Fractional Head of Data

Service

Senior data leadership.
Without the headcount.

Your SME generates data. It shapes your customers, your risk, your operations. But hiring a full-time Head of Data or Chief Data Officer is expensive, premature, and often the wrong fit at your stage.

I work with you one or two days a week — embedded in your team, aligned to your goals — bringing the statistical rigour and open-data methodology of a senior data scientist without the full-time cost.

Book a free 20-min call → Or email me
The gap

What SMEs face. What I solve.

The problem

  • Data piling up with no systematic analysis
  • Dashboards that show what happened, not why
  • No capacity to build forecasting or risk models
  • Regulatory and public data going unmonitored
  • Decisions made on point estimates — no uncertainty quantified

What I bring

  • Bayesian models that expose uncertainty explicitly
  • Open data synthesis as competitive intelligence
  • Probabilistic forecasting with confidence bounds
  • Data strategy aligned to business decisions
  • Research-grade analysis at consultancy speed
Engagement models

How we work together.

Diagnostic
Data Audit
From €3,500 + VAT
Fixed scope · 2–4 weeks
  • Map current data assets and gaps
  • Identify top three analytical opportunities
  • Prioritised roadmap with effort/impact estimates
  • Written report + presentation
Enquire →
Core offering
Fractional Head of Data
From €1,200 + VAT / day
1–2 days/week · rolling
  • Embedded strategic data partner
  • Model building, forecasting, Bayesian inference
  • Open data monitoring for your sector
  • Team mentoring and methodology review
  • Monthly decision-support reports
  • Async availability between days
Start the conversation →
Project
Defined Analysis
From €2,500 + VAT
Scoped per project
  • One focused deliverable: model, forecast, or analysis
  • Suitable for academic collaborations
  • Publication-ready output
  • Full code and documentation handover
Enquire →
Best fit

Who this is for.

🏥

Healthcare & pharma

Register data, clinical outcomes, patient flow modelling, regulatory analytics.

⚖️

Legal & policy

Legislative analytics, EU directive tracking, regulatory change modelling.

🔬

Research orgs

Academic collaboration, statistical analysis for publications, open data methodology.

📊

Data-generating SMEs

Any organisation with data but no internal senior statistical capacity.

Let's find out if this fits.

The first conversation costs nothing. We discuss your data, your decisions, and whether a fractional engagement makes sense for your stage.

Book a free 20-min call → or email kristian.vepsalainen@proton.me