Embedded Team·with Fractional AI Officer

An AI team inside your company

The AI execution service where Maverick joins your organization and works side by side with your teams. Not external resource staffing: an integrated team that takes ownership of goals and delivers concrete results.

What is the Embedded Team

The Embedded Team is Maverick's AI execution service that works from within the client organization, side by side with internal teams. It's not external staffing: it's an integrated team that takes ownership of goals, interfaces with internal functions and delivers concrete results — with the same ownership logic as an internal team, and the specialized expertise of people who work with AI every day.

The team is led by a Fractional AI Officer: the senior figure who ensures alignment between strategy and operations, coordinates technical work and serves as the reference point for client management.

How it works

Team composition is defined together with the client during engagement design, based on scope and existing internal capabilities. The team works with agile methodology: short delivery cycles, regular reviews, continuous adjustments.

The goal is not just to deliver, but to transfer knowledge and leave an organization better equipped to manage AI autonomously.

Engagement mode

Project or ongoing presence — duration calibrated to needs

Operating method

Agile — short cycles, continuous reviews, shared ownership with the client

Approach

Build from scratch or acceleration of existing projects, depending on context

Team composition

The team is multidisciplinary by design. The Fractional AI Officer is the senior profile leading the group; other roles cover distinct levels of the AI value chain.

01

Fractional AI Officer

Senior strategic leadership role — included in the full team, also available standalone. Strategic oversight of the entire AI initiative. Sets direction, oversees governance, coordinates the team and serves as the reference point for management.

02

AI Product Manager

Coordinates the AI project roadmap, manages priorities and bridges business and technical profiles. Ensures deliverables are relevant and measurable.

03

AI Engineer

Designs, develops and optimizes AI models and pipelines. Manages integration of AI systems into operational workflows and production deployment.

04

Data Engineer

Builds and maintains data infrastructure: ingestion pipelines, storage, data quality and architecture scalability. Ensures AI systems have the data foundations they need.

What the Embedded Team delivers

AI applications and solutions integrated into existing business systems

Structured data pipelines ready to support future AI initiatives

Production-ready applications

Technical documentation and knowledge transfer to the internal team

Operational frameworks for monitoring and maintaining AI systems

Fractional AI Officer

The Fractional AI Officer is the strategic leadership figure who leads the Embedded Team. A C-level profile that Maverick integrates into the client organization, bringing strategic vision, process governance and continuity of AI direction.

The FAO is also available in standalone mode: clients who already have internal technical teams can engage exclusively this figure, on a flexible monthly retainer.

In the full team

Leads and coordinates the Embedded Team, oversees governance, interfaces with management

In standalone mode

Monthly retainer — working sessions, workshops, strategic calls, async reviews

Level of involvement

C-level — strategic decisions, governance, organizational direction

Fractional AI Officer areas of activity

01

AI Roadmap & Strategy

Defines AI strategy and transformation plan. Translates business objectives into concrete AI initiatives with timelines, resources and KPIs. Aligns management expectations with actual organizational capabilities.

02

Vendor & Tool Selection

Evaluates and compares AI solutions, models and vendors based on specific context. Manages RFPs and negotiations. Prevents lock-in and ensures reversible, scalable technology choices.

03

Management Evangelization

Educates top management on AI fundamentals: opportunities, risks and strategic implications. Builds a common language between business functions and technical teams.

04

Change Management & Adoption

Promotes innovation culture across the company, facilitates and monitors AI adoption in daily work routines. Supports the team through the upskilling process.

Engagement models

The client can choose between two configurations, depending on needs and maturity of existing internal resources.

Fractional AI Officer OnlyFull Embedded Team
CompositionSingle senior figure (FAO)FAO + AI Engineer + AI Product Manager + Data Engineer
FocusStrategy, governance, organizational directionStrategy + execution + development + delivery
ModeFlexible monthly retainerProject or ongoing presence
Typical outputRoadmap, policies, decisions, change managementAI solutions, pipelines, products + all FAO outputs
Ideal forOrganizations with existing technical teams that need senior guidanceOrganizations that want to build or accelerate with a complete team

The two models are not permanently exclusive: you can start with the FAO alone to set strategy, then activate the full team once operational scope is clear. Similarly, a full team engagement can evolve toward the FAO only during consolidation phases.

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