FRACTIONAL CAIO
Beyond the AI experiment.
A business capability.
Decide where AI belongs, what to implement, and how your people will use it. Senior AI leadership brings strategy, governance, and adoption into one achievable plan.
Move from experiments
to everyday usefulness.
to everyday usefulness.
Experienced people. Real work. ↗
THE PRIORITY
Fractional CAIO
THE APPROACH
Senior judgment. Practical direction.
THE LEADERSHIP MANDATE
AI leadership for investment, governance and adoption decisions.
A CAIO prioritizes where AI belongs and how it should be governed. Automation engineers and training specialists deliver separately scoped work.
WHAT WE CAN DEFINE TOGETHER
01
Use-case priorities and investment choices
02
Human oversight and evaluation criteria
03
Adoption and training roadmap
The outputs, responsibilities and review points are agreed before work begins.
Discuss this scope ↗SELECTED COMPANY EXPERIENCE
Experienceyou can build on.
Selected experience across SPG leadership and delivery partners. These logos reflect collective experience, not a single SPG client list.
Explore company experience ↗YOUR WORKING WORLD
The decisions need direction.
The work needs an owner.
Bring experienced CAIO leadership to the strategy, trade-offs, and team direction. Keep hands-on execution scoped separately.
Keep the decisions that belong with your leadership. Give the agreed responsibilities a clear owner.
Put support around this priority ↗LESS ON YOUR DESK. MORE IN MOTION.
YOUR WORKING WORLD
BEFORE SPG
Everything comes
back to you.
Add SPG
YOUR LEADERSHIP TEAM
The vision. And every detail.
The work is ready. Your calendar isn’t.
4 priorities
on your desk
on your desk
01
AI strategy
Decisions. Priorities. Direction.
Needs your attention
02
Governance and direction
Decisions. Priorities. Direction.
Needs your attention
03
Adoption leadership
Decisions. Priorities. Direction.
Needs your attention
04
Team direction
Decisions. Priorities. Direction.
Needs your attention
Too many priorities. Too few clear owners.
Build my team↗
LESS ON YOUR DESK. MORE IN MOTION.
YOUR WORKING WORLD
WITH SPG
Your direction.
Shared momentum.
SPG added
YOUR LEADERSHIP TEAM
Stay close to the big decisions.
Experienced leadership around the agreed mandate.
Your focus
the next move
the next move
01
AI strategy
Decisions. Priorities. Direction.
Fractional CAIO
02
Governance and direction
Decisions. Priorities. Direction.
Fractional CAIO
03
Adoption leadership
Decisions. Priorities. Direction.
Fractional CAIO
04
Team direction
Decisions. Priorities. Direction.
Fractional CAIO
Your executive leads the mandate. Hands-on execution is scoped separately.
Build my team↗
THE CAPABILITY BEHIND THE AMBITION
Senior judgment.
A working direction.
Explore the work we can put around your leadership priorities.
CONNECT THE RIGHT EXPERTISE
Useful automation. Confident people. Responsible implementation.
01
AI strategy
Identify where AI can address a real business need and where it should not be the answer.
DIRECTION and OUTPUTS
Use-case portfolio and an AI adoption roadmap.
02
Governance and direction
Set boundaries for data use, human review, evaluation, and operational ownership.
DIRECTION and OUTPUTS
Governance priorities and decision criteria for AI initiatives.
03
Adoption leadership
Bring people, processes, and implementation teams together around usable tools.
DIRECTION and OUTPUTS
Training priorities, pilot oversight, and adoption measures.
WHEN SPG HELPS MOST
You know what needs to happen.
Let’s put the work in motion.
Move from experiments
to everyday usefulness.
to everyday usefulness.
A CLEAR PRIORITY IS ENOUGH TO START ↗
01
A priority that matters.
AI experiments are scattered across the company.
02
A gap worth closing.
You need to decide what to build, buy, or automate.
03
A next move to make.
Leadership needs a clear plan for adoption and oversight.
YOUR PEOPLE AROUND THE PRIORITY
Clear roles.
Connected work.
From executive direction to specialist delivery. Explore the people and responsibilities behind each practice.
YOUR DIRECTION
Your company
You and your leadership team
OPTIONAL EXECUTION SCOPE
Specialist execution team
Hands-on delivery capacity. Scoped and priced separately.
YOUR EXECUTIVE ENGAGEMENT
Fractional CAIO
Strategy, decisions, and functional direction
Choose a practice to explore its team structure.
THE AI PRACTICE
Useful workflows. Capable people. Responsible adoption.
Select a branch to expand or collapse
OPTIONAL EXECUTION PRACTICE
- PRACTICE LEADERSHIPAI Practice Lead
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
Fractional CAIO
Senior strategy, decisions, and functional leadership.
Leadership is agreed in your mandate.
Execution is scoped separately.
- AI Solutions Architect
- AI Agents / Assistants
- RAG / Knowledge Systems
- LLM Integration
- Custom AI Applications
- Automation Engineer
- Workflow Automation
- Process Integrations
- AI/ML Engineer
- Model Integration and Evaluation
- Data / Analytics Engineer
- Data Pipelines and Analytics
- AI Governance and Risk
- Controls and Responsible Use
CONNECTED SPECIALISTS
AI Training and Enablement
AI Adoption / Change Management
THE MARKETING PRACTICE
Build demand. Shape the story. Bring the launch to life.
Select a branch to expand or collapse
OPTIONAL EXECUTION PRACTICE
- PRACTICE LEADERSHIPMarketing Practice Lead
- DELIVERY COORDINATIONAccount / Marketing Manager
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
Fractional CMO
Senior strategy, decisions, and functional leadership.
Leadership is agreed in your mandate.
Execution is scoped separately.
- Growth Lead
- Product Marketing Specialists
- ABM Specialists
- GTM Specialists
- Content Lead
- Copywriter
- SEO Specialist
- AEO / AI Visibility Specialist
- Social Specialist
- Creative Lead
- Designer
- Video Specialist
- Web Designer
- Performance Marketing
- Paid Media Specialist
- CRO Specialist
- Marketing Ops
- CRM Specialist
- Email Specialist
- Automation Specialist
- PR / Comms
THE SALES PRACTICE
Create conversations. Progress opportunities. Close the right deals.
Select a branch to expand or collapse
OPTIONAL EXECUTION PRACTICE
- PRACTICE LEADERSHIPSales Practice Lead
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
Fractional CSO / CRO
Senior strategy, decisions, and functional leadership.
Leadership is agreed in your mandate.
Execution is scoped separately.
- Sales Manager
- AEs / Closers
- Account Managers
- SDR / BDR Manager
- SDRs / BDRs
- Revenue Operations
- CRM Admin
- Sales Ops Analyst
- Data / Reporting
- Automation
CONNECTED SPECIALISTS
Sales Enablement Specialist
Proposal / Deal Desk Specialist
Revenue Operations connects into Sales as a dedicated practice. Explore its own structure in the RevOps tab.
THE REVENUE OPERATIONS PRACTICE
The systems, data, and automation behind your sales engine.
Select a branch to expand or collapse
OPTIONAL EXECUTION PRACTICE
- PRACTICE LEADERSHIPRevenue Operations Practice Lead
- DELIVERY COORDINATIONRevOps Manager
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
Fractional CRO
Senior strategy, decisions, and functional leadership.
Leadership is agreed in your mandate.
Execution is scoped separately.
- CRM and Systems Lead
- CRM Administrator
- Systems Integration Specialist
- Sales Automation Lead
- Lead Routing and Follow-up
- Workflow Automation Specialist
- Revenue Intelligence Lead
- Sales Ops Analyst
- Pipeline and Forecast Reporting
- Data Quality Specialist
- Lifecycle Operations
- Marketing-to-Sales Handoffs
- Customer Lifecycle Automation
THE TECHNOLOGY PRACTICE
From product discovery to apps, websites, and reliable releases.
Select a branch to expand or collapse
OPTIONAL EXECUTION PRACTICE
- PRACTICE LEADERSHIPTechnology Practice Lead
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
Fractional CTO / CIO
Senior strategy, decisions, and functional leadership.
Leadership is agreed in your mandate.
Execution is scoped separately.
- Product Manager
- Product Discovery
- Roadmap and Requirements
- Engineering Lead
- Frontend Engineer
- Backend Engineer
- UX/UI Lead
- UX/UI Designer
- Cloud / DevOps
- DevOps Engineer
CROSS-FUNCTIONAL DELIVERY
- QA Engineer
- Testing and Release Quality
- Systems / Integration
- CRM / ERP / API Specialist
- Security / IT
- Security and Infrastructure
THE FINANCE PRACTICE
Connect executive decisions to clear numbers and dependable financial operations.
Planning → financial execution
OPTIONAL EXECUTION PRACTICE
- Planning and analysisFPandAForecasting · Budgeting · KPIs · Scenarios · Unit economics
- Close and financial controlControllerReporting · Policies · Controls · Revenue recognition · Audit readiness
- Transactional executionAccountingBookkeeping · AP / AR · Reconciliations · Billing · Expenses · Journals · Accruals
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
Fractional CFO
Financial strategy · Capital · Board · Decisions
Leadership is agreed in your mandate.
Execution is scoped separately.
SYSTEMS and DATA
ERP
Billing
AP
Payroll
Banking
Integrations
Data
Automation
Dashboards
Models
SPECIALIST OVERLAYS
MandA Finance
Technical Accounting
Transaction Readiness
Transformation
Vertical Finance Expertise
THE OPERATIONS PRACTICE
Clear processes and dependable delivery across the business.
Select a branch to expand or collapse
OPTIONAL EXECUTION PRACTICE
- PRACTICE LEADERSHIPOperations Practice Lead
- DELIVERY COORDINATIONOperations / Account Manager
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
Fractional COO
Senior strategy, decisions, and functional leadership.
Leadership is agreed in your mandate.
Execution is scoped separately.
- Delivery Lead
- Project Manager
- Delivery Coordinator
- Process Lead
- Process Improvement Specialist
- Documentation Specialist
- Business Operations
- Resource Coordination
- Systems and Reporting
THE CUSTOMER SUCCESS PRACTICE
Turn customer commitments into onboarding, adoption and renewal readiness.
Select a branch to expand or collapse
OPTIONAL EXECUTION PRACTICE
- PRACTICE LEADERSHIPCustomer Success Practice Lead
- DELIVERY COORDINATIONCustomer Success / Account Manager
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP
Fractional CRO
Senior strategy, decisions, and functional leadership.
Leadership is agreed in your mandate.
Execution is scoped separately.
- Onboarding Lead
- Implementation Coordinator
- Customer Training Specialist
- Adoption and Health Lead
- Customer Success Specialist
- Customer Insights Analyst
- Retention Lead
- Renewal Preparation
- Value Reviews
- Lifecycle Operations
- CRM and Customer Data
- Sales-to-Success Handoffs
One shared plan. Clear responsibilities. Regular progress reviews.
Build the team around your priority ↗WHERE THE STRATEGY MEETS THE WORK
Bring AI into
the working day.
Choose practical use cases, establish oversight, and help the people using the systems build confidence.
Useful technology. People ready to use it.
THE AI LEADERSHIP LOOP
- 01Use-case value
- 02Risk and evaluation
- 03Adoption plan
Governance
Workflows
Training
A business capability, with human judgment built in.
A CLEAR PRIORITY. THE RIGHT PEOPLE. WORK IN MOTION.
Let’s talk about your next move ↗A WORKING RHYTHM
Make progress visible.
Keep decisions moving.
01
Test realistic cases and review exceptions with process owners.
02
Check output quality, human review, and adoption friction.
03
Improve the workflow and refresh training as use changes.
SET UP FOR USEFUL WORK
What we establish
before we begin.
A clear brief protects your time and gives the team a practical starting point.
✓
A real business workflow and its current pain points
✓
Approved data sources, access boundaries, and tool constraints
✓
Process owners who can validate and adopt the change
DEFINE SUCCESS TOGETHER
Useful measures.
Connected to your business.
We agree the baseline, reporting definitions, and review criteria during scoping. Measures depend on the work, not a generic promise.
01
Workflow completion
02
Exception rate
03
Output quality
04
Team adoption
CHOOSE THE DEPTH OF LEADERSHIP
Senior perspective.
Or an executive mandate.
GUIDANCE and REVIEW
Executive advisory
Senior input on your strategy, priorities and decisions. Your team retains day-to-day ownership.
From $3,500
Discuss advisory ↗/ month
FUNCTIONAL LEADERSHIP
Embedded Fractional CAIO
An agreed leadership mandate, decision responsibilities and working rhythm alongside your team.
Scoped to your mandate
Define the leadership role ↗OPTIONAL DELIVERY ADDITION
Specialist execution
Hands-on capacity when the plan needs people to deliver. Account and delivery management are included in execution engagements.
From $12,000
/ month
Execution is scoped and priced separately from executive leadership.
Explore delivery support ↗BEFORE WE BEGIN
Your questions.
A clearer decision.
How is a CAIO different from an AI implementation team?
A CAIO leads the AI agenda: selecting useful applications, evaluating trade-offs, setting oversight and guiding adoption. An implementation team builds workflows and integrations and supports training. The two can be combined with clear scopes.
What does the executive own?
We agree the mandate, decision authority, access to information and working rhythm. Your proposal distinguishes advisory guidance from embedded functional leadership and specifies the responsibilities retained by your team.
Is an execution team included?
No. Hands-on specialist delivery is a separate scope. You can keep your existing team, add specific delivery capacity or combine leadership and execution with clear responsibilities.
How are scope and investment agreed?
Your proposal confirms responsibilities, deliverables, capacity, term and investment. Additional leadership, third-party costs and changes to scope are identified separately before you commit.
OPTIONAL DELIVERY SUPPORT
Put the plan into practice.
YOUR PRIORITY
A clearer plan.
The right people.
Work in motion. ↗
ONE PARTNER. MORE WAYS FORWARD.
LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR NEXT MOVE
What needs
to moveforward?
Tell us the priority. We’ll help shape the leadership, team, or focused project around it.
- 01Start with your business context.
- 02Define the work and the right people.
- 03Agree the scope and investment.
A conversation first. A clear proposal before you commit.
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