Embedded Operators

Sharp People Inside
Your Operations

We embed AI-native operators into your company. They learn the business, take ownership of the day-to-day, and build the right systems. Manual work first. Automations once they actually understand how things work.

The Reality
AI tools exist. Adoption doesn't.
Companies buy ChatGPT Team, run a workshop, mandate a course. People get excited for a week. Then everyone goes back to how they were doing things before.
i.

No System Behind It

Someone uses AI for a week, writes a few emails, then drops it. There's no connection between the tool and actual output. No accountability. Nothing compounds.

ii.

Generic Training

Every course teaches prompting with examples from other workflows. Never your actual clients, your actual briefs, your actual processes. It doesn't stick because it doesn't touch real work.

iii.

No Internal Champion

Without a person inside the company whose job it is to drive AI adoption every day, track accountability, and build custom workflows, the initiative dies in month one. Every time.

Who We Work With
Companies with 20+ staff
and real operational pressure
Founders and executives who are either hiring 10 more people or figuring out how to get more from the team they already have. We help with the second option.
Agencies

Marketing & Media

We've worked with multiple marketing agencies in Saudi Arabia and the US. Content teams, account managers, creative departments. The embedded operator learns the client workflows, then layers AI on top.

Services

Professional Services

Consulting firms, real estate ops, legal teams. Any company where people spend time on research, writing, reporting, and client communication. That's where an embedded operator moves the needle fastest.

Startups

Scaling Operations

Post-PMF companies hitting the ceiling of complexity. The founder is the bottleneck. The team needs someone who can own processes, not just execute tasks. Our operators think with you, not just for you.

How We Work
Ownership first. AI last.
We never start with tools. The operator learns the business, takes ownership, executes. AI is the last layer, built on top of real understanding. If you don't know the business, the automations you build are useless.
01

Context

The operator maps your workflows, tools, and bottlenecks. Understands how the team actually works. Not the org chart version. The real one.

02

Ownership

They take over the day-to-day. Manual at first. Executing alongside the team, building trust, learning the edge cases no playbook covers.

03

Execution

Now they build. Automations, AI agents, prompt systems, plugged into the tools you already use. Built from real understanding, not assumptions.

04

Compound

The system teaches itself. Managers pick it up. Teams adopt naturally. We shift from building to optimizing.

The Pilot
Start with proof.
Scale with confidence.
We always start with a pilot. 12 weeks, one team or department. You see the impact before committing to anything larger.
Weeks 1-2

Map Everything

The operator embeds with the team and maps the real workflows, tools, bottlenecks, and team dynamics. Identifies where the highest-impact opportunities are for your specific operation.

  • Workflow audit across departments
  • Tool stack assessment
  • Quick-win identification
  • Team readiness baseline
Weeks 3-8

Build With Managers

Hands-on work with the management layer. Building workflows, setting up automations, establishing accountability. Managers first, because that's where the leverage is.

  • Side-by-side AI workflow builds
  • Custom automations in existing tools
  • Structured cohorts (10 people max)
  • Accountability tracking
Weeks 9-12

Measure & Expand

Quantify what actually changed. Output per person, time saved on specific processes, which workflows stuck. Then plan the rollout to the broader team.

  • Impact report with real metrics
  • Broader team orientation
  • Expansion roadmap
  • Self-sustaining system handoff
After The Pilot
How it scales
You don't train 50 people at once. That's a webinar, and nobody retains anything from a webinar. You build layers.

Managers First

Side-by-side with 5-8 team leads. They become the internal champions. If managers get it, it cascades down naturally.

then

Structured Cohorts

10 people max per cohort. Role-specific, hands-on. Your content people learn different workflows than your account managers.

then

Self-Sustaining

Broader team orientation. But by now, managers are already leading adoption internally. The system runs on its own.

What We Bring
Operators who build systems
Not consultants with slide decks. Not VAs who need checklists. Operators who understand the business and build the infrastructure it needs. We've deployed 30+ across the US, Saudi Arabia, and the UK.
PM

Project Management

Certified ClickUp resellers in Saudi Arabia. We build project management systems that track, automate, and report across teams. Not just setting it up. Running it.

GTM

Go-to-Market

Through our sister company ChiefScale, we run AI-first GTM operations. CRM automation, outreach sequencing, lead scoring, pipeline management. These are day-to-day workflows, not demos.

AI

AI Agents & Automations

We build custom AI agents and workflow automations. Small automations get built in-house by the embedded operator. Larger, more complex systems can be scoped as separate projects with our partners.

FW

Frameworks, Not Tools

New AI tools come out every week. Being an expert in one is pointless. We train our operators on the frameworks for learning any AI tool quickly. That ability to adapt is the real skill.

Results
What happens when you embed a Chief
"This ROI with ChiefNest has honestly been some of the best dollars that I've spent in my career. They're effectively running the entire operational and administrative layer of the business. In exchange for that monthly investment, what I get is my time back."
R
Rob
CEO, SovDoc (Healthcare Investment Bank)
"I worked with three guys, but all four of us together, I felt like we were a team of 20. It basically 10X'd the number of conversations we had with potential investors. They thought for themselves, they had great ideas and they solved problems on their own."
J
Jake
Founder, Retail & Investor Outreach
"You did more in three weeks than our business development manager did in six months."
B
Blake
Founder, C4 Alpha
Investment
Monthly. Outcomes-focused.
We work on monthly engagements, not hourly billing. Pricing depends on scope, team size, and the depth of embedding required.
Embedded Operator

Operational Support

Starting at $1,800/mo per operator
  • Dedicated embedded operator
  • ~25 hours/week engagement
  • Workflow ownership & execution
  • AI tool implementation
  • Team coaching & handoff
  • Accountability tracking
Full Partnership

Fractional Chief AI Officer

Starting at $3,500/mo
  • Everything in Embedded Operator
  • Strategic AI roadmap
  • Custom automation builds
  • AI agent development
  • Cross-department rollout
  • Structured cohort training

Ready to run the pilot?

One team, one operator, 12 weeks. Let the results make the case for expansion.

Schedule a Call
chiefnest.com  |  sulaiman@chiefnest.com