Scoped engagements with clear outcomes.
Four core services: a structured diagnostic, a readiness review, pragmatic project-management coaching, and ongoing fractional leadership support. I’m also open to other ways of working where a longer or more embedded arrangement is the right fit.
Scale-up Diagnostic
A fast, structured assessment of where a product programme is fragile and what to do about it next.
Best for
- Founder-led or scaling teams that need an external view on what is slowing delivery
- Companies that suspect issues but can't yet pinpoint the root cause
- Boards or VCs who want an independent read on a portfolio company's R&D health
What's included
- Review of product and programme status
- Assessment of technical and delivery risks
- Review of team structure and ways of working
- Clear priorities for the next milestone
Typical engagement: 2–3 weeks · fixed fee
Industrialisation & Delivery Readiness Review
For teams moving from development into manufacturing, customer delivery, or broader operational readiness.
Best for
- Teams preparing for a manufacturing transfer or first scaled production run
- Companies seeing reliability or install issues at customer sites
- Spin-outs whose acceptance and handover processes haven't yet been stress-tested
What's included
- Review of product maturity and key integration risks
- Assessment of manufacturing and supplier readiness
- Review of Factory and Site Acceptance Testing
- R&D-to-Operations and Service handover review
- Examination of installation and service issues seen at customer sites
Typical engagement: 4–6 weeks · fixed fee
Pragmatic Project Management
Simple, right-sized project management for technical teams, set up quickly, coached until it sticks, and deliberately lighter than what the big process suppliers sell.
Best for
- Teams juggling multiple programmes where everything feels late
- Companies that have outgrown ad-hoc planning but don't need an enterprise PMO
- Team leads and founders who want practical coaching, not a binder of process
What's included
- Review of current planning, tracking, and ways of working
- Right-sized milestone and dependency planning tied to real product deadlines
- A delivery cadence the team will actually keep: sprints, boards, reviews
- Hands-on coaching for team leads and project owners
- Lightweight reporting that gives founders and boards visibility without paperwork theatre
Typical engagement: 2–4 weeks to set up · optional ongoing coaching
Fractional VP R&D / Engineering Leadership
Ongoing senior leadership for companies that need it but aren't yet ready to hire full-time.
Best for
- Pre-Series A / Series A companies before a full-time R&D hire
- Founders covering R&D themselves while running the rest of the business
- Teams in a transition: founder departure, restructure, or rapid growth
What's included
- Product and programme leadership
- Milestone planning and execution
- Cross-functional alignment across R&D, Operations, Product, and Commercial teams
- Technical risk management and prioritisation
- Reporting for founders, leadership teams, and boards
From first call to handover.
A repeatable process across all three services.
Not sure which is the right fit?
That's what the discovery call is for. I'll listen, ask a few questions, and recommend a shape — even if that's "you don't need me yet."