Interim Chief Product Officer
An interim CPO steps into a B2B SaaS company's vacant product leadership seat with full decision authority, holds strategy and team steady through the gap, and hands over to the permanent hire. The work is measured on continuity, retention and roadmap progress. A standard engagement is $8,000 a 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 that has just lost its product leader, or knows it is about to. If three of the four lines below describe your quarter, the fit is strong. The hardest version of this is when the product co-founder leaves.
Stage
Series A or B, with a product team that has just lost the person it reported to.
Revenue
$2M to $15M ARR, where a stalled roadmap costs real revenue this quarter.
Symptom
Decisions are queuing, your best product managers are updating their profiles, and the board wants a plan.
Decision
The permanent search will take months and you need the seat held properly until it lands.
Not for you if you want an adviser rather than someone with decision authority, need a full-time executive in the building five days a week, or are hiring for a role you have not yet defined.
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.
An interim CPO is a senior product executive who holds the seat itself for a defined period, with the authority to decide, manage the team and own the budget, rather than advising from outside. A full-time CPO costs $250,000+ all-in plus equity and takes up to eight months to hire (Sifted), which is the gap this covers.
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| Interim CPO | Fractional CPO | |
|---|---|---|
| The need | A seat is empty right now | There has never been a product executive |
| Typical cost | $8,000 a month, 20 to 25 hours | $8,000 a month, 20 to 25 hours |
| Ends when | The permanent hire is onboarded | You choose to stop, monthly |
| Best for | A transition that must not cost you the team | Ongoing senior product leadership |
An interim seat is not a caretaker job. The team can tell within a week whether the person in the chair is actually deciding or just keeping it warm, and that is what determines whether they stay. I take the decisions, carry the outcomes, and leave the next leader a product organisation that is better than the one I walked into.
If the need is ongoing rather than a defined gap, read fractional CPO vs interim CPO, or go straight to fractional CPO services.
You get one senior product executive holding the seat for 20 to 25 hours a month, accountable for a named set of outcomes rather than a document. That covers stabilising the roadmap, keeping the team intact, and handing over cleanly to whoever comes next.
Adjacent engagements: fractional CPO, product management consulting and product strategy consulting.
$8,000 / month
20 to 25 hours a month · 3 month minimum, then monthly
Market rates for this work run $5,000 to $15,000 a month. A full-time interim CPO runs far higher. Wider scope or more days a week moves the number, and I tell you which before you book.
Included
Not included
Design and engineering delivery capacity. I lead your team, I do not replace it.
01
Thirty minutes on the gap you are covering. You leave with the highest-leverage next move whether or not we work together.
02
A one-page engagement note, then I am in your rituals the same week. Speed matters more than ceremony when a seat is empty.
03
Roadmap re-committed and the team steadied first, then role definition and candidate screening for your permanent hire.
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.
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, and all 18 are listed on the references page.
Still comparing options? Read fractional CPO vs interim CPO or what to do when the product co-founder leaves.
Thirty minutes with Sivan Kadosh. Bring the gap you are covering. If you go ahead it is $8,000 a month for 20 to 25 hours, with a 3 month minimum.
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