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Drop in the job description you were about to publish (or already did). The AI reads it and maps every duty to what a Fractional Hire covers, what stays with your IT provider, and what the role really costs — in about ten seconds. Then, if you want it in writing, one more click sends it to Sean.

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What that job posting actually asks for

We read a lot of these. Strip the boilerplate and the same list shows up every time — and almost none of it is about fixing computers.

Administer Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, accounts, MFA, remote access
Onboard and offboard staff — accounts, permissions, equipment, app access
Administer the business applications the company actually runs on
Configure templates, forms, workflows, and settings inside those apps
Be the liaison to every software vendor and get them to fix things
Coordinate updates, testing, rollouts, and communications
Coordinate with the managed IT provider on servers, backups, security
Get quotes, evaluate tools, recommend and coordinate purchases
Maintain the website, domains, SSL, backups
Keep documentation, SOPs, and continuity plans current
"Evaluate business processes and recommend practical improvements"
Explain technology clearly to people who don't want to hear about technology

That last line is the whole job. It's also the exact description of a Fractional Technology & Operations Lead — with one difference: we automate the recurring parts instead of doing them by hand every week.

The math, honestly

Hiring in-house

$6,250–8,150 /mo

$60–70k salary plus benefits, payroll taxes, and overhead
Weeks of recruiting before anyone starts
One person, one skill set, 40 hours whether you need them or not
PTO, sick days, turnover, retraining — and you manage them
Nothing gets automated; the manual work just gets a new owner

Fractional Hire — Digital Tech Team

from $4,000 /mo

A named lead who owns your technology, starting within a week
Senior IT specialists behind them for hands-on and on-site work
Applications, accounts, vendors, onboarding, website — covered
Automation built in: the recurring work stops needing a human
Daily AI digest, weekly human report, priority response, quarterly review
Documented and in your accounts — hire full-time later into a clean house

Fully-loaded estimate uses the common 1.25–1.4× multiplier on salary for benefits, payroll taxes, and overhead. It's a rule of thumb for comparison, not a quote for your organization.

Your first month

week 01

Access and documentation

We inventory every system, account, vendor, and recurring task — and write it down. Most organizations have never had this list.

weeks 02–03

Take over the running

Onboarding, vendor calls, application admin, the website, the daily questions. Your team gets one named person and a same-day answer.

week 04 →

Automate the repeats

The recurring work surfaces fast. We start removing it — one workflow at a time — and report what changed every Friday.

Fair questions

Is this instead of our managed IT provider?

No — it's the layer above them. Most postings for this role say 'coordinate with the managed IT provider,' and that's exactly what we do. If you don't have one, we bring senior IT specialists from our own bench.

What about on-site and hands-on work?

Covered. Your named lead handles the management layer day to day, and senior IT specialists from our bench handle deployments, hardware, and on-site days when they're needed.

We run specialty software — practice management, EMR, industry systems.

We administer business applications every day and act as the vendor liaison for specialty systems: templates, workflows, user access, updates, testing, and getting the vendor to actually fix things. We don't pretend to replace the vendor's own support — we manage it so you don't have to.

How fast can you start?

Typically within a week of a signed agreement. Week one is documentation and access; you'll have a working point of contact before a job posting would have produced a first interview.

What if we later want a full-time employee?

Then you'll hire into a fully documented, organized environment — every account, vendor, workflow, and password policy written down. That handoff is the whole design, not an afterthought.

What does it cost compared to hiring?

The Fractional Hire starts at $4,000 a month. A $60,000–70,000 salary typically runs $6,250–8,150 a month once benefits, payroll taxes, and overhead are counted (the common 1.25–1.4× rule of thumb) — for one person, forty hours, and no automation.

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