What is included
Monthly strategic advisory, AI roadmap stewardship, use-case review and prioritisation, governance guidance, executive stakeholder support, vendor advice, and prototype or pilot oversight.
Fractional Head of AI
A Fractional Head of AI for organisations that need senior AI leadership now.
Get strategic AI leadership, governance, prioritisation, and delivery oversight without the cost or delay of a full-time executive hire.
Commercial structure
Typically from $60,000/year, structured as an ongoing strategic advisory and leadership engagement.
Ideal for
Founder-led businesses from $2m-$200m revenue, mid-market firms, and regulated organisations that need senior AI direction before a full-time Head of AI role makes sense.
Why it exists
Most organisations do not need a full-time Head of AI yet. They do need experienced leadership to avoid scattered experimentation, weak governance, poor tooling choices, and slow progress.
What improves
Clearer priorities, stronger governance, more credible experimentation, and a more commercially grounded path from interest to execution.
What this can cover over a year
- Quarterly AI roadmap refinement and steering
- Executive advisory for high-stakes tool and vendor decisions
- Use-case pipeline development and prioritisation
- Governance, policy, and approval model guidance
- Oversight of prototypes, pilots, and AI-enabled workflow redesign
- Internal capability uplift and practical AI adoption support
Positioning logic
This offer is designed for organisations that need more than occasional consulting, but are not yet at the point where a full-time Head of AI is commercially sensible. It is a pragmatic way to introduce senior AI judgment into the business before fragmented effort becomes expensive.
Common questions about a Fractional Head of AI.
This offer is meant for organisations that need steady AI judgment, not just a one-off strategy document.
What does a Fractional Head of AI do?
A Fractional Head of AI provides ongoing senior leadership across AI strategy, governance, use-case prioritisation, vendor decisions, and prototype oversight without the cost of a full-time executive hire.
Who is this offer best suited to?
It is designed for founder-led businesses, mid-market firms, and regulated organisations that need stronger AI judgment and direction before committing to a full-time Head of AI role.
How is this different from project-based AI consulting?
Project consulting is usually bounded by a single initiative. A Fractional Head of AI provides continuity across roadmap, governance, executive alignment, and ongoing experimentation over time.
What does the annual engagement usually cover?
Typical coverage includes roadmap refinement, use-case review, governance guidance, prototype oversight, platform and vendor advice, and support for internal capability uplift.