Product Development Consultant
A product development consultant aligns what engineering builds with what the business needs, by fixing how work is scoped, ranked and shipped rather than by writing code. The work is measured on cycle time, feature waste and delivered outcomes. A standard engagement is $8,000 per month for 20-25 hours, with a 3-month minimum.
This engagement fits a funded B2B SaaS company between $2M and $15M ARR with a capable engineering team whose output is not turning into business results. If three of the four lines below describe your quarter, the fit is strong.
Stage
Series A or B, with engineering leadership in place and product direction thin.
Revenue
$2M to $15M ARR, with sprint velocity healthy and revenue impact flat.
Symptom
Sprints finish, features ship, and a large share of what you build is barely used.
Decision
You are about to add engineers to a process problem that more people will make worse.
Not for you if you need engineering delivery capacity, want someone to replace your CTO or VP Engineering, or expect velocity gains without changing how work is chosen.
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 product development consultant works on the front half of the build: how work is chosen, scoped and sequenced, so engineering effort lands where it compounds. It is a product role, not an engineering one. Your technical leadership keeps architecture and delivery; I make sure they are pointed at the right thing.
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| This engagement | Fractional CTO | |
|---|---|---|
| Owns | What gets built and why | How it is built and by whom |
| Typical cost | $8,000 a month, 20 to 25 hours | Varies by market |
| Commitment | 3-month minimum, then monthly | Varies |
| Best for | Engineering that ships the wrong things well | Architecture, hiring and technical risk |
Adding engineers to a team that ships the wrong work just produces the wrong work faster. Almost every velocity problem I am called into is a decision problem wearing a delivery costume. Fix how work is chosen and the cycle time follows.
If the gap is a missing product executive altogether, read about the fractional CPO engagement.
You get one senior product executive working alongside your engineering leadership for 20 to 25 hours a month, accountable for outcomes rather than for a process document. That covers how work is chosen, how it is scoped, and how you tell whether it landed.
Adjacent engagements: product management consulting, product strategy consulting and fractional CPO.
$8,000 / month
20 to 25 hours a month · 3-month minimum, then monthly
Market rates for this work run $3,000 to $15,000 a month. 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 your delivery bottleneck. You leave with the highest-leverage next move whether or not we work together.
02
Backlog, rituals and delivery metrics reviewed with your engineering leadership, not around them.
03
Prioritisation and discovery go in first, then cadence, then the measurement that shows whether waste actually fell.
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.
Still comparing options? Read about product management consulting.
Thirty minutes with Sivan Kadosh. Bring your delivery bottleneck. If you go ahead it is $8,000 a month for 20 to 25 hours, with a 3-month minimum.
Book a Product Strategy Session 18+ years leading product as CPO and VP Product across SaaS, real-estate tech and fintech. I help Series A and B founders turn product work into ARR, activation and retention without the cost of a full-time CPO.
About Sivan →30 min, no pitch.
Bring one decision.
