FULL-AUTHORITY · FIXED TERM
Interim CIO
A full-authority CIO for a defined term — when you need safe hands now.
The problem
A leadership gap: a CIO has left, an M&A integration is underway, a major transformation — including AI — is on, or a turnaround is needed. You need experienced hands immediately, with full authority, for a defined period.
What's included
- Near-full-time executive ownership of the whole IT function for the term
- Stabilising the function
- Delivering the specific mandate: integration, transformation or turnaround
- A clean handover to a permanent CIO
- AI: where the mandate is an AI transformation — leading it, standing up the agentic systems and infrastructure, getting to production, and handing the team a working result rather than a paper one
How it works
- 01
Rapid takeover (week 1) — assume authority, stabilise, triage.
- 02
Deliver the mandate (months 1–N) — execute the brief against a plan and milestones.
- 03
Handover — recruit and onboard the permanent hire, document, transition.
What you get
Continuity, the delivered mandate, and a de-risked transition.
Format & pricing
Near full-time, fixed term (for example 3–9 months).
By inquiry
Where this fits
Steps up from Fractional CIO in a crisis; steps down to Advisory after handover. See the path for Owners & CEOs.
FAQ
- How quickly can you start?
- For a genuine gap, quickly — the model exists for exactly that situation.
- What happens at the end?
- A clean handover to your permanent hire, including recruiting support if you want it.