Product Leadership Fractional and Interim CPO

Product leadership that delivers board-ready results while building capability that endures.

When PE-backed firms face post-acquisition complexity, product strategy gaps, or scaling challenges, hands-on product leadership makes the difference between stalled growth and accelerated value creation.

Chris Parker steps in as Fractional Chief Product Officer to deliver board-ready results, unite cross-functional teams, and build product capability that sustains after transition.

We work with PE portfolio companies, corporate ventures, and scale-ups during critical inflection points: post-acquisition integration, product-market fit acceleration, platform unification, and pre-exit optimization. Within 90 days, we establish product clarity, align leadership around prioritized roadmaps, and deliver measurable outcomes that restore investor confidence.

What This Engagement Delivers

Product Strategy Clarity with roadmaps and metrics boards can fund with confidence.

Platform Execution that unifies acquisitions, establishes architecture discipline, and scales for growth.

Team Capability through hiring, coaching, and process implementation that builds sustainable product operations.

Stakeholder Alignment with credible communication that connects product decisions to business outcomes.

Engagements typically last 3-18 months as fractional CPO (2-4 days per week) or full-time interim CPO depending on complexity and organizational readiness.

How It Works

Stabilize and Focus (Days 1-30) Assess product portfolio, identify growth bottlenecks, evaluate team capability, and establish what must move in the first 90 days. Deliver initial roadmap and quick wins that build momentum.

Align and Execute (Days 31-90) Implement product operating rhythm, establish prioritization frameworks, align engineering and commercial teams, and introduce measurable progress tracking. Build product discipline across the organization.

Build and Transfer (Days 91+) Strengthen product leadership capability, document processes and decision frameworks, coach teams to operate independently, and prepare for transition to permanent CPO or sustained internal leadership.

Example Impact

Dstny – Post-Acquisition SaaS Integration Brought in by PE-backed CEO to unify five telecommunications software acquisitions across Europe. Aligned product, engineering, and UX teams under unified platform strategy. Delivered 25% revenue growth through modular architecture and continuous customer validation within 18 months.

Tactful AI – Product-Market Fit Post-Carve-Out Stepped in following separation from parent company to establish product vision and commercial strategy for GenAI conversational platform. Achieved product-market fit in hospitality vertical and built EMEA/US partner ecosystem.

Powerpeers – Platform Transformation Led complete technology and product transformation from legacy utility to global SaaS platform. Built and restructured engineering organization using SAFe agile framework. Delivered full replatform to microservices architecture within 12-month target, on budget, enabling international expansion.

Who This Is For

PE Portfolio Companies needing post-acquisition product integration, platform unification, or pre-exit optimization.

Corporate Ventures requiring product strategy, product-market fit acceleration, or scaling expertise.

Scale-Up Executives building product organizations, establishing product discipline, or transitioning from founder-led to professional product management.

Enterprise Leaders managing digital product transformation, legacy modernization, or platform consolidation.

Results Within 90 Days

Every fractional CPO engagement begins with visible progress in the first quarter:

Clear product strategy and prioritized roadmap
Aligned cross-functional teams with defined operating rhythm
Quick wins that demonstrate momentum
Board-ready metrics and communication
Product capability foundation for sustained execution

Ready to discuss your product leadership needs?

Book a conversation to explore how fractional CPO leadership can accelerate your product transformation and build capability that endures.

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What stands out about Chris is his deeply human approach to leadership. He has this innate ability to engage with people in a way that allows their passion and professionalism to truly shine. Chris’s ability to seamlessly align all teams with business goals ensures that our organization continues to innovate and create value. But Chris doesn’t just stop at being an exceptional leader and executive. His role as a business design coach and consultant is where his human-centric approach flourishes. Witnessing how he supports and guides leaders through personal coaching and team alignment, especially during times of change, is deeply inspiring. It’s clear that his involvement leads to more coherent and empowered leadership within the company.

Ihab Tag

Product Manager

I can highly recommend trying out the simple business canvas. Not only does it help you as an entrepreneur to ask yourself the right questions on what you’d like to achieve, but also it facilitates you to make the connection to how and with whom you’d like to achieve this for your business. I does it with utmost simplicity and it does not take a lot of your time. It does focuses on the key topics you always need to take into account and balance when starting, growing or improving your organisation (big and small). In this way it will support and accelerate your own thought and decision making process.

Michiel Ooms

CPO

These are confusing times. If you want to get rid of the clutter and focus on what will really help you to accelerate your business have a look at the ebullient canvas as we did for two businesses. Chris, with whom we have worked before, has guided us through the process and helped us to focus on what will really push us forward. The outcome: simplicity of strategy and clarity of execution. If you want a few days of fun and innovation, Chris is your guy!

Jessica van Beek

Director

Using the simple business canvas with Ebullient was quick, effective, and insightful. They guided us step by step, encouraging iteration until we had a clear, robust version. It resulted in a coherent, focused plan to drive strategic goals faster while staying grounded in reality. Ebullient fosters collaboration, surfaces pain points with clarity, and creates an engaging atmosphere to get meaningful work done.

Simon Brod

Director Innovation and Development

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