Seed Stage
Fractional Head of Product
at Seed
You've raised your first proper round and the pressure is on. You need to build the product, hire the team, and start showing traction — all at the same time. This is where fractional leadership pays for itself: experienced hands guiding the zero-to-one build without the overhead of a full C-suite.
Typical challenges at Seed
- —First engineering hires need direction but there's no product or delivery leader
- —Runway is finite and every wrong product bet costs months
- —Founder is context-switching between fundraising, hiring, and product decisions
- —No processes yet — everything is ad-hoc and held together by Slack messages
What we bring as Head of Product
We take ownership of your product direction. That means defining what to build and why, aligning engineering and commercial priorities, and creating the roadmap discipline that turns founder intuition into repeatable product decisions. We run discovery, shape priorities, and make sure every sprint moves the needle.
A clear product strategy your team can execute against. Roadmaps that connect to revenue. Prioritisation frameworks that survive contact with reality. And a team that ships with purpose, not just velocity.
What Seed companies need
Seed stage is about building the right thing quickly and establishing the foundations that will carry you through the next round. You need someone who can set product direction, put lightweight delivery practices in place, and help you hire well — without the distraction of managing a full-time executive.