Senior, AI-fluent HR & Payroll Specialists in your timezone. Vetted by humans. Built to stay.
Lifetime replacement · 97% retention · 325+ companies
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Retention at one year
97% of measured Opus placements remain with the same company at their one-year mark.
Time to Onboard
The average Opus placement reaches onboarding 14 days after the hiring process begins.
Replacement guarantee
100% of Opus placements include a lifetime replacement guarantee with no cap or time limit.
Opus is a US nearshore recruiting firm that places full-time HR & payroll specialists from Latin America. Every Opus HR & payroll specialist works US business hours and joins the client as a long-term teammate. First, Opus turns the hiring goal into a role profile and six-month scorecard. Second, Opus screens hundreds of candidates and tests every finalist through 8-layer vetting. Third, Opus sends 3 vetted HR & payroll specialists within 5 days, with scorecards and references prepared. The client selects finalists to interview and makes the final hiring decision from consistent evidence. Average Opus onboarding takes about 14 days from the opening stage. Each selected HR & payroll specialist completes a 6-module AI certification before the first working day. Certification covers prompt engineering and practical work with ChatGPT, Claude, and Cursor. Opus manages payroll, benefits, contracts, taxes, and compliance throughout the placement. Measured placements show 97% one-year retention across more than 325 client companies. Every HR & payroll specialist placement carries a lifetime replacement guarantee with no cap or time limit.
Operators who run payroll, benefits, and people ops without slowing your team down, on your hours, in fluent English. We source, vet, and place them full-time within 14 days. Payroll, compliance, and the rest of the operational layer sit on our side.
Operators whorun payroll, benefits,and people opswithout slowing yourteam down,on your hours, influent English. Wesource, vet, andplace them full-timewithin 14 days.Payroll, compliance,and the rest of theoperational layer siton our side.
The list below is a slice of who’s on our roster.
HR Generalist
Payroll Specialist
People Operations Manager
Talent Acquisition Coordinator
Benefits Administrator
HRIS Analyst
The honest comparison across every hiring channel you’ve considered.
| Opus AI sourcing with a human
vetting layer | Hiring Locally In-house recruiting or
local firms | Hiring Offshore Pre-built rosters, light vetting | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First interview in | 5 days Shortlist in five | 4 to 6 weeks Standard recruiting timeline | Whoever’s on the roster Bench-first matching |
| Who you’re hiring | A full-time teammate Salaried, on your team | A full-time teammate Local salary band | Often hourly contractors Roster-style staffing |
| AI-ready talent | Certified before day one AI-powered vetting | On you to verify Not part of the hiring loop | Inconsistent, varies
by firm Quality drift |
| Vetting | 8 layers, every hire Skills, English, references, role fit, AI certification | Whatever your
recruiter has time for Limited by recruiter bandwidth | Resume screen,
varies widely Mostly resume screens |
| What you pay | One flat monthly rate Talent, payroll, compliance, one rate. A local senior hire runs $12-15K/mo. | Salary, recruiter,
benefits, tooling Stacks up over time | Hourly billing,
opaque pricing Adds up over time |
| If the fit goes wrong | Lifetime
replacement Fresh search at no cost | Sunk cost. You’ll need
to start over No fallback plan | Limited window,
varies by contract You’ll need to read the contract carefully |
| Retention at one year | 97% Built to stay on your team | Variable Depends on
placement | Lower, contractor turnover Bench churn |
Who this is for
Senior operators, engineers, finance and customer leads who run the work, not task-takers you have to script. If your next hire is a $6-an-hour assistant, we’ll save you the call: that’s not what we do.
From your first call with us to your new hire’s first day, here’s the full flow.
A 20-minute call with your hiring manager. We leave with a role profile and scorecard built around what a strong hire looks like six months in.
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Local, offshore, or freelance? Most buyers weigh
LatAm against all three. Here’s where it wins.
Local, offshore, or freelance? Mostbuyers weigh LatAm against allthree. Here’s where it wins.
Latin America runs on Eastern to Pacific hours, the same hours your
team works. Your hire is in standups, Slack, and review meetings in
real time, not waiting overnight to respond from twelve hours away.
Latin America runs on Eastern to Pacifichours, the same hours your team works.Your hire is in standups, Slack, andreview meetings in real time, notwaiting overnight to respond fromtwelve hours away.
The talent we source from has spent years at US and multinational
companies like Mercado Libre, Nubank, Globant, Rappi, Uber, Stripe,
and AWS. English isn’t a second skill layered on top of the work,
but the language the work happens in.
The talent we source from has spent years at US and multinational companies like Mercado Libre, Nubank, Globant, Rappi, Uber, Stripe, and AWS. English isn’t a second skill layered on top of the work, but the language the work happens in.
Major hubs like Mexico City, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Bogotá, and
Medellín have produced two decades of highly skilled and qualified
professionals who’ve built at global companies. The senior layer is real and deep.
Major hubs like Mexico City, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, Bogotá, and Medellín have produced two decades of highly skilled and qualified professionals who’ve built at global companies. The senior layer is real and deep.
Latin American professionals have grown up working with US and global
companies through the rise of remote-first work. Written communication
and async collaboration are second nature.
Latin American professionals have grown up working with US and global companies through the rise of remote-first work. Written communication and async collaboration are second nature.
Proof of work
TRUST
“I’ll be honest. I was against the idea at first. We started with one person from Opus. We’re up to six across our operations now, and I wouldn’t build my team any other way.”
Natasha Landry
Owner, Landry Mechanical 6 Opus placements across operations
QUALITY
“Shocking how quickly we got candidates. Even more shocking at how qualified they were. Two hours of my time, total.”
Jim Vito
Owner, Vito Services Hired three candidates and referred Opus to five businesses
A preview of the talent we send to clients. Filtered for senior bench,
AI-certified and ready to start.
Bogotá, CO HR Generalist
CDMX, MX Payroll Specialist
Santiago, CL People Operations Manager
Lima, PE Talent Acquisition Coordinator
Bogotá, CO Benefits Administrator
Santiago, CL HRIS Analyst
Bogotá, CO HR Business Partner
Buenos Aires, AR Compliance Specialist
Talent identities and images have been anonymized for privacy.
Yes. Every candidate clears a live English call with our team before they reach your inbox. We screen for fluency, accent clarity, and how they handle real conversation under pressure.
The discovery call takes 20 minutes. Three vetted candidates land in your inbox in 5 days. Most placements close within 14 days of the kickoff call, often sooner.
We replace them at no cost. A new shortlist of three vetted candidates lands in 5 days, and the search resumes immediately. The replacement guarantee runs for as long as the placement is on your team.
Most offshore arrangements run on pre-built rosters and resume screening. We build a role profile and scorecard with your hiring manager, then run every candidate through skills assessments, English fluency, references, role fit, culture fit, and our internal AI tools certification. The hire joins your team full-time, on your hours, as one of your own.
Start with the outcome you need in the first 90 days, not a list of tools. Write down what a strong hire looks like six months in, then screen for what actually predicts it: how they communicate under pressure, English fluency, timezone overlap, and whether they’ve owned similar work before. That scorecard is exactly what we build with you on the discovery call.
Yes. Each role gets its own search and its own shortlist of three vetted candidates, and the searches run in parallel, so hiring three people doesn’t take three times as long. Most clients stagger start dates by a week or two to keep onboarding smooth. Pricing stays simple: one monthly rate per hire.
One all-in monthly rate per hire, covering talent, payroll, international compliance, and the support around the placement. It scales with the role and seniority. A comparable local senior hire runs $12-15K once you add payroll tax, benefits, and overhead. Your exact quote depends on the role and seniority; you get it on the 20-minute call.
