# Execution with a Fractional Chief Product Officer (CPO)

> An embedded operator in the most cross-functional seat, shipping the results. Product strategy, execution, and growth for post-traction startups and VC portfolio companies.

**Embedded operator in the most cross-functional seat, shipping the results.**

## What you get

- **Strategic clarity from day one.** The constraint gets named, and the plan follows it.
- **Execution, not just direction.** I do the work alongside your team rather than handing over recommendations.
- **A product leader your team actually follows.** Embedded in the team, not presenting to it.
- **Senior product leadership without the full-time cost.**

## What the seat actually covers

The CPO title is where operator work concentrates in a startup, not a narrow product-management function. In practice an engagement spans product strategy, go-to-market, operations, and whatever else is blocking the company from compounding. Founders who describe their problem as "we have grown past me running product" tend to reach for CPO; founders who say "nothing is running properly" tend to say operator. It is the same work.

## Results from fractional product engagements

- **Givsum:** 80K MAU, $2M GMV, $1M seed raised
- **Chapa:** $0 to $100K MRR in 6 months
- **Jumba:** +70% margin, $10M GMV, $4.5M raised
- **Relay:** 3x ARR, $500K raised

See [what founders say](https://emerginghumanity.com/testimonials).

## Who it is for

- Post-traction startups, post-MVP and pre-Series A, where execution is the bottleneck
- VC portfolio companies running below potential with no clear owner of the fix
- Founders who need someone accountable for outcomes, not advice

## How engagements work

Embedded, hands-on, with one principal accountable for the result. Scope and cadence are set per engagement. Most companies arrive here after a [Diagnostic](https://emerginghumanity.com/explore-startup-diagnostic) or a [Strategy engagement](https://emerginghumanity.com/explore-startup-strategy), though neither is a prerequisite.

## Cost and billing

Structured as a monthly retainer, negotiated on scope and time commitment. Typically a fraction of a full-time CPO hire once salary, equity, benefits, and recruiting fees are counted.

Retainers are invoiced monthly. Fees are set in USD, and international clients can be invoiced in their local currency (EUR via SEPA, GBP, and other major currencies), at the equivalent amount converted from the USD price.

## Next step

[Book a discovery call](https://emerginghumanity.com/explore-schedule-discovery-call).

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Delivered by [Christos Kritikos](https://emerginghumanity.com/about), Emerging Humanity. Based in Miami Beach, Florida, working with companies in the United States, Canada, Europe, the UK, and internationally by arrangement.