Strategic: interim head of product
The decisions are stuck. Your product leader left, a CPO search is running, or you've never had one, so every product call still waits for one or two people.
Good fit when
- Your product leader left, and the roadmap can't wait for the search.
- The team keeps growing with no head of product. Engineers hired, and nobody owns what they build next.
- Every product decision still runs through the founders, and it's starting to slow things down.
What changes
- Decisions made in days, not parked for months.
- A release day that holds.
- Your PMs backed, not bypassed.
- Your next head of product hired with my help, and a clean handover to them.
How it runs
This one runs longer than a special project; we agree the length together after the review. Full-time, one client at a time. It ends when your permanent lead is in and up to speed.
Done before
- SpringCM (acquired by DocuSign): Director of Product, Europe. Set up the Bucharest product team; new hires were working on the live roadmap within a month.
- Inki Tech: set up product and delivery from zero, set the roadmap, and v2 of the app shipped in 2 months.
More in previous work.
Price
A monthly fee, for a length agreed after the review. Full terms on the services page.
Already have a product lead who's stretched? The tactical route fits better.