# Fractional Leadership

#### Senior data and AI leaders embedded in your business — bringing the capability without the overhead of a full-time hire.

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## What this looks like

The smartest use of fractional leadership isn’t filling a gap — it’s bringing in senior capability before locking into a permanent hire. We embed data and AI leaders who operate with full accountability and leave the function in better shape than they found it.

#### Fractional data & AI leadership

A senior EdgeRed leader steps into a defined role — CDO, Head of Data, Data Platform Lead — owning strategy, delivery and team management for a defined period or scope.

#### Embedded AI partner

No in-house data or AI capability? We become your outsourced function — building foundations, delivering insights, and uplifting your team alongside us. Structured handover when you’re ready to bring it in-house.

#### Data function design

Merging siloed teams, redesigning structure, building ways of working, and leading the change management required to make it stick.

#### Data platform migration

Your platform migration stalls when no one has the authority to make the hard calls. We embed a senior leader who owns the decisions — from legacy to Snowflake or Microsoft Fabric — and drives the team to delivery.

#### AI readiness & data strategy

No board-ready AI strategy yet? We assess your current state, identify the highest-value opportunities and build a pragmatic roadmap — so investment decisions are grounded in what’s actually achievable.

#### Team capability uplift

Embedding alongside your existing data team — mentoring, setting standards, building ways of working — so the capability stays when we leave.

## Case studies

##### **Fractional Data & AI Lead for Public Sector**

Industry: Public Sector

EdgeRed stepped in as fractional Data & AI Leader for an Australian public sector organisation — taking full accountability for a large data function and executing a major data platform transformation that unlocked collaboration across the business. The engagement concluded with a structured handover.  
[**Read the case study →**](/content/case_study/fractional-data-ai-lead-for-public-sector/ "Data Platform & AI-Ready Transformation"/index.html)

##### **Data Platform & AI-Ready Transformation**

Industry: Technology & Software

EdgeRed delivered a full data platform transformation — legacy system to modern cloud data warehouse — giving a sustainability-focused Australian business the foundation to run advanced analytics and AI initiatives, with measurable commercial impact including a significant uplift in customer retention.  
[**Read the case study →**](/content/case_study/data-platform-ai-ready-transformation/index.html)

##### **Microsoft Fabric for Telecommunications**

Industry: Infrastructure & Telecommunications

EdgeRed partnered with a fast-growing Australian telecommunications business to build their data analytics capability from scratch — delivering an audit-compliant Microsoft Fabric platform in two structured phases, with the internal team fully self-sufficient on handover.  
[**Read the case study →**](/content/case_study/microsoft-fabric-implementation-for-telecommunications/ "Data Platform & AI-Ready Transformation"/index.html)

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