Fractional CTO – AI Strategy Council
Job Description: • Run monthly strategy clinics, design reviews and red-team sessions; produce ADRs, threat models and safety/eval audit reports. • Produce high-leverage artifacts: reference architectures, guardrail policies, vendor RFPs, and buy/build/partner matrices. • Be on-call for critical decisions and provide async ADR reviews; contribute to a searchable knowledge base of decisions and outputs. • Advise on model-quality, reliability, and cost/latency tradeoffs; recommend monitoring, eval and retraining guardrails. Requirements: • 10+ years’ senior technical leadership (CTO, Head of AI, Distinguished Engineer) with production AI/ML at scale. • Proven experience in system design, safety/ threat modelling, model/eval frameworks, or shipping LLM/agent features. • Strong written and verbal communication skills; history of producing decision-ready artifacts (ADRs, diagrams, audits). • Nice-to-have: Deep experience in regulated health or clinical AI (privacy, DPIA, audit trails). • Prior fractional/advisory or board-level experience advising engineering/AI teams. Benefits: • Hourly: USD $50 - $250/hr per hour depending on specialty and seniority • Engagement term: Typically 6–12 months with flexible scope and deliverables. • Independent Contractor status only. • Payment in USD via Wise or bank direct deposit. • Hourly invoicing. • No employee benefits. Apply tot his job