SASID.AI

Fractional AI Leadership

Fractional Head of AI. Senior leadership, shipped.

A fractional Head of AI is a senior AI leader who sets your strategy and ships your first production systems part-time, for a fraction of a full-time hire. SASID brings 13+ years of engineering and Head-of-AI experience: define the architecture, ship the first systems in weeks, then hand a working platform and a trained team to your organization.

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13+ years engineering · 5+ years enterprise AI · 7 production systems · 5 industries · $1M+ documented ROI

Experience in regulated environments:HIPAASOC 2ISO 27001

Hiring a full-time Head of AI is a large commitment plus a six to nine month search, made before you know what you are building. A fractional engagement inverts the order. Define the architecture, ship the first two systems, prove the ROI, and only then hire against a spec you can actually write. This is not advisory from the sidelines. It is a hands-on senior engineer who has been the sole AI hire building a company-wide platform, doing the same for you a day or two a week.

What a fractional Head of AI does

Every engagement runs the same way: one senior engineer, modern AI tooling, and working software in your environment from the first week.

Strategy that ends in shipped software

A prioritized AI roadmap tied to metrics your business already reports on, then the architecture to deliver it. Strategy here is measured by systems in production, not slide decks.

  • AI roadmap tied to real metrics
  • Production architecture and stack decisions
  • Build vs buy and model selection
  • Realistic cost and timeline modeling

Hands-on delivery of the first systems

The fractional lead builds the first production systems, not just plans them, so your AI program starts with working software instead of a hiring req and a hope.

  • First production systems shipped in weeks
  • Evaluation, guardrails, and observability
  • Ships into HIPAA, SOC 2, and ISO 27001 settings
  • Working software delivered weekly

Building the team you will keep

Your organization is meant to outgrow the engagement. Documentation, runbooks, and training mean your first full-time AI hire inherits a working platform and a clear spec, not a blank page.

  • Team enablement and training
  • Interviewing and hiring support
  • Runbooks and full documentation
  • A clean handover, no lock-in

The experience behind the engagement

Every number below traces to a system that is live in production. No invented metrics, no stock testimonials.

7 for 7
Systems proposed and shipped

7 production AI systems across 5 industries, every one shipped, none abandoned, none requiring rework.

$1M+
Documented ROI

Across revenue growth, cost savings, and automation. One deployment alone, AI lead scoring across 200+ locations, produced a seven-figure ARR increase.

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13+ yrs
Engineering, 5+ in production AI

Including time as the sole AI hire building a company-wide AI platform used by every engineering team. Head of AI experience, platform to product.

Fractional Head of AI vs the alternatives

Full-time hire or agencySASID
Time to startA 6 to 9 month executive searchEngaged this month, shipping in weeks
CostA $400K+ full-time packageA fraction of that, one or two days a week
What you get firstA hire, then months to a first systemA working production system in weeks
RiskA senior bet made before you have a specProve ROI first, then hire against it
Hands on keyboardAgency partners who delegate to juniorsThe senior engineer builds it personally
ExitVendor lock-in or a costly unwindYou own everything and can go in-house anytime

How a fractional engagement runs

One or two days a week, scoped and priced before it begins. It pairs naturally with a production build, so in-house capability grows while the first system is being delivered. You will have an exact number after the free assessment.

01

Set the direction

A prioritized roadmap and production architecture in the first weeks, tied to metrics your business already tracks.

02

Ship the first systems

The fractional lead builds the first production systems, so the program starts with working software.

03

Hand it over

Documentation, runbooks, training, and hiring support so your team inherits a working platform and a clear spec.

What it costs

Fixed scope, priced before work begins. No hourly meters and no surprise overruns. Pricing is anchored against the cost of the problem, not an arbitrary total. You get an exact number after the free assessment, and an honest "do not build this" if that is the answer.

Proof-of-concept sprint
$7,500 – $15,000
About 1 week

A working prototype on your own data, an eval report, and a written go or no-go. Fee credits toward the build.

Production build
From $25,000
4 – 8 weeks

A full production system with evals, guardrails, observability, and 90 days of post-launch monitoring. You own all the code.

Fractional AI lead
$5,000 – $20,000 / mo
Rolling

Ongoing architecture, roadmap, and hands-on delivery as your senior AI engineer, one or two days a week.

Fractional Head of AI questions, answered directly

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Get senior AI leadership without the full-time bet.

Book a free 30-minute technical assessment. You get a written AI roadmap within 48 hours: what to build first, how it maps to your metrics, and where a fractional lead accelerates it.

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