Fractional Head of AI
Part-time AI leadership. Ongoing ownership of your AI and data work for mid-market companies and system houses, without filling a full-time role.
What it is
A fixed, recurring leadership role for your AI and data topics. You get an accountable person who sets direction, owns decisions and leads your team, with a few days per month instead of an expensive full-time hire.
Strategy and roadmap
We prioritise use cases by impact and effort and keep a reliable AI roadmap current, instead of chasing isolated ideas.
Architecture decisions
Build-or-buy, data flows, model and platform choices: the technical decisions that are expensive to reverse later get made right early on.
Team leadership and enablement
Reviews, hands-on guidance and clear standards for your data and engineering team, so knowledge stays in-house and does not depend on external parties.
Standards and governance
GDPR-compliant guardrails, security and quality standards for AI usage, tailored to your industry and risk profile.
Translation to leadership
Technical matters are prepared for management and advisory board so they are ready for decisions, including cost, benefit and risk.
Steering partners and tools
Selection, evaluation and steering of vendors and AI tools, vendor-neutral and without lock-in.
Who it is for
For organisations that take AI seriously but do not yet need or want to fund a dedicated full-time AI lead.
Mid-market (50 to 500 employees)
Management or Heads of Product who want to anchor AI strategically but lack the experience or capacity in-house to lead these topics.
Agencies and system houses
Service providers who want to offer or scale AI services and need experienced technical leadership in the background, white-label on request.
- AI initiatives start but fizzle out without clear ownership.
- You make expensive tool and architecture decisions with no experienced counterpart.
- Your team is motivated but needs direction, reviews and standards.
- A full-time AI lead is too early or too expensive for your current stage.
Format
A predictable retainer with fixed capacity per month. The exact split depends on your stage.
Intro call
We clarify your situation, goals and expectations and assess openly whether part-time leadership is the right lever for you.
Baseline assessment
A compact assessment of maturity, team and use cases. From this we derive a fitting retainer scope.
Onboarding
Quick integration into team, systems and decision paths. We establish fixed communication and review rhythms.
Ongoing leadership
I become part of your team: reviews, decisions, roadmap maintenance and enablement, regularly adjusted to your priorities.
Typical rhythm
A retainer often starts at around two days per month and can be extended to a fixed weekday. Example values. The exact scope is defined individually.
- •Fixed capacity per month, billed predictably.
- •Recurring reviews and strategy sessions.
- •Availability for decisions between sessions.
- •Adjustable monthly, no annual lock-in from the start.
What you actually get
No consulting report that ends up in a drawer. An accountable person who owns decisions and delivers consistently.
Prioritized AI roadmap
A clear overview of use cases, prioritized by impact and effort, regularly updated.
Architecture decisions documented
Reasoned decisions on technology, platform and data flows, written down instead of agreed verbally.
Standards and governance rules
GDPR-compliant guardrails, quality standards and do/don't rules for AI usage, tailored to your risk profile.
Monthly strategy reviews
Regular sessions with prepared status reports, decision-ready for management and advisory boards.
Not the right fit?
If you are looking for a one-off delivery project or a team training, there are better-suited options.
All services at a glancePrice
On requestThe price depends on your stage and the agreed capacity per month. In the intro call I propose a fitting scope with a fixed monthly rate.
The first month is about getting to know each other. No long-term lock-in from the start. The scope is adjustable monthly.
Frequently Asked Questions
What most people clarify before a retainer.
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