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Premium engagement
10–50 person teams

Your fractional AI operations lead.

Audit. Build. Train. Tune. Repeat.

You don't need another tool. You need someone who walks into your business, maps exactly where the time is going, builds the systems that fix it, trains your team to run them, and stays accountable for the outcome. That's what Fractional Ops is.

6-month minimum engagementLive systems within 30 daysYou own everything we build

How it works

What each month looks like

The engagement is structured so you see ROI before month two ends.

Full operational audit

Month 1

Deliverable: Priority-ranked list of automation opportunities

We map every workflow your team touches weekly. Every tool, every handoff, every place time leaks. You get a ranked list of 5–10 automation opportunities with projected hours saved per week and implementation complexity.

Build the first 3 systems

Month 2

Deliverable: 3 live automation systems in your existing stack

We build the top-ranked systems and integrate them into the tools your team already uses. No migration, no new platform to manage. You see live automation within 30 days.

Train the team. Document everything.

Month 3

Deliverable: Trained team + runnable workflow documentation

Every system gets a documented runbook your team can operate without us. We run training sessions with the people who use the workflows daily. You own everything.

Tune, expand, and handle what breaks

Month 4+

Deliverable: Ongoing optimization + next wave of builds

We monitor the live systems, handle edge cases before they become problems, and roll out the next batch of workflows from the roadmap. The engagement compounds — each wave makes the last one more effective.

The math

Why this is a trivial ROI calculation

Representative 20-person business losing 15 hrs/week to manual work.

Team size20 people
Hours lost to manual work/week15 hrs
Hours recovered/month~60 hrs
Blended labor rate$75/hr
Labor value recovered/month$4,500
Faster sales cycles (est.)$6,000–$8,000
Fewer errors and rework (est.)$3,000–$5,000
Total value recovered/month$13,500–$17,500
Fractional Ops retainer$8,000–$12,000/mo

Estimates based on industry averages. Your numbers may be higher or lower.

Everything included in the retainer

Full operational audit with prioritized roadmap

3–5 custom automation systems built and integrated

Team training sessions for every deployed workflow

Runnable workflow documentation you own

Monthly optimization and edge-case handling

Next-wave workflow planning and builds

Direct access to your implementation lead (Slack or email)

Weekly async status updates

All tool costs and integration fees included

Why this works when tools didn't

We pick what to build

AI builds workflows. AI doesn't know which workflows to build. That requires understanding your business — talking to your ops lead, watching where time actually goes. That's what the audit does.

We stay accountable

You get a human on a call when something breaks at 9pm the night before a launch. The retainer structure means our incentives stay aligned with your outcome, not a one-time project fee.

Your team can run it

Every system we build comes with documentation and team training. The goal is independence — you should be able to operate the systems without us if you choose to.

Ready to get your hours back?

Start with a free 30-minute discovery call. We'll tell you if this is the right fit.