Use cases — Enterprise

Global teams, local compliance.

Large organisations come to ProDevs to hire leaders, build whole departments, employ people in countries where they have no entity, and replace ageing systems. One team covers the search, the contracts, the payroll and the software.

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01 What you usually need

A function to build, in a market you do not yet operate in.

At this size the question is seldom one vacancy. It is which roles come first, who leads, who employs the people and who owns delivery.

  1. A leader for the function

    A CTO or head of engineering is one hire with a long reach. The head of a function is usually hired first, then involved in shaping and hiring the rest of the team.

  2. A department, not ten separate vacancies

    Organisation design, written role definitions, compensation benchmarking for each market, then recruitment for every role in parallel, in the order the team needs them.

  3. Employment where you have no entity

    Contracts written for the country the person works in, monthly pay in local currency, and statutory deductions and filings. ProDevs operates its own employer of record in Nigeria and works with partners in other African markets.

  4. Ageing systems replaced while the business runs

    Legacy modernisation: replace the platform one piece at a time, while the business keeps running on it.

  5. An independent view of what you already have

    A technical audit reviews code, architecture, security and infrastructure, and ends in prioritised recommendations you can act on.

02 What fits

Six services, and one team accountable for them.

Hiring across borders fails in the gaps between recruiter, lawyer and payroll provider. ProDevs covers the whole path, so you deal with one team.

  • Department buildout

    Structure, leadership and team for a whole function, as one engagement.

    About department buildout
    Use it when
    You need a technology, finance, commercial, operations or people function for a new subsidiary or market, planned and hired as one engagement.
    What you pay
    Scoped with you once we understand what the function has to deliver.

  • Direct hire

    A permanent employee on your own contract and payroll.

    About direct hire
    Use it when
    You are hiring leadership or permanent specialists who will join your own payroll, including executive searches.
    What you pay
    A one-time placement fee of 10–15% of first-year salary, with a two-week replacement guarantee.

  • Outsourcing & payroll

    ProDevs employs and pays the person locally. They work on your team.

    About outsourcing & payroll
    Use it when
    You need people in a country where you have no legal entity, or one party to run payroll and compliance for a team that is already working.
    What you pay
    Outsourcing at 20% of salary. Payroll and compliance only, for someone you have already chosen, at 5% of salary, capped at $500 a month per hire.

  • Product development

    Our product team designs, builds, deploys and supports the software.

    About product development
    Use it when
    A core system has to be modernised, or a process should not still be manual. Our product team designs, builds, deploys and stays after launch.
    What you pay
    Fixed-price delivery, with a clear estimate before we start.

  • Dedicated product teams

    Engineers, designers, product managers and QA working as one team.

    About dedicated product teams
    Use it when
    A platform or product needs a standing team: engineers, QA, DevOps and a solutions architect, working inside your tools and roadmap.
    What you pay
    A monthly retainer for a dedicated team, or fixed-price delivery estimated before we start.

  • Technical audit

    An independent review of code, architecture, security and infrastructure.

    About technical audit
    Use it when
    You want evidence before a decision: rewrite or refactor, hire or optimise, with findings you can put in front of stakeholders.
    What you pay
    Scoped with you on a first call.

Hiring plans include vetted talent, a dedicated success manager and a two-week replacement guarantee. Every model and fee is set out on the pricing page.

03 How it starts

From what the function must deliver, back to who you hire first.

A buildout starts with structure, not a job advert. You choose which steps you need.

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  1. Day 0

    Book a call

    Tell us what the function has to deliver, in which market, and who already owns it on your side.

  2. After the call

    Structure, hiring order and plan

    We come back with a structure, a hiring order and a plan: which teams, which reporting lines, and who owns what.

  3. Usually first

    Leadership search

    A focused search for the head of the function, who then helps shape and hire the rest of the team.

  4. In parallel

    Recruitment and assessment

    Sourcing for every role, with structured, role-specific assessments and interviews. Scores and notes are shared with you before any decision.

  5. As people start

    Onboarding, and payroll if required

    Contracts, first-week plans and introductions. Where you have no local entity, ProDevs can employ and pay the team and handle statutory compliance.

04 From our work

A bank’s technology department, and a CTO search.

Two engagements with established organisations. More detail on each is on the work page.

Financial services · Department buildout · Leadership hiring

Building the technology department at GlobalTrust Mortgage Bank

GlobalTrust Mortgage Bank is a digital bank and mortgage platform. It did not need one engineer. It needed a technology department, and we helped build it: a head of engineering and the backend, frontend, DevOps and security people around them.

What we delivered

  • Head of engineering to lead the function
  • Backend and frontend engineers
  • DevOps engineers to run the platform
  • Security specialists for a regulated bank
Read the case study: Building the technology department at GlobalTrust Mortgage Bank
The GlobalTrust Mortgage Bank website and mobile banking app
All selected work

05 Client testimonials

Hear it first-hand, from the people we worked with.

Founders, operators and executives describe working with ProDevs, in their own words.

Play video: Client testimonial: Olufemi Seyi, COO, Casafina development company
01Olufemi SeyiCOO, Casafina development company
Play video: Client testimonial: Aproko Doctor, Building AwaDoc
02Aproko DoctorBuilding AwaDoc
Play video: Client testimonial: JT Liddell, Promenade CEO
03JT LiddellPromenade CEO

06 Questions

Enterprise, answered.

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  • Can ProDevs employ people in countries where we have no entity?

    Yes. ProDevs holds the contract and runs payroll and compliance, while the person works on your team day to day. We operate our own employer of record in Nigeria and work with partners in other African markets.

  • Which markets do you hire in?

    Our strongest networks are in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa, and we recruit in the United Kingdom. We also place remote professionals with companies in Europe and the United States. If your market is not listed, ask us: we will tell you honestly whether we can source there.

  • What does payroll and compliance cost?

    Payroll and compliance for people you have already chosen is charged at 5% of salary, capped at $500 a month per hire. If we also find and employ the people for you, that is outsourcing, at 20% of salary. Our pricing page sets out this and the other hiring models, and we confirm the numbers for your roles once we understand the brief.

  • Do you run leadership and executive searches?

    Yes. We handled the hiring of the Chief Technology Officer at Task Systems, and the head of engineering was part of the technology department we helped build at GlobalTrust Mortgage Bank. Both are on our work page.

  • Can you build a department that is not technology?

    Yes. The same method is used for finance, commercial, operations and people functions as well as technology.

  • Who owns the code and the intellectual property when you build software for us?

    You do. The code, the IP and the product are yours, and we sign an NDA before every engagement.

  • Can ProDevs take over payroll for people we already work with?

    Yes. Companies that find it hard to pay their people in Africa, or that want one party to manage their talent and payments, use our payroll and compliance service on its own, at 5% of salary, capped at $500 a month per hire.

Talk to ProDevs

Which function are you building?

Tell us what the function has to deliver and where. We will come back with a structure, a hiring order and a plan.

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