Hire a Filipino Lead Researcher.
Filipino lead researchers build targeted prospect lists, enrich data, map org structures, conduct competitive intelligence, and deliver research your sales and strategy teams can act on immediately. Hire through RecruitGo with full Philippine labor law compliance.
Good Decisions Start With Good Data. Someone Needs to Find It.
Prospect lists, company data, competitor moves — none of this finds itself. Your SDRs, AEs, and executives should act on research, not conduct it.
Lead research is methodical: identify sources, extract data, verify accuracy, organize output, repeat at volume. Filipino professionals from BPO research teams excel because the work rewards accuracy, consistency, and detail.
B2B research requires reading English websites, LinkedIn profiles, press releases, SEC filings, and industry reports. Filipino researchers read and write English at a level that makes this seamless.
A mid-level Filipino researcher costs $650 to $1,000/month. US equivalent: $4,500 to $5,500. Research is one of the most cost-effectively offshored functions because output is measurable and structured.
One researcher at $650 to $1,000/month makes 5 to 10 other people more effective: SDRs get pre-qualified lists, AEs get account intelligence, marketing gets competitive data, leadership gets market reports.
Lead Researcher Cost Comparison by Country
Filipino researchers combine meticulous attention to detail with strong English literacy. Many have BPO research team backgrounds where accuracy and volume are both expected.
What Can a Lead Researcher Handle?
Lead Researcher vs SDR vs Sourcing Specialist
| Lead Researcher | SDR | Sourcing Specialist | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary output | Clean, verified data: prospect lists, company profiles, competitive reports | Qualified meetings booked on AE calendars | Qualified candidate shortlists for open roles |
| What they find | Companies and contacts matching your ICP. Markets, competitors, opportunities. | Same prospects, but contacts them via email, phone, LinkedIn. | Job candidates for roles your company needs to hire. |
| Do they reach out? | No. They build the list. Someone else does outreach. | Yes. Cold calls, emails, LinkedIn messages. Books meetings. | Yes. InMails, emails to potential candidates. Schedules interviews. |
| Best for | Companies needing better data before SDRs/AEs can be effective. Market research. | Companies with good data needing someone to contact prospects. | Companies hiring that need to find qualified candidates. |
EOR-Employed Lead Researcher vs Freelance Contractor
| Comparison | EOR-Employed (RecruitGo) | Freelance / Direct Hire |
|---|---|---|
| Employment status | Fully employed with local contract | Independent contractor (often misclassified) |
| Social security | SSS, PhilHealth, Pag-IBIG all covered | None. Your liability if reclassified |
| Competitive data access | NDA and data handling clauses in employment contract | Freelancers may work for your competitors simultaneously |
| Data quality over time | Full-time researcher improves targeting accuracy month over month | Freelancers start from scratch each engagement |
| Research continuity | Maintains databases, tracks changes, builds institutional knowledge | One-off deliveries. No ongoing monitoring |
| CRM integration | Works inside your CRM daily. Data entered correctly from the start | Delivers spreadsheets that require import and cleanup |
| Your legal risk | Zero. EOR bears employer liability | Full. You may be deemed the employer |
Hire Your Lead Researcher in 3 Steps
Prospect list building, data enrichment, competitive intelligence, or market research. Include your tools, target industries/geographies, and volume needs.
We assess: prospect research accuracy (20-contact list matching sample ICP), research speed, data enrichment quality, competitive intelligence (brief summary), and English writing. You receive 2 to 3 candidates.
Employment contract, SSS/PhilHealth/Pag-IBIG, access to CRM, research databases, and sales tools. Starts producing usable output within the first week.
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Hiring a Lead Researcher
Frequently asked questions about hiring Filipino lead researchers through RecruitGo.
Research assistants: $400 to $650/month. Lead researchers (ICP-based prospect research, data enrichment, competitive monitoring): $650 to $1,000. Senior researchers/analysts: $1,000 to $1,500+. US equivalent: $4,500 to $5,500/month.
Full enrichment (name, title, email, company, revenue, tech stack, news): 150 to 250/week. Simple list building: 300 to 500+/week. Deep account research with org charts: 20 to 40 accounts/week.
A VA handles research as one of many tasks. A lead researcher specializes in research methodology: source cross-referencing, data verification, buying signal identification, and CRM-ready output. Quality and volume are significantly higher.
LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Apollo.io, ZoomInfo, Crunchbase, Hunter.io, Snov.io, Google advanced search, company websites, SEC filings, industry databases. Plus Google Sheets, Airtable, and CRM platforms.
Some can, but research and outreach are different skills. If you want both, hire an SDR. If you want to maximize research quality and volume, keep the roles separate.
