Project managers placed across Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama — a delivery team spanning U.S.-aligned time zones.
Rather than chase senior profiles priced 25–50% over budget, we educated the client on regional salary bands and sourced fluent, client-ready talent across LATAM — markets where the math, and the skills, lined up.
We assessed availability across Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and beyond, then calibrated the client's expectations on experience levels, salary bands, and real talent supply.
We filtered our database and LinkedIn for market-research and analytics experience, weighting English fluency and client-facing communication above all else.
With no weekly meetings, we ran the process async on Trello and email. Client Success Lead Lorena engaged the CTO directly — advising on strategy and market dynamics — to unlock the consistent feedback the search needed.
A hybrid team of recruiters and customer-success managers ran sourcing, screening, and logistics around limited client availability.
Hiring timeline · Dec 2024 → Mar 2025
Most fell out for one of three reasons: no market-research background, English below C1, or salary expectations 25–50% over budget — concentrated among senior profiles. Each round of filtering tuned the search to skill and budget.
By March 2025, the delivery team was live — and the engagement had outgrown its original scope.
Live across Argentina, Brazil, Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador — all meeting or exceeding expectations on high-value global accounts.
The client credited Prometeo's deep grasp of market-research roles and its ability to match not just on skills, but on cultural and communication fit.
The trust built through Lorena's involvement led the client to open new roles in development and data analytics — turning a one-off search into a standing talent partnership, with Prometeo now advising on strategy as well as recruitment.
Aligning targets meant teaching the client how salary expectations move across regions — before sourcing, not after.
Bilingual professionals within budget demanded creative sourcing and a sharper employer-brand pitch.
Async tools kept momentum, but a trust-building relationship with the CTO is what kept the project on track.
A search delivered well became the foundation for broader collaboration — recruitment and strategic talent advice.