Fractional CPO (AI-first)
I lead product at quarter-time or half-time. In the first 30 days I install a continuous workflow that connects feedback, analytics and rapid prototypes to roadmap decisions. AI speeds up the analysis; every decision has an owner.
Who it’s for: For product companies with a development team that need senior product ownership, but not a full-time CPO.
Not for companies that want a list of ideas without access to users and data, or organizations where the roadmap has to carry every stakeholder request.
You have a roadmap. You still do not have a decision system.
Ideas arrive faster than the team can test them. Feedback sits in tickets and calls, analytics gets opened before the board meeting, and discovery ends in a document without a decision. You need one person to own product direction and build a cadence that turns data into decisions.
What you get
- Product strategy, roadmap and priorities tied to company goals
- A steady discovery → delivery → measurement cadence with a clear owner for every decision
- A product metrics model covering activation, retention, revenue and service cost
- Pricing and packaging decisions grounded in customer behaviour and product economics
- An AI workflow: feedback and calls → synthesis → hypotheses → decision
- Rapid prototypes before expensive development, with a verdict for every experiment
- Evaluation of AI features on real cases before they enter the roadmap
How it runs
When this role works
A fractional CPO needs:
What exists after the first 90 days
After one quarter, the company has a working product decision system:
Pricing
€7,500–12,000 net / month
- 3-month minimum; month-to-month afterwards
- shared fractional capacity: two quarter-time engagements or one half-time engagement
- current availability: both seats open (as of August 2026)
- need sparring rather than decision ownership? — Advisory is the lighter option
- the first 30 days include the AI-first workflow implementation — no separate sprint fee
- no equity in the standard engagement
As of: August 2026
Before you book a call.
What does it cost and how long do we commit for?
€7,500 net per month at quarter-time (about 10 hours a week) or €12,000 at half-time (about 20 hours). Three months minimum, month-to-month afterwards — you can leave at any point.
How is this different from hiring a full-time CPO?
You get a product owner with real decision authority, without the cost and risk of a full-time hire, and you get it immediately: recruiting a CPO takes months. If the quarter shows you need a full-timer, I write the profile and help you pick the person.
What exactly happens in the first 90 days?
In the first 30 days I install a continuous decision loop: customer feedback and analytics, rapid prototypes, roadmap decisions. AI speeds up the analysis, but a human picks the direction. After a quarter the roadmap rests on data rather than on the loudest voice in the company.
How many companies do you lead at once?
Two at quarter-time, or one at half-time. I’m not an agency and I don’t sell capacity I don’t have — which is why the open seats are counted and stated plainly on this page.
Do I have to hand over product decisions?
Yes, that is the role: I decide what enters the roadmap and answer for the outcome, and I need access to users and data to do it. If the decisions should stay on your side, Advisory from €1,000 net per month is the lighter option.
Fractional CPO or CTO — which one?
The CPO runs product: customer feedback, analytics, prototypes and the roadmap. The CTO runs technology: architecture, team, delivery pace and cost. If you ship well but the direction is unclear, take the CPO. If you know what to build but can’t ship it, take the CTO.
What’s next
After 90 days we make a simple call: continue month-to-month, reduce the scope to advisory, or hand the working system over to the team.