Fractional CTO / AI Strategy Council - Remote (Contractor)

Title: Fractional CTO / AI Strategy Council — Remote (Contractor)
Location: Remote - Global (offshore-friendly to Western Europe, U.S., Canada, Australia, Latin America, Israel, Singapore, Malaysia, South East Asia)
Base fee: USD $50 - $250/hr ( paid via bank direct deposit)
Employment type: Contractor
Company: Shae Group
Website: https://shae.group

Who We Are
Shae Group is a global AI-first technology and services group building precision AI products across health, wellbeing, education, human performance and enterprise infrastructure. We move fast, prioritize safety and reliability, and use expert judgement plus tooling to de-risk decisions and accelerate product outcomes.

Who You Are
You are a senior technology leader (CTO / Head of AI / Distinguished Engineer) who wants to advise high-impact AI product decisions. You provide concise, high-leverage guidance — design reviews, threat models, eval audits, ADRs and playbooks — and can move between strategy and technical detail. You are experienced in shipping AI at scale, communicating clearly, and delivering artifacts that leaders act upon.

Responsibilities
• Run monthly strategy clinics, design reviews and red-team sessions; produce ADRs, threat models and safety/eval audit reports.
• Produce high-leverage artifacts: reference architectures, guardrail policies, vendor RFPs, and buy/build/partner matrices.
• Be on-call for critical decisions and provide async ADR reviews; contribute to a searchable knowledge base of decisions and outputs.
• Advise on model-quality, reliability, and cost/latency tradeoffs; recommend monitoring, eval and retraining guardrails.

Must-have qualifications
• 10+ years’ senior technical leadership (CTO, Head of AI, Distinguished Engineer) with production AI/ML at scale.
• Proven experience in system design, safety/ threat modelling, model/eval frameworks, or shipping LLM/agent features.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; history of producing decision-ready artifacts (ADRs, diagrams, audits).

Nice-to-have
• Deep experience in regulated health or clinical AI (privacy, DPIA, audit trails).
• Prior fractional/advisory or board-level experience advising engineering/AI teams.

Compensation
Hourly: USD $50 - $250/hr per hour depending on specialty and seniority
Engagement term: Typically 6–12 months with flexible scope and deliverables.

Payment & contractor terms
Independent Contractor status only. Payment in USD via Wise or bank direct deposit. Hourly invoicing. No employee benefits.

How to apply
• Click Apply → submit 2 authored artifacts (deck or ADR) and a short Loom explaining an AI decision you influenced and how you measured impact.
• Must complete a self-initiated Ai-video interview call and personality profile survey.
• Selected advisors invited to a short design clinic and onboarding call.

Closing note
Join a focused council of experts that materially improves decision speed, model quality and platform reliability. We move fast and value concise, high-impact advice — apply with artifacts and a short Loom.