S9 · Retainer, 4–16 days/month
Fractional CTO / Architecture Lead
Named product or architecture leadership on a retainer: design authority, hiring standards, board reporting and AI adoption measured against delivery outcomes.
Constructed handover specimen · not a client finding
A decision the board can act on
- Trigger
- A launch date conflicts with unresolved recovery and ownership risks.
- What you receive
- A one-page decision records options, consequences, accountable owner and the evidence that would permit release.
- Decision supported
- The board receives a recommendation with an explicit trade-off and revisit condition, not another percentage-complete report.
Who it is for
Boards and teams that need senior product or architecture authority without a full-time appointment.
- The work
- Daniel or Gary joins the operating cadence, records consequential decisions, challenges plans, raises the hiring and delivery standard and reports technology in terms the board can act on.
- The boundary
- The retainer buys named senior attention and written decisions. Delivery capacity beyond the agreed days is scoped separately.
What you receive
A monthly operating cadence and written decision log.
- Duration
- Retainer, 4–16 days/month
- Price (GBP)
- £1,500/day; retainers £6,000 / £11,000 / £20,000 per month for 4 / 8 / 16 days
- Commercial shape
- day rate or monthly retainer