Fractional AI Officer
Senior AI leadership, without the senior AI hire.
A senior AI operator embedded a few days a month: setting the roadmap, ranking what to build, keeping delivery honest, and giving your board a straight answer on AI.
Renting senior AI accountability by the day is how most mid-market teams get a credible plan without a six-figure hire.
Who this is for
Founders and leadership teams under pressure to have an AI plan who need accountable senior judgment, not another full-time hire or a slide deck.
How it starts
Start with a scoped first month: we map your AI landscape, set the initial roadmap, and you decide whether to continue. No long lock-in to find out if the fit is right.
You stay in control
- A scoped first month, not a long lock-in, so you prove the fit cheaply
- Independent judgment: the honest call on build, buy, or do-nothing, even when it costs us a build
- Capped days, stated up front, so the engagement stays senior and focused
What's included
- A ranked AI roadmap tied to payback, not hype
- Make-or-buy calls on every proposed AI investment
- Oversight of internal and vendor AI work against real criteria
- Board and team updates in plain language
- A standing line for the questions that come up between the big moments
- First call on the build ladder when something is worth building
Independent judgment
The honest call on build, buy, or do nothing, even when it costs us the build.
Capped senior time
A set number of days a month, agreed up front, so the engagement stays genuinely senior.
No long lock-in
Start with a scoped first month and decide from there. You prove the fit cheaply.
Common questions
How much time do we actually get?
A capped number of days a month, agreed up front, so the engagement stays genuinely senior. It is judgment and direction, plus a standing line for the questions in between, not a full-time seat.
Do you just steer us toward your own builds?
No. The value is independent judgment, including telling you not to build, or to buy off the shelf. When something is genuinely worth building, you already know the team that can.
How is this different from the Run it retainer?
Run it keeps a delivered system healthy. The Fractional AI Officer sits above any single system: strategy, prioritization, and oversight across your whole AI footprint.
Sounds like your kind of job?
25 minutes: we look at the job together and tell you honestly whether this package fits it.