourcing from someone with deep local market knowledge.
That is what VANTAEL delivers.
What We Offer
Every VANTAEL engagement is structured as a Talent Sourcing Advisory Agreement. Our deliverable is a Talent Intelligence Report — not a stack of CVs. You retain full and sole discretion over every hiring decision.
Talent Intelligence Briefing
The starting point. Low commitment, high signal.
The Briefing is a standalone market research report for a single function or role type. It gives you a clear picture of the Philippine senior talent landscape — who is available, what they expect, and what the market looks like — before you commit to a full search.
What you receive: A Talent Intelligence Report containing a market overview, 5–8 anonymized senior candidate profiles, current salary benchmarks, and sourcing strategy notes for your target role and seniority tier.
Best for: First-time clients from the US, AU, SG, or UK; salary validation before setting a compensation band; market discovery before a Series A or B hiring push.
Advisory Engagement Fee: USD 750 – 1,200 flat Payment: 100% on agreement execution Timeline: 7 – 10 business days
Sourcing Advisory Engagement
The core product. Full-cycle research with live candidate access.
A complete research engagement delivering 3–5 fully consented senior candidate profiles with structured advisory context. Every candidate has participated in a career consultation, completed a written consent form, and been assessed for fit against your specific mandate. This is not a volume shortlist — it is a curated intelligence output.
Pricing is tiered by seniority because the depth of research, passive candidate engagement, and time-to-source differ materially across levels.
What you receive: A full Talent Intelligence Report — executive market brief, compensation benchmarks, 3–5 structured candidate profiles (each backed by a signed Candidate Profile Consent Form), sourcing advisory notes, and a live Advisory Briefing call with Q&A and recommended engagement strategy.
Advisory Engagement Fee by Seniority:
- C-Suite / Country Head / GM: USD 7,500 – 14,000
- Manager / Senior IC: USD 2,500 – 4,500
- Director / VP: USD 4,500 – 7,500
Payment: 50% on agreement execution; 50% on report delivery
Timeline: 20 – 25 business days (30 – 40 for Director and above)
Strategic Impact Bonus (optional): If you independently choose to engage a profiled candidate within 60 days of report delivery, a discretionary Strategic Impact Bonus of 8 – 12% of the candidate’s agreed first-year base salary may be acknowledged. This is a client-discretion acknowledgment — not a placement fee, not a contingency, and non-payment does not constitute a breach of any agreement.
Sourcing Advisory Retainer
For clients with recurring or concurrent senior hiring needs.
The Retainer gives you ongoing, priority access to VANTAEL’s research capability across multiple active mandates. Designed for growth-stage SaaS companies scaling multiple roles simultaneously, FinTech firms with recurring compliance and leadership hiring, and IT-BPM operations expanding their senior layer.
Monthly Retainer Fee:
- USD 2,500/month — up to 4 active mandates
- USD 1,500/month — up to 2 active mandates
Per-Report Delivery Fee: USD 800 – 1,500 per completed Talent Intelligence Report Payment: Retainer invoiced monthly in advance; per-report fee invoiced on delivery Cancellation: 30 days written notice required
The Strategic Impact Bonus structure from Tier 2 applies per role delivered under the Retainer.
What Working With VANTAEL Looks Like
The process is designed to keep you informed without consuming your time at every stage. You engage at three points. VANTAEL conducts the research in between.
First: Define the Mandate
Before any research begins, VANTAEL co-authors a Role Intelligence Brief with you. This is not a job description. It is a structured research specification — covering target function, seniority tier, industry context, compensation parameters, competitor organizations to target, and the specific characteristics that separate the right hire from a credentialed near-miss.
This step exists because the most common reason a search fails is scope failure, not sourcing failure. The client and advisor had different definitions of the target. The Role Intelligence Brief closes that gap before it costs either party time or money.
Once the Brief is finalized, a Talent Sourcing Advisory Agreement is executed and the 50% upfront Advisory Engagement Fee is confirmed. Research does not begin until both are in place.
Second: Research and Outreach
With the mandate defined, VANTAEL maps the market. This includes competitor org-chart research, talent density analysis by function and seniority, and identification of a long-list of 10–20 target professionals who match the profile — none of whom are actively job-seeking.
VANTAEL reaches each candidate through direct, personalized outreach framed as a career intelligence conversation. Those who engage are assessed for fit across competency, motivation, compensation expectations, and availability. Candidates who meet the threshold are invited to complete a written Candidate Profile Consent Form before their information is included in any deliverable.
You will not see a single profile in your report that has not been assessed, qualified, and consented.
Third: Report Delivery and Advisory Briefing
VANTAEL compiles the Talent Intelligence Report and reviews it against a 10-point pre-delivery quality checklist before it reaches you. The report includes the executive market brief, compensation benchmarks, 3–5 structured candidate profiles with assessment notes, and VANTAEL’s recommended engagement approach for each candidate.
Delivery is followed by a live Advisory Briefing — a working session covering findings, candidate dynamics, and how to approach each profiled professional effectively. You walk away knowing not just who is in the report, but how to engage them.
The remaining 50% Advisory Engagement Fee is invoiced on report delivery.
What Makes This Different
Most international companies attempting to hire senior Philippine talent hit the same wall. Job boards return no one relevant. LinkedIn InMail response rates for Director and above are below 5%. Global agencies with no local depth send volume, not intelligence. The search drags past four months and the role stays open.
VANTAEL is built specifically for this failure mode.
Flat-Fee Advisory. No Conflict of Interest.
A firm paid only on placement has one structural incentive: to push a candidate through — any candidate — so the fee is triggered. VANTAEL’s fees are earned on the delivery of research, not on whether you hire. Both tranches of the Advisory Engagement Fee are payable regardless of your hiring decision.
This matters because it changes whose side the research is on. VANTAEL’s incentive is to deliver intelligence that earns your next engagement, not to close a transaction.
Every Profile Is Consented. Every Time.
Every candidate profile in a VANTAEL Talent Intelligence Report is supported by a signed digital Candidate Profile Consent Form. No profile appears in any report without it. VANTAEL is registered as a Personal Information Controller with the National Privacy Commission of the Philippines under Republic Act No. 10173 — and candidate data is handled accordingly.
This is not boilerplate compliance. It means the candidates in your report know they are being considered, have voluntarily participated, and are genuinely available for a conversation. That changes the quality of every first contact you make.
Senior-Only. Passive-First.
VANTAEL does not source below Manager level. This is a deliberate constraint, not a gap. The research methodology, candidate engagement approach, and advisory depth required for Director, VP, C-Suite, and Country Head searches are fundamentally different from volume hiring. VANTAEL is built for the tier where the cost of a wrong hire is highest, the pool is thinnest, and job boards are useless.
Every engagement begins with the assumption that your target candidates are already placed, not looking, and will only respond to a direct, intelligent, well-researched approach. VANTAEL’s entire process is designed around that reality.
Market Intelligence, Not Resume Forwarding.
The Talent Intelligence Report is a research document, not a CV stack. It contains market mapping, compensation benchmarks sourced from at least two independent references, and structured advisory notes on how to approach each candidate based on their stated motivations. You are not making hiring decisions from a shortlist — you are making them from intelligence.
This distinction is what separates a search that closes in 25 days from one that drags for six months.
Scope Clarity Before Research Starts.
The Role Intelligence Brief is mandatory. It is not a formality. It requires both parties to define, in precise terms, what the target actually looks like before a single hour of research is committed. If your internal definition of the role shifts mid-engagement, VANTAEL flags it and adjusts the brief before the research diverges.
Clients who have worked with global agencies describe receiving profiles that were technically qualified but wrong for the actual mandate. The Role Intelligence Brief is what prevents that.
Ready to Start?
Begin with a 30-minute discovery call. VANTAEL will assess fit, clarify scope, and confirm whether the mandate is suited to a Briefing, a full Sourcing Advisory Engagement, or a Retainer arrangement. A Mutual NDA is executed before any proprietary client information is discussed.
No obligation until a Talent Sourcing Advisory Agreement is signed.