Senior product leadership for companies whose roadmap, product team or product-market fit needs direction, without the cost of a full-time Chief Product Officer.
A prioritization method tied to customers and revenue, so the team builds what matters instead of what was requested last.
Customer research, segmentation and a sharper view of who the product is for and what they will pay for.
Roles, rituals and decision rights for the product managers and engineers you already have.
Alignment between product, sales and marketing on positioning, launches and what gets built next.
Typically one to three days a week on a monthly engagement, working inside your team rather than handing over a report. Every engagement starts with a scoping call so the mandate is clear before day one.
A product assessment: customers, roadmap, team, delivery and the metrics that tell you whether the product is working.
A prioritized roadmap and operating cadence, with the first decisions made and the team working to them.
Product practices in place and a profile for the permanent product leader, including the search if you need one.
We help you decide before we recommend anyone. Sometimes the right answer is no full-time hire at all.
A fractional CPO fixes a specific, urgent issue and hands off a function that runs.
A fractional CPO holds the seat while we run a retained search for the permanent leader.
Senior experience alongside the leader you already have. Nobody is replaced.
Part of the ETHOSLINK Fractional C-Suite: 18 vetted executives covering every seat.
A product manager runs a product or a feature set. A Chief Product Officer sets product strategy across the company and builds the team and process that make it repeatable. Companies with product managers or developers but no one owning the strategy are the typical fit.
Yes. Product leadership search is part of our retained practice, and the fractional leader's view of the team and roadmap makes the brief far sharper.
Fractional executives work on a monthly engagement sized to the days per week you need, with no recruiting fee, benefits or equity. We agree the scope and fee before work begins.
As soon as you're ready. Our 18 fractional executives are already vetted, so there's no search to start from scratch. Timing is set by your schedule, not ours.