Service · Fractional Head of Product

Product leadership, without the full-time hire.

The short answer

As your Fractional Head of Product, I lead your digital product part-time on a monthly retainer starting at $6,000: strategy and roadmap, prioritization, stakeholder alignment, and building the team that sustains it. It's for e-commerce, retail and restaurant brands that need executive-level product judgment now, but don't need, or can't yet hire, a full-time leader.

By Walter Colindres Updated

Who it's for

What I do

The work follows my process: listen first, map the opportunity, force-rank the bets, plan for reality, measure everything, make the call, and repeat.

What I've led before

I've held this seat full-time: Director of Product, Growth & Retention at Vistaprint; Senior Director of Product & Digital at Jack in the Box, owning iOS, Android, web, order management and fraud; Senior Product Manager at Restaurant Brands International, launching 15 ordering platforms in 6 months for Burger King, Popeyes and Tim Hortons; and product and front-end lead at Sonic Drive-In.

1.7MNew Tim Hortons app users in 7 weeks, against a goal of 1M, and #1 app in Canada.Case study → 50%Less time to order in the Jack in the Box app.Case study →

Questions people ask

How much does a fractional head of product cost?

My Fractional Head of Product retainer starts at $6,000 a month. Scope, team size and how much of the week you need drive the final number. See pricing →

What does a fractional head of product actually do?

The same job as a full-time product leader, for part of the week: set product strategy and the roadmap, prioritize, align stakeholders and executives, work with engineering and design partners, and build up the product team.

Is a fractional head of product better than an agency?

They do different jobs. An agency builds what you ask for; a fractional head of product decides what to build and holds the result. Many brands use both. Compare the options →

When should we hire full-time instead?

When product is a permanent, full-week leadership job and you can recruit for it. A fractional leader is often how brands get there: I can define the role and help hire the person who takes it over.

Not sure where to start?

30 minutes. No deck. Just an honest conversation about where you are and what’s in the way.

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