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Fractional AI Officer

A senior AI leader embedded into your executive team on a fractional basis, owning AI strategy, governance, and revenue impact without the cost of a full-time hire.

Definition

A Fractional AI Officer operates as a member of the executive team, typically one to three days per week, with end-to-end accountability for the company's AI roadmap. The role covers strategy, vendor selection, agent architecture, governance documentation, model risk management, and the link from AI investment to EBITDA. Distinct from a consultant: a Fractional AI Officer owns outcomes, sits in the board pack, and is named in the value creation plan. Most commonly deployed in companies with $5M to $100M in revenue or inside PE-backed portfolio companies where a full-time Chief AI Officer is not yet justified.

Why it matters

AI initiatives without a single accountable executive stall inside the first 90 days. Hiring a full-time Chief AI Officer at $400K plus equity is not realistic for most growth-stage companies. A Fractional AI Officer closes the accountability gap at a fraction of the cost, and is the role most often missing from the org chart when AI programs underperform.

Where Sophizo applies this

Sophizo deploys Fractional AI Officer inside revenue and AI engagements with growth-stage operators and PE-backed portfolios.

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