Strategic Delivery Operations Structure Proposal
Overview
We are evolving from a reactive service delivery model into a high-leverage, strategic operations-led organization. This document outlines the proposed structure and scope for a core operational team that will architect and drive delivery innovation, GTM scale, and AI leverage across Brainforge. This group is not about adding headcount to match client growth—it’s about building systems that deliver exponential leverage.
Core Objective
To build a “Founding Ops Team” that:
- Drives strategic projects to accelerate, automate, and standardize service delivery using AI.
- Operates as a GTM-Delivery integration force multiplier.
- Takes ownership of the business—not just their silo—to enable scale.
Strategic Operations Pod (“The Founding Ops Team”)
Shared Mission:
Deliver 20% faster and 20% better with each increment of growth, using a systems and AI-first mindset.
Key Scopes:
- Delivery Acceleration: Build and manage GTM-to-delivery workflows. Run data-driven experiments to increase quality, consistency, and delivery speed.
- AI Productization: Partner with delivery architects to identify repeatable services, AI-ify them, and deploy/sell them as reusable assets.
- Client Operations: Coordinate engineering/solution resources to ensure client delivery is high-impact, consistent, and evolving.
- Partnership & GTM Support: Own relationships with strategic partners and support pre-sales and marketing repurposing of delivery work.
- Business Process Infrastructure: Build the tools and workflows that enable scale across recruiting, onboarding, ops, and cross-functional delivery.
Proposed “Founding Ops” Team - Mostly Internal Facing (+50%)
| Role | Rank | Cost | Tentative Lead | Primary Focus | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delivery Ops Lead | 90k | 1) Allocations + Margin Reporting |
- Leverage AI in Delivery Process
- Case Studies + Wins | Owns delivery speed/consistency, AI SWAT projects, Lead PM | | GTM Ops Lead | | 70k | | Sales + Marketing + Pre-sales Enablement | Connects delivery insights back to GTM + partner mgmt | | Business Ops Lead | | 70k | Lauren | 1) Internal Ops
- Project Management
- Recruiting | Already executing 1/3 of ops roadmap; natural fit | | Platform Ops Lead | | 90k | Gabe | | |
Not Covered - Mostly External Facing (+80%)
- Client Engagement Lead - client facing on most strategic accounts, head of delivery
- Technical Architects -
Heuristics
- Additional execution headcount will be added on a prove-it basis. Ownership > headcount.
- Everyone else is a contractor that gets paid hourly. No additional “FTE” headcount unless proven
- Ownership = KPI + Headcount + Budget
- Think like Operators: Even if 70% of time is still delivery, mindset = ops.
- No Decision Bottlenecks: Each lead should make strategic calls within their lane.
- Run the Business: This team works on Brainforge, not just in it.
- Prove ROI Before Scaling: Any added resources must be justified by ops outcomes.
Execution Directive
- SWAT-Like: This group moves like an elite unit. Rapid experiments, systemizing wins, removing delivery friction.
- Embedded Leadership: These are not “functional managers” – they are business owners.
- Cross-Functional Warfare: Sales → Delivery → Case Study → GTM loop is owned here.
- High Bandwidth Cadence: Weekly ops sprints, async decision-making, shared dashboards.
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Next Steps
- Finalize Role Slotting: Confirm leads for each scope.
- Define OKRs: Tie outcomes to client delivery speed, AI leverage, GTM support, and ops efficiency.
- Rollout Internal Narrative: Make mindset shift clear to the broader team.
- Build Performance Visibility: Dashboards + KPIs for ownership and ROI tracking.
CEO - 100% of base
Director - 50
Manager - 30
IC - 10
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