Retained search for fraud prevention and trust & safety.
We help hire the product, engineering and data leaders who move faster than the threats. Every search starts with a diagnosis of the problem.
ABOUT US
We don't do general hiring. We do fraud and trust. Our focus not a limitition - it's the point.
The best leaders aren’t applying for jobs. They're heads-down building and shipping product. Reaching them takes more than a network. It takes a defined search: a clear brief, a full map of the market, and a consistent message to every relevant person in it.
We work only in fraud prevention and trust & safety. So we know what good looks like, what the market pays, and which teams are building what.
One Niche. Deep Understanding. Hard-to-reach talent.
OUR SERVICES
sedulo gives you access to high-Impact leaders.
Sedulo is a retained search firm for senior hires in fraud prevention and trust & safety. We find the people who set direction, build teams and own outcomes, and we check everyone against the skills, culture and track record your role needs.
Product Leaders
Heads of Product, Directors and VPs who own the fraud roadmap. They turn risk into strategy, align product, data and engineering, and ship platforms that stop losses.
ML & Data Science Leaders
Leaders who build and run the teams behind detection. They set model strategy, manage model risk, and get machine learning into production at scale.
Engineering Leaders
Heads of Engineering, Directors and CTOs who build the systems detection runs on. They scale platforms and teams without slowing down the business.
FDE and Solutions Leaders
Leaders of Solutions, Applied and Forward Deployed Engineering. They own the customer side, building teams that get fraud tech live and drive growth.
We also place Staff+ individual contributors who lead without a team.
We’re recruiters who understand fraud. We run a thorough search, cover the whole market and give you clear evidence, so you hire the right leader the first time.
We commit to a thorough and disciplined search: full coverage of the market, clear evidence, and the best possible options, so you make the right decision.
THE PROCESS
How a search operates
Diagnose & Brief
Why the role exists, what's been tried, what the gap is costing you. Agree success criteria, must-have skills, pay and timeline with every stakeholder.
Map, Engage & Shortlist
Target companies, talent pool size and pay benchmarks, shared with you before outreach.A consistent approach to every relevant candidate, including people who aren't looking.Every candidate qualified, interested and assessed, with our view on each.
Steer & Close
Progress, market feedback and recommended changes. Offer, counteroffer and start date managed end to end.
The process in action
Finic is a fast-growing AI company in San Francisco that helps banks and fintechs stop fraud. It retained Sedulo to find one of its first key hires. This person would work side by side with big customers and help shape the product.
The brief was tough. Jason, Finic's CEO, wanted someone in the Bay Area with deep fraud experience, strong technical and product skills, and ideally a founder's background. People like that are rare, and most are busy building, not job hunting.
We started by agreeing exactly what success looked like. Then we mapped the market and spoke directly to the few people who fit. We kept Jason updated at every step and brought him a shortlist of strong, qualified options, with three backups ready.
Within about five weeks, Finic had its hire: a fraud-tech founder who ticked every box. The search also left a ready pipeline for Finic's next hires.
5/5 criteria met • Five weeks to offer accepted • Three qualified backups
CASE STUDY
The core
partnership
of first year base salary, paid on candidate start date
- ✓Upfront search funding: $10,000 / £7,500
- ✓8-week replacement guarantee — no extra cost if it doesn't work out
- ✓Transparent fee structure — no retainer games, no hidden charges
Best for Staff+ level individual contributor hands-on leaders across Engineering, Data/AI & Product
Start a search ↗The executive guarantee
of first year base salary, structured payments for highest possible coverage
- ✓Upfront search funding: $15,000 / £12,500
- ✓Discreet, confidential search for senior candidates who aren't actively job-hunting
- ✓Compensation and market benchmarking included
- ✓20-week replacement guarantee — extended cover for your highest-impact hires
Best for Heads of, Directors, VP-level Product/Engineering/Data leadership
Explore a partnership ↗The principal partnership
We partner with a small number of companies each year and stay with you as you grow
- ✓Dedicated search partner across your full leadership roadmap
- ✓First access to off-market fraud talent
- ✓Quarterly talent and market briefings
Limited availbility.
Request an introduction ↗Pick the search that fits
Every search comes with the same domain expertise. The only thing that changes is scale.
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Isn't retained search only for C-suite roles?
No. Retained search is for any role that's hard to fill and critical to get right, from senior ML engineers to Heads of Fraud. For VP and C-suite hires we run a deeper executive search process.
What if you don't find the right person?
No one can honestly promise a hire. What we commit to is a thorough search: a clear brief, full coverage of the market, and the best available options. If the right person isn't out there, you'll know why, and what to change.
What is search funding?
Search funding locks in priority access to our search process and gets us working from day one. It's fully credited against your placement fee, so it's never an extra cost.
Why pay anything upfront?
The upfront fee funds real work before you see a single CV: a market map, pay benchmarks and outreach to people who aren't looking. It also means we're working only for you, not racing other agencies.
Isn't it cheaper to use a few agencies on contingency?
It often costs more in the end. Contingent agencies race to send CVs, so speed beats quality. A retained search is exclusive, planned and paced around getting the right hire.
Is retained more expensive than contingent?
Not necessarily. The main change is how we run the search and when we get paid, not the total fee.
Our market is niche. Will retained work for us?
That's exactly where it works best. The smaller and harder the talent pool, the more a structured search beats sending out job ads.
Wouldn't a big search firm be safer? Big firms cover every industry. We work only in fraud prevention and trust & safety, so we already know the teams, the pay and what good looks like.
Can you just send a few CVs first?
We'd rather understand the problem first. A 30-minute diagnostic tells us what's been tried and what you really need. Then we'll recommend the right approach, even if that isn't us.
How involved do we need to be?
A kickoff to agree the brief, a weekly 30-minute steering call, and quick feedback on candidates. That keeps good people engaged and the search moving.
Industry Focused Insights Included
Fraud and trust abuse evolves constantly. So should the people fighting it. At Sedulo, we sit at the centre of this world every day. We share what we see so the whole community benefits.
Connecting Leaders From
What people say about Sedulo
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Deep knowledge, outstanding attention to detail, and world-class candidate experience, as well as building strong relationships
Ecat, Talent & People
Now at SumUp
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Profound knowledge of the field and reliable, timely communication were instrumental in this process launching without a hiccup
Benjamin, Engineering
Now at Google
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An outstanding, smooth and transparent recruitment experience
Danai, AI Research Science
Now at Canva
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Communication was top-notch and the final outcome was even better than we imagined
Patrick, Product
Now at Finic -
The feedback loop, guidance, and orientation provider by them have been amazingly useful
Tom, Engineering
Now at Trading 212
