Fractional Leadership
Senior data and AI leaders embedded in your business — bringing the capability without the overhead of a full-time hire.
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.
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.
Microsoft Fabric for Telecommunications
Industry: Infrastructure & Telecommunications
EdgeRed partnered with a fast-growing Australian telecommuncations 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.
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