Fractional CPO Services &
Senior Product Leadership

My fractional CPO services help companies access senior product leadership when they need experienced judgment, clarity, and momentum—without adding permanent overhead or committing to a full-time executive hire too early.

I work with founders, executives, and product leaders during critical moments: when strategy needs a reset, roadmaps have lost credibility, or teams are scaling faster than their product operating model can support.

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How I Typically Engage

Each engagement is tailored to context, but most fall into one (or more) of the following areas.

Fractional Product Leadership (Head of Product / CPO)

I step in as a Fractional CPO or Head of Product, partnering closely with founders and executives to provide senior product leadership during critical periods.

This often includes:

  • Resetting or defining product strategy

  • Clarifying priorities and tradeoffs

  • Rebuilding trust in roadmaps and execution

  • Aligning product, engineering, and business leadership

  • Establishing operating models and decision frameworks

Engagements are flexible by design and evolve as the organization stabilizes.

Product–Market Fit & Growth Diagnosis

Some teams have built strong products, but adoption, retention, or revenue isn’t following.

In these cases, I work with leadership and product teams to:

  • Diagnose where product–market fit is breaking down

  • Separate signal from noise in customer feedback and data

  • Reframe product bets around outcomes customers actually value

  • Translate insight into focused, realistic roadmaps

This work creates clarity before more execution is layered on.

Roadmap Reset & Leadership Alignment

When roadmaps exist but aren’t trusted, the issue is rarely the roadmap itself.

I help teams:

  • Audit existing plans and assumptions

  • Reconnect strategy, outcomes, and delivery

  • Make tradeoffs explicit and defensible

  • Restore leadership confidence in product direction

The result is a roadmap that teams believe in — and leadership can stand behind.

Product Organization Design & Scaling

As teams grow, structure becomes a product problem of its own.

I support organizations by:

  • Designing product org structures that match company stage

  • Clarifying ownership, decision rights, and interfaces

  • Helping teams scale without introducing chaos or duplication

This work is especially valuable during rapid growth or post-reorg periods.

Hiring, Evaluating, and Developing Product Managers

Hiring PMs without clarity on role or stage creates long-term friction.

I help leaders:

  • Define what “good” looks like for their specific context

  • Design interview loops and case studies

  • Evaluate existing PMs fairly and consistently

This ensures the right people are in the right roles at the right time.

Coaching for Product Leaders

In addition to company-level product work, I coach product leaders navigating complexity, growth, or transition.

This includes:

  • Coaching PMs and product leaders operating in ambiguous or high-pressure environments

  • Supporting leaders stepping into larger scope or senior roles

  • Providing space to think clearly through difficult product and leadership decisions

Coaching focuses on judgment, clarity, and leadership growth — not execution or delivery.

Product & Engineering Alignment

Misalignment between product and engineering slows execution and erodes trust.

I help teams:

  • Align on priorities, constraints, and tradeoffs

  • Improve decision-making and communication loops

  • Balance short-term delivery with long-term platform health

This work strengthens execution without adding process overhead.

AI as a Product Capability (Not a Feature)

Many teams feel pressure to “add AI” without clarity on where it actually creates value.

I help organizations:

  • Frame AI as a product capability, not a checkbox

  • Ground AI initiatives in real customer problems

  • Assess data readiness and organizational impact

  • Integrate AI thinking across product strategy, not in isolation

The goal is durable value, not short-lived experimentation.

Advisory & Board Product Support

I also work with founders, executives, and boards in an advisory capacity when product strategy plays a central role in company outcomes.

This includes:

  • Advising executives during major product or organizational shifts

  • Supporting boards in evaluating product strategy and organizational health

  • Providing experienced product judgment during critical inflection points

These engagements offer strategic product guidance without operational disruption.

Fractional CPO Services – FAQs

  • A fractional CPO provides senior product leadership focused on strategy, prioritization, and decision-making. The work centers on aligning product direction with business goals, restoring trust in roadmaps, and helping teams operate with clarity—rather than managing delivery or day-to-day execution.

  • Consultants typically advise from the outside. A fractional CPO operates inside the leadership team, sharing accountability for decisions and outcomes. The role is ongoing, contextual, and embedded—focused on judgment and alignment, not presentations or frameworks.

  • Engagements vary based on context. Some last a few months during a specific transition or reset, while others evolve over longer periods as the organization stabilizes. The structure is intentionally flexible and adapts as needs change.

  • If product strategy is stable, decision-making is clear, and the organization has confidence in long-term needs, a full-time CPO may be the right move. Fractional CPO services are most valuable when clarity is missing, risk is high, or leadership needs space to make the right long-term decision.

  • Yes—especially when founders need experienced product judgment but aren’t ready to commit to a senior executive hire. Fractional CPO services can help establish strong foundations without locking the company into a premature structure.

What You Can Expect

Across all engagements, my approach is consistent:

  • Calm, direct, and grounded in experience

  • Focused on outcomes, not activity

  • Honest about tradeoffs and constraints

  • Collaborative with existing teams

  • Respectful of context, culture, and pace

I’m not there to impose frameworks or “fix” teams. I’m there to help organizations make better decisions and move forward with confidence.

What I Don’t Do

To avoid misalignment, it’s helpful to be explicit:

  • I don’t run delivery teams or manage sprints

  • I don’t operate as a design or development agency

  • I don’t sell pre-packaged frameworks

  • I don’t take on roles without executive alignment

If you’re exploring fractional product leadership, advisory support, or coaching — or simply trying to determine whether this is the right move — I’m happy to talk.

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