Fractional CTO / AI Strategy Council - Remote (Contractor)

10+ years experience as CTO/Head of AI/Distinguished AI Engineer. Shipped AI at scale. Extensive proof of Python & FAST API projects, utilising extensive LLM APIs in production systems. Scaled AI/ML systems above 1M users. Handled (managed and built) complex data pipelines. Experience in regulated healthcare or clinical AI (nice-to-have). Prior advisory, fractional, consulting, or board-level support experience (nice-to-have).

Provide clear advice-to-decision paths for new and extending projects. Propose or review Ai strategy, and implementation pathways. Create reference architectures, playbooks, and guardrail policies. Develop risk registers, buy/build/partner matrices, and vendor RFPs.