Senior leadership without the permanent headcount

Fractional CPO, Head of Delivery, and CX leadership embedded with your team. Own outcomes, drive results, scale expertise without recruitment delays or long-term commitment.

You need senior leadership but can't justify a full-time hire

Recruiting a Chief Product Officer, Head of Delivery, or CX Director takes 6+ months and costs £80k-150k annually. Plus benefits, recruitment fees, onboarding time, and the risk they're not the right fit.

Meanwhile, your product strategy drifts, delivery stalls, customer experience suffers, and your team lacks the senior leadership they need to make progress.

Fractional leadership solves this. You get experienced senior executives embedded with your team 2-3 days per month. They own outcomes, integrate with your team, and deliver results - just like a permanent hire, but at a fraction of the cost and commitment.

The outcome: Clear strategy, consistent delivery, and senior decision-making without recruitment delays, permanent salary costs, or long-term lock-in. Scale up when you need more support, scale down when you don't.

What fractional leadership actually means

Fractional leadership isn't consulting. Consultants advise and leave. Fractional leaders embed with your team, own outcomes, and stay accountable for results.

We attend your meetings, work in your tools (Jira, Slack, Notion, whatever you use), integrate with your team dynamics, and take responsibility for delivery. We make decisions, manage stakeholders, unblock teams, and drive progress.

The difference is we do it part-time - typically 2-3 days per month - rather than full-time. You get the expertise and accountability of a senior hire without the permanent cost.

When fractional leadership makes sense

  • You're scaling but not ready for permanent leadership: Revenue is growing but you're 6-12 months away from justifying £100k+ permanent headcount.
  • You're covering a gap during recruitment: Your CPO or Head of Delivery left and recruitment takes months. You need someone now.
  • You need expertise you can't afford full-time: Senior product or delivery leadership is valuable but you can't justify full-time salary, especially for specific initiatives.
  • You want to test before permanent hire: Work with fractional leadership first, validate what you need, then recruit permanently when you're confident.
  • You're navigating a transformation: Major product pivot, delivery transformation, or CX overhaul needs senior leadership for 12-18 months, not forever.

Our fractional leadership offerings

Fractional Chief Product Officer (CPO)

£3,000/month

Senior product leadership that owns strategy, roadmap, and prioritisation. Perfect for startups and scale-ups who need experienced product guidance without full-time CPO salary.

  • ✓ Own product vision, strategy, and positioning
  • ✓ Develop and maintain product roadmap
  • ✓ Ruthless prioritisation and stakeholder alignment
  • ✓ Customer research and validation
  • ✓ Feature specifications and requirements
  • ✓ Success metrics and outcome tracking
  • ✓ Coach and develop product team capability

Ideal for: Startups (seed to Series A), scale-ups without full-time CPO, covering CPO gaps during recruitment.

Fractional Head of Delivery

£3,000/month

Delivery leadership that keeps work moving. Own rituals, manage risks, unblock teams, and ensure consistent shipping without permanent delivery hire.

  • ✓ Own all delivery rituals (planning, stand-ups, retros)
  • ✓ Sprint planning and backlog management
  • ✓ Risk identification and mitigation
  • ✓ Stakeholder management and communication
  • ✓ Team unblocking and dependency management
  • ✓ Metrics, reporting, and visibility
  • ✓ Process optimisation and team coaching

Ideal for: Teams that need delivery discipline, covering Head of Delivery gaps, coordinating multiple teams, transformation programmes.

Fractional Customer Experience (CX) Leader

£3,500/month

CX leadership that owns customer research, journey optimisation, and experience strategy. Drive NPS improvements and customer satisfaction without permanent CX Director.

  • ✓ Own CX strategy and vision
  • ✓ Ongoing customer research programme
  • ✓ Journey mapping and optimisation
  • ✓ NPS and satisfaction improvement initiatives
  • ✓ Service design and friction reduction
  • ✓ Voice of customer into product decisions
  • ✓ CX metrics and performance tracking

Ideal for: Product-led companies prioritising CX, improving retention and satisfaction, building customer-centric culture.

How fractional leadership works in practice

Onboarding (Week 1-2): We immerse ourselves in your context - meet the team, understand your product/service, review existing strategy or delivery practices, identify quick wins and priorities.

Ongoing rhythm (2-3 days/month): Typically one full day per week or distributed based on your needs. We're also available for async communication, urgent decisions, and ad-hoc support between sessions.

What we own: Depending on the role, we own strategy documents, roadmaps, delivery rituals, stakeholder updates, team decisions, and outcomes. You get the accountability of a permanent hire.

Integration: We work in your tools (Jira, Linear, Notion, Slack, whatever), attend your key meetings, and collaborate with your team like we've always been there.

Knowledge transfer: We build your team's capability over time. The goal is to make you self-sufficient, not create permanent dependency.

Real fractional leadership outcomes

Fintech startup (Fractional CPO, 8 months): Founder wearing too many hats needed to focus on fundraising. We owned product strategy, roadmap, and prioritisation. Reduced backlog from 40 to 5 critical items. Velocity increased 2.1x. Company raised Series A with credible product roadmap.

Healthcare scale-up (Fractional Head of Delivery, 12 months): Delivery was chaotic with missed deadlines and frustrated stakeholders. We established delivery rituals, made progress visible, and managed stakeholders. Sprint goal completion went from ~40% to 92%. Team grew from 8 to 15 without losing momentum.

E-commerce company (Fractional CX Leader, 6 months): NPS was 34 but nobody knew why. We ran customer research, mapped journeys, identified friction points. Implemented changes improved NPS to 52. Contact rate reduced 23% through better self-service.

Why our fractional leadership works

We've led teams of 30+, managed multi-million pound budgets, and delivered at organisations like Johnson & Johnson MedTech, ASDA, Sky, and Leeds Building Society. We bring lived experience, not theory.

We're NNG UX Certified and PROSCI Change Management Certified. Our approach is grounded in proven frameworks and best practices, adapted to your context.

We integrate seamlessly. Many clients say it feels like we've always been part of the team. We learn your business, your culture, your constraints - and work within them.

We combine fractional leadership with our product strategy, delivery leadership, and customer experience services. This means we can flex between strategic and tactical as needed.

Fractional vs. Permanent vs. Consulting

Understanding the differences and when each makes sense.

Fractional Leadership Permanent Hire Traditional Consulting
Time to start 1-2 weeks 3-6 months 2-4 weeks
Annual cost £36k-48k £100k-150k+ £80k-200k+
Owns outcomes Yes Yes No (advise only)
Embeds with team Yes Yes Rarely
Commitment 30 days notice Permanent Project-based
Senior experience Guaranteed Variable Variable
Scales with needs Yes No Yes

Fractional leadership pricing

Transparent monthly pricing with no long-term lock-in.

Fractional CPO
£3,000/month
Senior product leadership. Own strategy, roadmap, and prioritisation.
  • ✓ 2-3 days per month embedded support
  • ✓ Product strategy and vision
  • ✓ Roadmap ownership and prioritisation
  • ✓ Customer research and validation
  • ✓ Stakeholder alignment
  • ✓ Cancel anytime with 30 days notice
Discuss CPO role
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Fractional Head of Delivery
£3,000/month
Delivery leadership. Own rituals, manage risks, keep teams shipping.
  • ✓ 2-3 days per month embedded support
  • ✓ Own all delivery rituals
  • ✓ Sprint planning and backlog management
  • ✓ Risk and dependency management
  • ✓ Stakeholder communication
  • ✓ Cancel anytime with 30 days notice
Discuss delivery role
Fractional CX Leader
£3,500/month
CX leadership. Own research, journey optimisation, and satisfaction improvement.
  • ✓ 2-3 days per month embedded support
  • ✓ CX strategy and vision
  • ✓ Ongoing customer research
  • ✓ Journey mapping and optimisation
  • ✓ NPS and satisfaction tracking
  • ✓ Cancel anytime with 30 days notice
Discuss CX role

All prices exclude VAT. Can scale to 4-5 days/month for critical periods. Custom arrangements available for full-time interim needs.

Fractional leadership questions answered

What is fractional leadership?
Fractional leadership means hiring senior executives part-time rather than full-time. You get experienced CPO, Head of Delivery, or CX leadership embedded with your team 2-3 days per month, bringing the same expertise as a permanent hire but at a fraction of the cost and commitment. We own outcomes, integrate with your team, and drive results - just part-time.
How is this different from consulting?
Consultants advise and leave. Fractional leaders embed with your team, own outcomes, and stay accountable for results. We attend your meetings, work in your tools, integrate with your team, and take responsibility for delivery - just like a permanent hire, but part-time. We're not external advisors, we're part of your leadership team.
What does 2-3 days per month actually look like?
Typically one full day per week or distributed across the month based on your needs (e.g., two days in week 1, one day in week 3). We're also available for async communication via Slack/email between sessions for urgent decisions or questions. The exact rhythm depends on what works best for your team and the work.
How long is the commitment?
No long-term lock-in. Cancel anytime with 30 days notice. Most clients work with us for 6-18 months - long enough to embed new practices, build internal capability, and deliver meaningful outcomes. Some continue longer if the value is there, others transition to permanent hires we've helped recruit.
Can you cover gaps while we recruit permanent leadership?
Absolutely. Many clients use fractional leadership to cover gaps during recruitment (which takes 3-6 months), onboard new permanent hires, or provide support until they reach the scale that justifies permanent headcount. We can stay on to support your permanent hire during their first few months or transition out smoothly once they're embedded.
What if we need more than 2-3 days per month?
We can scale up to 4-5 days per month for critical periods like product launches, major releases, transformation programmes, or fundraising. Pricing adjusts proportionally (e.g., 4 days = £4,000/month). For full-time interim leadership needs, we can discuss dedicated arrangements.
Do you work remotely or on-site?
Both. We're based in Leeds but work across the UK and internationally. Most fractional engagements are primarily remote with occasional on-site days for workshops, team sessions, or stakeholder meetings. We adapt to what works best for your team.
Can you manage our existing team?
Yes. As fractional CPO or Head of Delivery, we can have line management responsibility for product managers, delivery managers, or designers. We run 1-1s, set objectives, provide feedback, and support their development. We coach and develop your team's capability over time.
What happens if it's not working out?
Cancel with 30 days notice, no questions asked. But we also check in regularly to ensure we're adding value. If something's not working, we discuss it openly and adjust our approach. Most clients stay because the value is clear, but you're never locked in.

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