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A fractional AI officer who gets systems built

Your fractional officer owns intelligent-systems strategy, priorities, governance and vendor decisions, while a development team builds the roadmap. It gives owner-led and mid-market businesses senior direction and practical delivery through one clear, accountable monthly engagement.

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A Fractional AI Officer is a part-time senior leader who decides where intelligent systems should support your business, sets the roadmap and keeps governance and vendors under control. This offer also includes the development team needed to deliver that roadmap, making it suitable for businesses that need both leadership and working systems without making a full-time executive hire.

Fractional AI officerIncludedAt a glanceWhere to go from here

At a glance

One owner from strategy through delivery

01Strategy
02Prioritisation
03Delivery ownership
04Governance

Included / Fractional AI officer

  • Senior leadership
  • Development team
  • Monthly engagement
  • EU compliance

01What we own

One owner from strategy through delivery

Your fractional officer turns business priorities into a controlled roadmap, then keeps decisions, delivery and governance moving together for your leadership team.

  • 01

    Strategy

    Set a clear intelligent-systems strategy around your business goals, current operations and the changes your team can realistically absorb.

  • 02

    Prioritisation

    Turn opportunities into an ordered roadmap, so leadership knows what to build now, what to defer and why.

  • 03

    Delivery ownership

    Translate the roadmap into working builds and keep the development team focused on the priorities leadership has agreed.

  • 04

    Governance

    Maintain the system inventory, risk classification, documentation and staff literacy needed for EU AI Act discipline, with GDPR and EU hosting as defaults.

  • 05

    Vendor decisions

    Evaluate vendor choices against the roadmap and give leadership one accountable view of what to adopt, retain or replace.

  • 06

    Team enablement

    Help your people understand the systems, their responsibilities and the governance required to use them with confidence.

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02Engagement formats

Choose the level of ownership you need

Start with strategic guidance, embed the officer in your leadership team, or attach the development squad that delivers the roadmap.

  • Advisory

    Leadership sessions turn business needs into a prioritised roadmap, with the officer owning direction, governance and vendor decisions.

    Rhythm
    Regular leadership sessions plus roadmap ownership
    Best for
    This suits leadership teams that can deliver internally but need senior direction and decision support.

  • Embedded

    The officer works inside your leadership team, keeping strategy, priorities, governance and vendor decisions moving on a fixed monthly rhythm.

    Rhythm
    Fixed monthly leadership cadence
    Best for
    This suits businesses that need an ongoing senior owner across teams and vendors.

  • Build partner

    The officer leads the roadmap and an attached development squad builds the agreed priorities, joining executive direction with practical delivery.

    Rhythm
    Monthly roadmap delivery and leadership review
    Best for
    This suits businesses that need both strategic ownership and a team to build the systems.

03Each month

What lands in a working month

The monthly engagement keeps direction, delivery, governance and team capability moving together, rather than leaving you with recommendations alone.

  • 01

    Roadmap review

    Priorities are reviewed against current business needs, delivery progress, risks and vendor decisions, keeping the next actions clear.

  • 02

    Build sprint

    The development team delivers the agreed roadmap priorities and brings completed work back for review with the responsible leaders.

  • 03

    Governance pack

    The system inventory, risk classification and supporting documentation are maintained as the roadmap and deployed systems change.

  • 04

    Leadership session

    Leaders review priorities, decisions, delivery and risks with the officer, so ownership remains clear across the business.

  • 05

    Team enablement

    Your team receives practical guidance on new systems, governance responsibilities and the staff literacy required under the EU AI Act.

  • 06

    Value report

    A concise report connects completed work, current priorities and next decisions to the business goals behind the roadmap.

04Who it is for

For businesses that need an accountable owner

This model fits companies with real opportunities and governance duties, but no senior leader owning them from decision through delivery.

  • Owner-led businesses

    For owners who need a senior partner to turn scattered ideas into priorities, governed systems and a practical delivery plan.

  • Mid-market firms

    For leadership teams that need cross-business strategy and delivery ownership without waiting to recruit a full-time chief officer.

  • Regulated teams

    For businesses that need their system inventory, risk classification, documentation, staff literacy, GDPR discipline and EU hosting kept in order.

  • After the pilots

    For companies with experiments or vendor tools but no shared roadmap, governance owner or development team to move into controlled deployment.

05Why fractional

Senior ownership without a full-time hire

The fractional model starts within weeks and combines leadership with the development capacity needed to turn a roadmap into working systems.

  • Control executive cost

    A full-time chief AI officer costs upwards of 250,000 euros per year in Europe. A monthly fractional engagement is sized to your scope.

  • Start within weeks

    Avoid a hiring process that can take months. The fractional model can start within weeks and begin with the audit.

  • Lead and build

    One engagement covers strategy, priorities, governance and vendors, with a development team available to deliver what the roadmap requires.

  • Match the need

    Choose advisory, embedded leadership or a build partnership, with the monthly retainer shaped around cadence, scope and attached team.

Fractional leadership, hiring or consultancy
Fractional officerFull-time hireConsultancy
Time to startIncludedNot includedDepends on scope and availability
Senior ownershipIncludedDepends on the successful hireAdvice without embedded ownership
Builds includedIncludedNot includedMay require a separate build team
Flexible monthly scopeIncludedNot includedVaries by consultancy agreement
Ongoing continuityIncludedIncludedNot included
Knowledge staysIncludedIncludedNot included
Cost controlIncludedNot includedNot included

Included / Partly, see note / Not included

06The roadmap

From audit to continuous partnership

The engagement begins by mapping the current position, moves into the first builds and governance work, then scales capability through an ongoing partnership.

  1. Month 1

    1.Audit

    Map your systems, data, risks and opportunities, then turn the findings into a prioritised plan for leadership and delivery.

    • System inventory
    • Opportunity map
    • Risk classification
    • Prioritised plan
  2. Months 2 to 3

    2.Deployment

    Build the first roadmap priorities, put governance in place and train the people who will use and oversee the systems.

    • First working builds
    • Governance foundations
    • Team training
    • Value measures
  3. Month 4 onwards

    3.Continuous partnership

    Scale useful systems, manage vendor decisions and build internal capability while the roadmap and governance continue to evolve.

    • System expansion
    • Vendor management
    • Internal capability
    • Roadmap review

07Pricing

A monthly retainer built around the work

Your quote reflects the ownership required, the leadership rhythm and whether a development team is attached. There is no public price list.

  • Scope

    The retainer reflects which strategic, governance, vendor and delivery responsibilities your fractional officer will own.

  • Cadence

    The quote accounts for the leadership rhythm and level of embedded involvement your business needs each month.

  • Build team

    When the roadmap needs delivery capacity, the retainer is sized to the development team attached to the engagement.

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08Questions

Questions about fractional leadership

What does a fractional officer do day to day?
A fractional officer owns the decisions that keep intelligent-systems work moving. They set and review the roadmap, prioritise opportunities, guide governance, assess vendor choices and keep the development team aligned with leadership. They also maintain oversight of the system inventory, risk classification, documentation and staff literacy, so strategy, delivery and compliance do not become separate projects.
How is this different from hiring a consultancy?
The main difference is ongoing ownership combined with delivery. A consultancy may advise on a defined problem, while your fractional officer works with leadership on a monthly engagement and remains accountable for strategy, priorities, governance and vendor decisions. If you choose the build partner format, the same engagement also includes the development squad that delivers the agreed roadmap rather than leaving your team to source builders separately.
How does this compare with hiring a full-time officer?
It gives you senior ownership without making a full-time executive hire. A full-time chief AI officer costs upwards of 250,000 euros per year in Europe and can take months to recruit. The fractional model can start within weeks and is priced as a monthly retainer based on cadence, scope and the development team attached, so the engagement can match the responsibility your business actually needs.
What does the development part of the engagement include?
Development means building what the agreed roadmap calls for. In the build partner format, the fractional officer directs an attached development squad and keeps its work aligned with business priorities, governance and leadership decisions. The engagement moves from an audit of systems, data, risks and opportunities into the first builds, governance and training, then continues by scaling useful systems and internal capability.
How quickly can a fractional officer engagement start?
The fractional model can start within weeks, while a full-time executive search can take months. The work begins with an audit that maps your systems, data, risks and opportunities and turns them into a prioritised plan. The exact start depends on the agreed scope, cadence and whether a development squad is attached, all of which are set when the monthly engagement is quoted.
How do you handle our EU AI Act obligations?
Your fractional officer keeps the practical governance work in order as EU AI Act obligations apply in stages from 2025. That includes maintaining an inventory of systems, risk classification, documentation and staff literacy. Governance is built into the audit, deployment and continuous partnership rather than added after systems are live. GDPR discipline and EU hosting are also defaults across the engagement.
What is the minimum commitment for this service?
This is a monthly engagement, with the retainer sized to cadence, scope and any development team attached. There is no public price list or universal commitment stated because the advisory, embedded and build partner formats involve different levels of ownership and delivery. The proposed engagement terms are set out with your tailored quote after the responsibilities and working rhythm have been agreed.
How do we measure whether the engagement is working?
Success is measured against the business priorities behind the roadmap and the work delivered against them. The officer keeps leadership focused on an ordered plan, reviews completed builds, surfaces governance and vendor decisions, and reports what has moved and what comes next. The audit establishes the starting position across systems, data, risks and opportunities, giving later reviews a clear basis for judging progress.
What happens to the knowledge when the engagement ends?
The working knowledge is kept in your roadmap, system inventory, risk classification, governance documentation and staff capability, rather than sitting only with the fractional officer. Training and staff literacy are part of deployment and the continuous partnership. This gives your leadership and team a documented view of what exists, why decisions were made and what priorities remain if the monthly engagement later ends.

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