diff --git a/pkg/services/object/head/distributed.go b/pkg/services/object/head/distributed.go
index 6ca3b5905f..da5f6b9fbb 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/head/distributed.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/head/distributed.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/core/netmap"
-	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/core/object"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/network"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/services/object/util"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/services/object_manager/placement"
@@ -105,25 +104,24 @@ loop:
 			if err := h.workerPool.Submit(func() {
 				defer wg.Done()
 
-				var header interface {
-					head(context.Context, *Prm, func(*object.Object)) error
-				}
-
 				if network.IsLocalAddress(h.localAddrSrc, addr) {
-					header = &localHeader{
-						storage: h.localStore,
-					}
-				} else {
-					header = &remoteHeader{
-						keyStorage: h.keyStorage,
-						node:       addr,
+					if err := h.localHeader.head(ctx, prm, h.w.write); err != nil {
+						// TODO: log error
 					}
+
+					return
 				}
 
-				if err := header.head(ctx, prm, h.w.write); err != nil {
+				head, err := h.remoteHeader.Head(ctx, &RemoteHeadPrm{
+					commonHeadPrm: prm,
+					node:          addr,
+				})
+				if err != nil {
 					// TODO: log error
 					return
 				}
+
+				h.w.write(head)
 			}); err != nil {
 				wg.Done()
 				// TODO: log error
diff --git a/pkg/services/object/head/remote.go b/pkg/services/object/head/remote.go
index 324e7b887e..67343f0f06 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/head/remote.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/head/remote.go
@@ -4,53 +4,85 @@ import (
 	"context"
 
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/pkg/client"
+	objectSDK "github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-api-go/pkg/object"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/core/object"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/network"
 	"github.com/nspcc-dev/neofs-node/pkg/services/object/util"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
-type remoteHeader struct {
+// RemoteHeader represents utility for getting
+// the object header from a remote host.
+type RemoteHeader struct {
 	keyStorage *util.KeyStorage
+}
+
+// RemoteHeadPrm groups remote header operation parameters.
+type RemoteHeadPrm struct {
+	commonHeadPrm *Prm
 
 	node *network.Address
 }
 
-func (h *remoteHeader) head(ctx context.Context, prm *Prm, handler func(*object.Object)) error {
-	key, err := h.keyStorage.GetKey(prm.common.SessionToken())
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "(%T) could not receive private key", h)
+// NewRemoteHeader creates, initializes and returns new RemoteHeader instance.
+func NewRemoteHeader(keyStorage *util.KeyStorage) *RemoteHeader {
+	return &RemoteHeader{
+		keyStorage: keyStorage,
+	}
+}
+
+// WithNodeAddress sets network address of the remote node.
+func (p *RemoteHeadPrm) WithNodeAddress(v *network.Address) *RemoteHeadPrm {
+	if p != nil {
+		p.node = v
 	}
 
-	addr, err := h.node.IPAddrString()
+	return p
+}
+
+// WithObjectAddress sets object address.
+func (p *RemoteHeadPrm) WithObjectAddress(v *objectSDK.Address) *RemoteHeadPrm {
+	if p != nil {
+		p.commonHeadPrm = new(Prm).WithAddress(v)
+	}
+
+	return p
+}
+
+// Head requests object header from the remote node.
+func (h *RemoteHeader) Head(ctx context.Context, prm *RemoteHeadPrm) (*object.Object, error) {
+	key, err := h.keyStorage.GetKey(prm.commonHeadPrm.common.SessionToken())
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "(%T) could not receive private key", h)
+	}
+
+	addr, err := prm.node.IPAddrString()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	c, err := client.New(key,
 		client.WithAddress(addr),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "(%T) could not create SDK client %s", h, addr)
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "(%T) could not create SDK client %s", h, addr)
 	}
 
 	p := new(client.ObjectHeaderParams).
-		WithAddress(prm.addr)
+		WithAddress(prm.commonHeadPrm.addr)
 
-	if prm.short {
+	if prm.commonHeadPrm.short {
 		p = p.WithMainFields()
 	}
 
 	hdr, err := c.GetObjectHeader(ctx, p,
 		client.WithTTL(1), // FIXME: use constant
-		client.WithSession(prm.common.SessionToken()),
-		client.WithBearer(prm.common.BearerToken()),
+		client.WithSession(prm.commonHeadPrm.common.SessionToken()),
+		client.WithBearer(prm.commonHeadPrm.common.BearerToken()),
 	)
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrapf(err, "(%T) could not head object in %s", h, addr)
+		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "(%T) could not head object in %s", h, addr)
 	}
 
-	handler(object.NewFromSDK(hdr))
-
-	return nil
+	return object.NewFromSDK(hdr), nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/services/object/head/service.go b/pkg/services/object/head/service.go
index 535b25dcbf..4b658cef86 100644
--- a/pkg/services/object/head/service.go
+++ b/pkg/services/object/head/service.go
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@ type Service struct {
 type Option func(*cfg)
 
 type cfg struct {
-	keyStorage *objutil.KeyStorage
-
-	localStore *localstore.Storage
-
 	cnrSrc container.Source
 
 	netMapSrc netmap.Source
@@ -37,6 +33,10 @@ type cfg struct {
 	localAddrSrc network.LocalAddressSource
 
 	rightChildSearcher RelationSearcher
+
+	localHeader localHeader
+
+	remoteHeader RemoteHeader
 }
 
 var ErrNotFound = errors.New("object header not found")
@@ -95,13 +95,13 @@ func (s *Service) Head(ctx context.Context, prm *Prm) (*Response, error) {
 
 func WithKeyStorage(v *objutil.KeyStorage) Option {
 	return func(c *cfg) {
-		c.keyStorage = v
+		c.remoteHeader.keyStorage = v
 	}
 }
 
 func WithLocalStorage(v *localstore.Storage) Option {
 	return func(c *cfg) {
-		c.localStore = v
+		c.localHeader.storage = v
 	}
 }