Teams of 30–50
Fractional leadership for teams of 30–50
You've scaled past the point where everyone knows everyone. There are layers of management, multiple product areas, and real operational complexity. Building the product is now only part of the job; the organisation itself has to work. At this size, fractional leadership is about designing and implementing the systems that let you keep growing without the wheels coming off.
Challenges at this size
- •Middle management layer is new and needs frameworks to be effective
- •Product strategy needs to span multiple teams and product lines
- •Delivery is inconsistent across squads: some ship well, others don't
- •Operational overhead is growing faster than revenue
What we bring as Head of Delivery
We design and implement the delivery operating system your team is missing. Cadences, workflows, estimation practices, and accountability structures that turn chaotic output into predictable shipping. What we put in place is lightweight and fits the way your team already works.
Your team ships on a regular cadence and stakeholders believe the timelines again. The CTO gets back to technical leadership, and the system keeps running after we leave.
What you need at 30–50 people
At 30–50 people, your operations need to match your size. That might mean a delivery operating model that works across all squads, a product strategy framework that aligns multiple teams, or an operational structure that prevents the company from drowning in meetings and Slack channels. A fractional leader designs these systems with you and helps your permanent leaders run them.