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Senior learning and AI leadership on a flexible retainer — roadmap ownership, capability-building cadence, and measurement against business outcomes without a full-time hire.
From
1–3 days per week
- Format
- Monthly retainer · quarterly scope review
- You walk away with
- Senior learning and AI leadership without a full-time hire
Engagement & pricing
Every engagement starts with a quarterly scope agreement — choose the cadence that matches your stage.
Strategy sparring
1 day / week
from €6,000 / month
Embedded architect
2 days / week
from €11,500 / month
Intensive lead
3 days / week
from €16,500 / month
What's included
- Quarterly scope agreement with clear deliverables
- Learning roadmap ownership and stakeholder alignment
- Capability-building cadence and team coaching
- Architecture reviews and implementation guidance
- Measurement against retention, mobility, and skill uplift
All prices are indicative. Scope is confirmed in a free discovery call.
What you get
Deliverables
- 1Quarterly scope agreement with clear deliverables
- 2Learning roadmap aligned to business OKRs and capability goals
- 3Capability-building cadence — coaching, champions, internal mobility
- 4Regular architecture and product reviews
- 5Measurement framework for retention, mobility, and skill uplift
Business outcomes
- Consistent strategic direction without a full-time salary
- Faster, better decisions on platform, content, and AI investments
- Your internal team levels up through direct coaching
- Progress measured against outcomes leadership cares about — not activity metrics
Is this for you?
Good fit if…
- You've completed an audit or build and need someone to drive implementation
- You're scaling L&D without budget for a full-time CPO or L&D director
- You're a B2B SaaS or platform company needing product + learning thinking combined
- Your team needs senior sparring on AI tooling, content ops, or platform decisions
Probably not if…
- —You need a one-off diagnosis of your learning landscapeTry Audit instead
- —You need a bounded build delivered in weeksTry Build instead
How a fractional engagement runs.
Onboarding & scope
Deep dive into current state, team, and stakeholders. Define quarterly objectives and success metrics. Align on cadence and communication rhythm.
Output: Quarterly scope document and OKR alignment
Embedded leadership
Roadmap ownership, sprint/architecture reviews, stakeholder meetings, team coaching. Activities rotate based on what the quarter demands.
Output: Weekly progress against quarterly objectives
Review & recalibrate
Quarterly retrospective. Scope review for next quarter. Scale commitment up or down based on needs.
Output: Updated scope agreement and priorities
How we work
Fractional leadership
An outcome-based retainer at 1–3 days per week — each quarter starts with a scope agreement tied to deliverables, not hours logged.
Continuous discovery
Weekly or bi-weekly check-ins keep the roadmap alive and connected to what the business actually needs.
Outcome-linked roadmap
Quarterly objectives are co-defined with leadership and tracked through the engagement — not activity metrics like courses published.
Adaptive cadence
We match your team's existing rhythm — Shape Up, Scrum, or kanban — rather than imposing our own.
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