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Fractional AI/Data Leader
Senior AI/data leadership on demand — without a full-time hire.
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01 / The Problem
You need senior data/AI leadership — strategy, vendor decisions, team direction, knowing what's real and what's hype — but you don't have the budget, or the steady volume, for a full-time Chief Data/AI Officer. So those decisions either don't get made, or get made by someone without the experience to make them well.
Without senior leadership, AI and data decisions get made by people without the scars to make them well — leading to wrong vendor bets, stalled projects, wasted budget, and missed opportunities. The cost of bad senior decisions dwarfs the cost of senior guidance.
Who Does This Resonate With
02 / Who This Resonates With
- Chief Executive Officer
- Executive Director
- Chief Operating Officer
- Board Technology Committee Chair
Retained, part-time leadership on an agreed cadence (days per month); scale up or down.
Mission-Driven Institutions · Associations & Foundations · Mid-Market · Legal Services · Healthcare · Financial Services
What We Do
03 / What We Do
Embed & Agree the Remit
We learn your organization, goals, team, and the decisions in front of you — and agree a cadence and remit to operate within.
Leadership-Level Assessment
A clear read on your data and AI state, risks, and opportunities — the basis for the decisions that follow.
Strategy & Vendor Decisions
We make and guide the strategy, vendor, build-versus-buy, hiring, and risk decisions within our remit — with an honest read on what's real versus hype.
Direct Your Team or Vendors
We give your internal team or external vendors the direction they need so projects actually land — governed, not drifting.
Leadership & Board Reporting
Regular updates to you and your board on direction and progress, so the AI/data agenda stays understood and fundable.
AI & Technology
04 / AI & Technology
What We Deliver
05 / What We Deliver
Senior AI/data strategy and decision-making on an agreed cadence
Vendor, build-versus-buy, and hiring guidance
Direction for your internal team or external vendors
Regular leadership and board reporting
Key Outcomes
06 / Key Outcomes
Senior, experienced AI/data leadership — part-time, on your terms
Better decisions on strategy, vendors, hiring, and what to build or buy
Direction for your team or vendors, so projects actually land
Executive-grade leadership at a fraction of the cost and risk of a full-time senior hire
What This Leads To
07 / What This Leads To
A fractional leader is the governance layer over the whole AI/data agenda — ensuring vendor, build-versus-buy, hiring, and risk decisions are made with experience, and that builds and retainers are sequenced so the spend produces results. The role typically directs an AI Roadmap Sprint and the Build engagements that follow (Data Foundation, Data Integration & Pipelines, AI Knowledge Assistant, AI Workflow Automation), with a Managed Data & AI retainer keeping them healthy. By design there's no lock-in — part of the role is building your team's capability and, when you're ready, helping you hire the permanent leader.
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