Galileo Search

Galileo Search is Australia's AI leadership search firm specialising in permanent and contract recruitment for artificial intelligence roles across the country. Founded in 2009, the company finds AI leaders first, then builds their teams by recruiting Head of AI, Chief AI Officer and AI Transformation roles, plus the engineers, architects and governance leads they hire next. Galileo Search operates a three-step process: a structured brief to define the mandate and reporting line, shortlist creation drawn from screened talent pools rather than job-board scraping with delivery within 48 hours, and placement support including a 12-month team plan for subsequent hires. The recruitment agency specialises in artificial intelligence and AI governance sectors, covering leadership positions such as Head of AI and Chief AI Officer roles with packages ranging from £248,000 to £489,000, AI Transformation and Adoption Leads, AI Engineers and Architects at senior and lead levels, and AI Governance and Risk specialists. Galileo Search operates Australia-wide across six major cities including Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Canberra, serving leading Australian organisations such as Harvey Norman, GWF, Smart Group, CHG Meridian, Blackmores, Temple and Webster, ACS, NFS, Shopback and Vestone Capital. The company differentiates itself through proprietary salary intelligence, publishing free market data that 9 in 10 Australian AI job advertisements hide, and offering an interactive salary tool with 24,024 data points across 77 AI roles and 7 seniority levels. Galileo Search also provides advisory services through Galileo Logic, offering fixed-fee AI Discovery to map where artificial intelligence delivers value before leadership hire commitment.