AI Strategy Advisory

Get Strategic Clarity on AI Leadership — Before or Alongside a Search

Not every organization needs a full-time CAIO on day one. Some need a workshop, an assessment, or a fractional engagement first.

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60+ executive placements · 98% completion rate · 92% two-year retention

You Know You Need AI Leadership. You're Not Sure What Kind.

Should you hire a Chief AI Officer or a Head of AI Governance? Full-time or fractional? Reporting to the CEO or the CTO? These questions don't have generic answers — they depend on your sector, your regulatory exposure, your governance maturity, and what you're actually trying to accomplish with AI. Getting the role definition wrong is the most expensive mistake in executive search, because you end up with the right person for the wrong job.

What You Get

Paid working sessions, advisory retainers, and board workshops Structured engagements that produce actionable decisions — not decks that sit in a drawer.
AI leadership readiness assessments We help you answer the CAIO question before you start a search: do you need one, what should they own, and where should they sit?
Fractional AI advisory for companies building toward a full-time hire Bridge the gap with senior advisory while you define the role and build the internal case.
Led by senior partners with direct AI governance and search experience Same team that runs our retained searches — not a separate consulting arm with different expertise.

How We Run a Search

Calibrate

Define success in your context — role, environment, non-negotiables.

Map

Map the market against your brief — obvious candidates and non-obvious ones.

Assess

Every candidate measured on the same rubric: technical, leadership, governance.

Place & Onboard

We stay engaged through the first 180 days — when retention is won or lost.

Flat-fee retained search. Advisory engagements start at $10,000. Flat-fee, scoped to your situation, led by a senior partner.

Leaders placed across: healthcare systems, financial services, biotech & pharma, PE-backed firms, foundations, universities, government agencies, and mission-driven organizations.

What Clients Say About Our Team

“Incredibly helpful, quick to respond, and attentive to my questions and concerns. I felt very valued as an individual and that they truly wanted me to succeed.”
— Maggie

“They were prompt, very well connected, with an impressively competitive price. Their recommendations for process and even interview questions are based on ample experience and all proved priceless. It is an investment that pays for itself immediately in efficiency and success.”
— Andrea

Reviews from clients of the same founding team, via Charity Search Group.