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Executive AI & Digital Leadership, Without a Full-Time Hire
Senior AI and digital leadership for brands that need direction but can't justify a full-time VP. A few focused days a month, month to month.
Fractional Head of AI & Digital gives you experienced AI and digital leadership a few days a month, without the cost or commitment of a full-time executive. You get leadership that has actually shipped AI products (including CortexGuard, live on the Shopify App Store) and set AI strategy at the executive level inside major enterprises — first-of-their-kind AI governance frameworks, secure company-wide LLM platforms, AI roadmaps presented to boards — to set your strategy, make the build-versus-buy calls, vet vendors, and keep your team moving in the right direction. It is recurring, month to month, and you can stop any time.
Who this is for
You know AI and digital matter to your business, but you don't need — or can't yet justify — a full-time VP. You have a team (or vendors) doing the work, and what's missing is senior direction: someone to set priorities, kill the wrong ideas early, and make sure the money goes where it earns its keep.
This is leadership, not hands-on delivery. When a project needs building, we can bring in the right offer (the audit-and-fix, an automation sprint) or work alongside your existing team.
- Brands without a full-time AI/digital executive
- Teams or vendors that need senior direction, not more hands
- Founders making build-vs-buy and vendor decisions
- Companies that want momentum without a permanent hire
What you get each month
A recurring block of focused time: strategy and roadmap, prioritization, vendor and tool evaluation, review of work in progress, and honest guidance about where AI genuinely helps and where it doesn't. You get a single accountable point of contact who learns your business and stays with it.
- AI and digital strategy and roadmap
- Prioritization and build-vs-buy decisions
- Vendor, tool, and hire evaluation
- Regular review of work in progress
- Honest guidance on where AI fits — and where it doesn't
Low commitment by design
This works best as a long, low-friction relationship, so we keep it that way: month to month, cancel any time. The value compounds as we learn your business, and you are never locked into a contract to get it.
What you get
Included in every engagement
- A few focused leadership days each month
- AI and digital strategy and roadmap
- Prioritization and build-vs-buy guidance
- Vendor, tool, and hire evaluation
- A single accountable point of contact
- Month-to-month — cancel any time
Price signal
Recurring retainer: roughly $4–8K CAD per month. [TODO: confirm pricing] — Month to month, cancel any time. We take a limited number of fractional clients.
FAQ
Common questions
- How is this different from a consultant?
- It's ongoing leadership, not a one-off project. We stay embedded a few days a month, learn your business, and own the direction over time — closer to a part-time executive than a report-and-leave engagement.
- Do you do the hands-on building too?
- This offer is leadership. When something needs building, we can bring in the right engagement — the AI Shopping Visibility fix, an automation sprint — or direct your existing team and vendors to do it well.
- What's the commitment?
- Month to month. You can stop any time. We keep it low-friction on purpose, because the relationship works best when it lasts — not because you're locked in.
- How many days a month?
- A small, fixed block agreed up front, sized to your needs. We'll recommend the right amount after a short call rather than overselling time you won't use.
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