Service 02
Fractional head of data, analytics & AI
There is a stage in every growing business where data starts to matter to almost every decision, but a full-time head of data is hard to justify. A fractional leader closes that gap. We take on the role part-time: owning the strategy, building the foundations, leading the people and creating the rhythm that puts evidence into decisions from the start.
Typical shape
Usually one or two days a week, on a rolling monthly basis, scaling down as your team grows.Who it's for
- Start-ups and scale-ups that have outgrown spreadsheets and ad hoc analysis.
- Businesses with one or two data people who need senior direction and coaching.
- Leadership teams that want to build a data function properly the first time, before hiring a permanent leader.
What's included
- A data, analytics and AI strategy tied to the company's commercial priorities, not a generic maturity model.
- A KPI framework and governed metric definitions: one version of the truth the whole business uses.
- Platform and tooling decisions: what to buy, what to build and what to leave for later.
- Leading, coaching and developing analysts and engineers, and setting the standards for their work.
- Hiring the team, and eventually the permanent leader who takes over from us.
- An operating rhythm: KPI reviews, experiment design, post-mortems and decision forums.
What changes
- The business makes better decisions, faster, because evidence is part of how it works.
- Analysts spend their time on the hard questions, because trusted self-service handles the routine ones.
- A data function, and foundations for AI, that you can hand to a permanent leader with confidence.