A senior engineer shipping your data and AI backlog for 90 days.
A 90-day monthly retainer for teams that have more than one workflow, data gap, or AI build to ship. One senior technical owner. One active build lane at a time. Documented handoff as work ships.
Use it after the first proof point, not before.
RapidOps and the AI Stack Audit are clean ways to begin. The operating partner path is for what happens after the first problem is real: the workflow shipped, the audit named the gaps, or the backlog is too important to wait for a hire.
After a RapidOps sprint
The first automation works, but it exposes the next two bottlenecks: reporting, routing, CRM cleanup, enrichment, or manual ops work that should not stay manual.
After an AI Stack Audit
The roadmap is clear, but the internal team cannot absorb the foundation repair, analytics engineering, or first production AI build without losing momentum.
Before a premature hire
You need senior execution now, but not a full-time hire yet. Use 90 days to learn what should become process, tooling, or a role later.
A retained build lane, not vague advisory time.
The engagement is intentionally constrained. That makes it useful: one priority lane, visible weekly progress, and handoff quality that keeps the work from becoming consultant-dependent.
One active build lane
Workflow automation, data foundation repair, dbt model work, reporting systems, CRM/data cleanup, or a production AI implementation. One primary lane at a time until it ships.
Weekly priority review
A short weekly checkpoint with the business owner. We decide what shipped, what changed, what is blocked, and what the next week should produce.
Written handoff as work ships
Runbooks, architecture notes, repo structure, test or monitoring notes, and owner instructions. The goal is useful systems your team can keep operating.
Edge-case stabilization
For workflows already shipped, the first month can include failure-mode cleanup, monitoring, prompt/data fixes, and practical reliability work.
Data and AI implementation
Fix the foundation underneath AI: dbt, BigQuery, Python services, CRM workflows, reporting layers, agent orchestration, and deployment patterns.
Renew, pause, or hand off
In week 10, we make the next decision explicit: renew for another cycle, pause with handoff complete, or move ownership in-house.
Three months, three decisions.
The point is not to keep a consultant around forever. The point is to create enough execution pressure that the backlog starts moving and the ownership model becomes obvious.
Month 1: stabilize or start
Stabilize the first shipped workflow or turn the top audit finding into the first build lane. The first 30 days should remove ambiguity.
Month 2: ship the lane
Build the next workflow, data repair, reporting layer, or AI implementation. Keep decisions documented while the system moves toward production.
Month 3: hand off or renew
Finish handoff, identify remaining backlog, and decide whether the next 90 days should continue, pause, or become internal ownership.
One monthly retainer. 3-month minimum.
The monthly price is scoped on the fit call and depends on the kind of lane, meeting load, system complexity, and urgency. The engagement starts only when there is enough concrete work to justify 90 days.
Good fit
- There is already a sprint result, audit roadmap, or clear data/AI backlog
- You need one senior technical owner, not a large consulting team
- The work can be sequenced into one active build lane at a time
- You want documented handoff, not consultant dependency
Not a fit
- You need staff augmentation across many unrelated tickets
- You want strategy workshops before naming the actual work
- The team cannot provide access, context, or a business owner
- You need a large vendor bench for procurement optics
How the engagement starts.
No. Most teams should not. Start with RapidOps or the AI Stack Audit first. Move into the operating partner path only if the first proof point shows there is real work worth continuing.
Temporarily, for focused execution. It is not a permanent replacement for an internal owner if your company needs one. It can help you learn what that future role should actually own.
We identify the first build lane, decide whether 90 days is justified, and choose the right start: one sprint, one audit, or a retained operating partner scope.
Bring the backlog. Leave with the first lane.
Book a 15-minute fit call. If the operating partner path is too much too soon, we will start with one sprint or the AI Stack Audit instead.