Fractional Chief Product Officer
Fractional CPO services give a B2B SaaS company a senior Chief Product Officer who embeds part-time, owns product strategy and roadmap decisions, and is measured on activation, retention and ARR. A standard engagement is $8,000 per month for 20 to 25 hours, with a 3 month minimum in 2026.
This engagement fits a funded B2B SaaS company between $2M and $15M ARR where the founder is still the de facto head of product. If three of the four lines below describe your quarter, the fit is strong. Series A and B teams are the core case, and this is why they choose fractional.
Stage
Series A or B, raised in the last 18 months, and the board is asking about product velocity.
Revenue
$2M to $15M ARR, with one or two product managers and no product executive above them.
Symptom
You ship every sprint and ARR does not move. The roadmap is a list of customer requests, and every decision routes through you.
Decision
You are weighing a full-time CPO at $250,000+ all-in and are not certain the role is defined yet.
Not for you if you are pre product-market fit, need a full-time hire in the building five days a week, or want someone to run delivery tickets rather than own product strategy.
Every figure below is from shipped, measured work in engagements led by Sivan Kadosh as Fractional CPO. None of it is a projection.
Sivan is an excellent product manager, product leader and team member. He cares passionately about delighting customers and is highly capable at all levels from strategic direction to writing detailed documents. I would recommend him 10/10 to any company.
Sivan Kadosh
Fractional CPO. 18+ years leading product in B2B SaaS, real-estate tech and fintech. You work with me, not a bench.
A fractional CPO is a senior product executive who leads your product function part-time, usually two to three days a week, instead of as a full-time hire. For a Series A or B SaaS company that means roadmap ownership, PM coaching and board-level product judgment at $8,000 a month, against $250,000+ all-in plus equity for a permanent CPO. Unlike a consultant who advises from outside, a fractional CPO takes ownership of the outcome.
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| Fractional CPO | Full-time CPO | |
|---|---|---|
| Time in your business | Two to three days a week | Five days a week |
| Typical cost | $8,000 a month, 20 to 25 hours | $250,000+ all-in, plus equity |
| Commitment | 3 month minimum, then monthly | Permanent hire, with severance exposure |
| Best for | Series A and B teams that need product leadership now | A scaled product organization ready for a permanent executive |
A fractional CPO is not a consultant who hands you a strategy deck and leaves. I work inside the team, in your standups, your roadmap reviews and your customer calls, and I own the outcomes, not the slides. The fractional part is about time, not commitment: two or three days a week of senior product leadership, fully accountable for the result.
If the need is a defined gap rather than an ongoing seat, read fractional CPO compared with interim CPO, or go straight to interim CPO services.
You get one senior product executive inside your leadership team for 20 to 25 hours a month, accountable for a named set of outcomes rather than a document. That covers roadmap ownership, the operating cadence around it, direct coaching of your product managers, and the product narrative your board reads. Here is what 20 to 25 hours a month contains.
Adjacent engagements: product management consulting, product strategy consulting and SaaS consulting services.
$8,000 / month
20 to 25 hours a month · 3 month minimum, then monthly
Market rates for a fractional CPO run $5,000 to $15,000 a monthnth, benchmarked in the Fractional Rates Index. Wider scope or more days a week moves the number, and I tell you which before you book. Full detail on what the engagement costs, pricing models and expected ROI, and the four models that fit under $100,000 a year.
Included
Not included
Design and engineering delivery capacity. I lead your team, I do not replace it.
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Thirty minutes on your product bottleneck. You leave with the highest-leverage next move whether or not we work together.
02
A one-page engagement note: outcomes, days per week, price, first review date. Signed in a day, not a procurement cycle.
03
Backlog read, customer calls and metrics pulled by week two. Roadmap rebuilt around outcomes by week four, following the 30-60-90 plan.
Bring your roadmap and your retention numbers. You get a senior product read on both.
Typical improvement after two to three quarters of engagement. Your result depends on your starting point, team maturity and scope. The delivery figures follow the DORA four key metrics. To model the enterprise-value side, use the SaaS valuation simulator.
Sivan is an excellent product manager, product leader and team member. He cares passionately about delighting customers and is highly capable at all levels from strategic direction to writing detailed documents. I would recommend him 10/10 to any company.
Sivan is an excellent product manager and I wholeheartedly recommend him. He has created value in a variety of ways, from top-down vision, mission and goal work alongside the senior leadership team, to taking on complex business analysis and wireframing tasks.
Sivan played two major roles at the same time as a CEO and VP Product at Naxex. As part of his role as VP Product, he identified creative ideas, developed sharp strategies and built the road map while focusing on customer experience and business needs. Any company would be lucky to have Sivan.
These and further recommendations are verifiable on my LinkedIn profile.
Still comparing options? Read fractional CPO compared with a full-time CPO or the roundup of fractional CPO services for B2B SaaS.
Thirty minutes with Sivan Kadosh. Bring one product decision you are stuck on. If you go ahead it is $8,000 a month for 20 to 25 hours, with a 3 month minimum.
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