Rent a CIO/CDO
Interim digital leadership: I take responsibility for your team, your digital roadmap and your vendor management – without you having to create a full-time position.
When digital leadership is missing, but a full-time position is not justified.
The position is vacant
Your CIO is leaving, no successor is in sight, and ongoing projects still need someone to make decisions.
Roadmap and suppliers lack a common thread
There are many service providers and projects, but no shared digital roadmap and no one managing suppliers.
A transition phase lies ahead
Ahead of succession or a sale, the digital side of the company should be orderly, manageable and transparent.
01The position is vacant
Your CIO is leaving, no successor is in sight, and ongoing projects still need someone to make decisions.
02Roadmap and suppliers lack a common thread
There are many service providers and projects, but no shared digital roadmap and no one managing suppliers.
03A transition phase lies ahead
Ahead of succession or a sale, the digital side of the company should be orderly, manageable and transparent.
What you receive.
Digital roadmap
A prioritised roadmap that I develop with you and maintain continuously.
Supplier and contract management
An overview of service providers and contracts, negotiations and clear responsibilities.
Team leadership
Prioritisation, goals and backing for your existing IT team and your service providers.
Reporting to GL/VR
Costs, risks and progress documented concisely, for well-founded decisions at leadership level.
From initial consultation to leadership in practice.
Initial consultation
30 minutes, without obligation. We clarify needs and scope of engagement. We sign the NDA before any first insight.
Onboarding
I get to know the team, contracts, system landscape and costs, and hold the first conversations with employees and service providers.
Ongoing leadership
Fixed weekly office hours, a clear reporting line, decisions and implementation in day-to-day business.
Reporting and handover
Monthly reporting and, once a permanent solution is in place, an orderly handover.
What I work with.
Capability and cost baseline
We establish a shared factual basis on capabilities, costs and contracts before changing anything.
Roadmap prioritisation
We assess initiatives by impact, effort and risk, so that executive management can decide rather than guess.
Supplier scorecard
Service providers’ performance, costs and dependencies become comparable and open to discussion.
Dialogue before restructuring
Real change emerges through conversation with people. I listen first, then we decide together.
Capability and cost baseline
We establish a shared factual basis on capabilities, costs and contracts before changing anything.
Roadmap prioritisation
We assess initiatives by impact, effort and risk, so that executive management can decide rather than guess.
Supplier scorecard
Service providers’ performance, costs and dependencies become comparable and open to discussion.
Dialogue before restructuring
Real change emerges through conversation with people. I listen first, then we decide together.
Interactive investment calculator
Calculate, without obligation, what interim digital leadership means for your company.
Guide value based on a daily rate of CHF 2’240, excl. VAT. The notice period is 3 months.
- Fixed weekly consultation hours
- Direct reporting line to GL/VR
- Monthly reporting
- Responsibility for team, roadmap and suppliers
What executives say about the Rent a CIO/CDO format.
«When our head of IT changed, we quickly needed someone to take responsibility. The transition was calm, and the team always knew whom to turn to.»
«Working with our suppliers has become clearer: responsibilities are defined, and we can see what we pay for each service.»
«The handover to our new solution was carefully prepared. We lost nothing of what we had built.»
Let’s clarify how much digital leadership you need.
30 minutes, without obligation, with an initial unbiased assessment.
What happens in 30 minutes
Your situation
You describe where you stand and what is pressing.
My initial assessment
I give you an unbiased view, without sales pressure.
Next steps
If it is a fit, a tailored proposal follows. NDA in advance on request.
Frequently asked questions about Rent a CIO/CDO
I am not on site full-time; instead, I lead through fixed rhythms: weekly consultation hours, monthly reporting and a clear reporting line to executive management or the board of directors.
I take on the functional leadership of the team and service providers. Disciplinary matters are clarified in advance during onboarding.
The engagement starts from two days per month, with a notice period of three months.