Orchestrator
A Chief AI Officer in 2 weeks, at a fraction of the cost. Embedded in your team. Accountable for ROI.
A full-time Chief AI Officer costs €200–350K/year plus equity, takes 6 months to find, and fails in the first year 40% of the time. Meanwhile, your AI strategy drifts, vendors sell you tools nobody uses, and your team builds without direction. The Orchestrator starts in 2 weeks. It's not a consulting retainer. It's an embedded AI function that builds your internal capability while delivering results. No lock-in – we earn your renewal every single month.
THE REAL PROBLEM
12 months of AI drift costs 10x more to fix than to prevent.
3–5 uncoordinated AI decisions per month – vendors, tools, engineering priorities – owned by whoever is closest to the problem. After a year: conflicting pilots, duplicate subscriptions, a board that's stopped trusting the roadmap. A Chief AI Officer is the obvious fix – but one takes 6 months to find, fails in year one 40% of the time, and delivers nothing meaningful for the first 3–6 months. The decisions don't wait. The Orchestrator puts a senior Codetribe partner inside your leadership from week two – setting strategy, challenging vendors, owning the programme, answering to your board. Not a consultancy. A partnership.
WHAT YOU GET
Not advice. Accountability.
Senior AI leader.
Senior AI leader. Senior-level direction, zero hiring risk.
Senior-level direction, zero hiring risk.
Active investment oversight.
Clear AI roadmap. Aligned to business goals, quarterly reviewed.
Regularly saving clients more than our fee.
Board-ready reporting.
Active investment oversight. Regularly saving clients more than our fee.
AI direction and measurable ROI, every month.
Clear AI roadmap.
Engineering team mentoring. AI/ML capability built in every quarter.
Aligned to business goals, quarterly reviewed.
Engineering team mentoring.
Board-ready reporting. AI direction and measurable ROI, every month.
AI/ML capability built in every quarter.
THE DELTA METHOD
The Delta saves you money – whether you build or not.
The Delta Method is Codetribe's framework for quantifying the difference between how your operations run today and how they'd run with AI. Not "this process could be more efficient." But "this process takes 4.2 hours per cycle at €85/hour – AI brings it to 12 minutes. Here's the annual value of that delta." Every measurement is built on your data, your workflows, your costs. No benchmarks, no industry averages, no assumptions. The delta is either worth pursuing or it isn't – and both answers save you money.
HOW IT WORKS
Every month earns renewal. Five steps. Operational in 2 weeks.
STEP 1
Discovery call
30 minutes with a senior Codetribe partner. We cover your current AI state, active initiatives, and where strategic leadership would have the most impact. No preparation required.
STEP 2
Alignment session
A 2-hour session with your leadership team. We agree on priorities, ownership model, and engagement tier. By the end, the scope is locked and the Orchestrator knows exactly where to start.
STEP 3
We start
No onboarding period. Your Orchestrator reviews existing AI investments, challenges what isn't working, sets a 90-day priority list, and reports to leadership immediately.
STEP 4
Monthly rhythm
Strategy sessions, vendor reviews, engineering oversight, board preparation – on a cadence set by your tier. Every month, the Orchestrator is accountable to a defined set of priorities.
STEP 5
Quarterly roadmap review
Progress measured against defined KPIs, priorities adjusted, roadmap realigned. Board report included at Active and Embedded tiers. This is how the engagement earns renewal.
PRICING
Scope scales with your needs.
Every engagement includes a quarterly roadmap review, board prep, and ad-hoc guidance. No subcontracting. Senior partners only. Cancel anytime – 30 days' notice. 3 slots available.
Advisory
Active
Embedded
THE TIMING. THE TEAM.
€200K/year to hire vs €144K/year to start in 2 weeks.
Board expectations have shifted from "are you exploring AI?" to "show me the ROI." The AI leader you want to hire is currently being recruited by 15 other companies, costs €200–350K/year plus equity, and isn't available for 6 months. The Orchestrator Embedded costs €144K/year and is operational in 2 weeks. 94% of clients renew – because the Orchestrator is accountable for ROI, not reports. The cross-industry experience and 80+ engineers behind every engagement is what a single hire will never replicate.
CASE STUDY
Paid for itself in Q1 – by killing two vendor contracts that weren't delivering.
Challenge
The company needed to transition from early AI wins into a self-sustaining, company-wide AI operation – without losing momentum or overspending on external vendors.
What happened next
The internal AI team now operates independently and the board treats AI as a core business capability.
Three years ago we had zero AI in production. Today we have systems running and an internal team of AI engineers. Codetribe didn't just build it – they taught us how to own it.
FAQ
No. The Orchestrator starts where you are – whether you have live production systems or no AI strategy at all. The engagement is scoped to your current state and your organisation's actual priorities.
Advisory is strategic direction – a senior voice that keeps your AI roadmap honest. Active is programme ownership – the Orchestrator runs the AI programme, not just advises on it. Embedded is leadership – direct involvement in team management, vendor relationships, and budget, functioning as your de facto Chief AI Officer.
Yes. Up or down, as your needs change. Most clients start at Active and expand to Embedded once they see the impact. Some scale back to Advisory once their internal team reaches maturity – that's a success outcome, not a problem.
30-day notice to cancel or change tiers. No penalties. No lock-in clauses. No minimum commitment beyond the current month. We structure it this way deliberately – it means we earn your renewal every single month. 94% of clients renew. We're confident in that number because we've earned it.
Depends on the tier. Advisory is mostly monthly – reviewing your roadmap, challenging decisions, preparing you for board conversations. Active is weekly – the Orchestrator owns the programme, oversees engineering, evaluates vendors, and keeps the board informed. Embedded is ongoing – weekly team meetings, direct vendor management, engineering mentoring, and a seat in leadership conversations.
A consultant delivers a recommendation and leaves. The Orchestrator is accountable for outcomes – measured on your AI ROI, not on the quality of their report. The 2.7-year average engagement reflects what accountability actually looks like.
Your AI strategy needs an owner.
Senior AI leadership in 2 weeks, without the hire. Every month earned.
EXPLORE OTHER PROGRAMS
Stop guessing. One call to know where your AI opportunity actually sits.
The board-ready AI roadmap you've been trying to build for months. Done in 10 days.
A working AI system on your data in 6 weeks or an honest verdict that saves you from a far bigger mistake.
Your POC proved it works. Now build the thing your team can't operate without.
A Chief AI Officer in 2 weeks, at a fraction of the cost. Embedded in your team. Accountable for ROI.
One day. Real workflows. Every person leaves with an AI playbook for their actual job.
