Fractional Leadership
Fractional UX Leadership + Capability Build
The bridge to your VP hire
For an initial engagement period, I act as your organization's Fractional UX Leader — a Capability Build with Embedded Enablement. "Fractional" means I'm doing the real work, not auditing from afar; "Capability Build with Embedded Enablement" is the difference between filling a seat and building the machine your future VP will run — then coaching it into your team so it keeps running after I'm gone. It de-risks the eventual VP hire instead of leaving the role empty until budget clears, and it's front-loaded so the value lands early.
Term. Typically 3–6 months, with the option to renew through the end of your fiscal year as needs evolve.
Capacity. Scales with your needs — engagements often start around 8–10 hours per week and ramp to 20+ hours per week as the work deepens.
Role. Interim VP of UX — Fractional Leadership + capability building with embedded enablement. The interim title supports cross-functional collaboration, including access to customers and coordination with adjacent teams (e.g., Product Management/Dev/Customer Experience/Support) — with accessibility advisory available throughout, and a dedicated accessibility build available in the back half of the engagement.
Standard availability. 2–3 standard days per week are designated as reliably available for planning purposes; I'm open to flexing within reason on the remaining days as things come up.
In-person gatherings. For events like a leadership offsite, travel and lodging are covered by the client with prior written agreement; in-person time beyond 20 hours in a given week is billed hourly (e.g., a 4-day offsite would bill 16 hours).
Testing tooling. The client agrees to separately cover a user-testing tool license — typically under $10,000/year for multiple seats, or under $5,000/year for a single seat.