Fractional Executive Search

When more effort no longer moves revenue.

In a market as crowded as London, the same tactics stop working quickly. Growth then depends on a sharper offer, a better-run pipeline and a team that sells to the right buyer.

A senior commercial executive at a glass wall above the business district
The situation

Where revenue gets stuck

Flat revenue has a cause, and it is rarely effort:

01

Pricing set by guesswork

Prices copied from a competitor or set on day one, and never tested against what the buyer will pay.

02

A pipeline that is a list

Deals with no stage, no next step and no probability anyone believes.

03

Marketing and sales on separate planets

Leads that sales ignores and promises marketing never made.

04

Customers who do not expand

Revenue that depends on winning new logos because nobody owns the accounts already won.

A fractional revenue leader takes ownership of the commercial engine. They fix pricing, rebuild the pipeline, bring marketing and sales onto one number, and coach the team that has to carry it.

Is it the right fit?

Who this is for, and who it is not

Best for

  • Revenue that has plateaued after the early channels ran their course
  • Marketing spend going out with little pipeline you can trust coming back
  • Sales and marketing pulling apart, with no one owning the number
  • A founder still carrying the commercial engine personally
  • A new segment or market that needs a proper go-to-market motion

Not for

  • A single campaign or asset an agency could deliver and hand back
  • A business with no product-market fit or revenue to build on yet
  • A tactical execution gap a specialist hire would fill
  • Teams unwilling to give one operator ownership of the number
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A commercial engine, built and run by someone who has done it.

Why Fractional London

What a revenue engagement with us includes

A fractional revenue leader is an established move for London companies whose growth has flattened. Our job is the search and the structure around it; the leader owns the number.

1 monthNotice, either way
800+Curated and vetted executives
2–3 weeksBrief to deployment
30–60%Less than a full-time hire, on our engagements

Reviews against the number

We check in with you and the revenue leader on a set rhythm and say so plainly if the plan and the pipeline drift apart.

Second opinions to hand

Pricing, partnerships or a marketing question: your leader can test it with commercial operators across the collective.

We hold the brief

If the revenue leader moves on, the pipeline history and the brief stay with us, and we run the search for their successor.

Matched to how your buyers buy

A leader from enterprise procurement and one from product-led growth are different hires. We match to your motion.

How it works

From diagnosis to revenue momentum

A structured engagement that moves from diagnosis to a working pipeline within months.

01

Commercial diagnostic (weeks 1–2)

Audit your current position, spend, attribution, pipeline, ICP definition, competitive positioning, team capability, and which commercial gap is the real constraint.

02

Strategy and sign-off (weeks 3–4)

A clear, actionable go-to-market strategy with prioritised channels, 90-day milestones, and commercial KPIs.

03

Execution begins (month 2–3)

Channel activation, team direction, agency management, content and campaign deployment.

04

Ongoing commercial review

Monthly pipeline tracking. Continuous optimisation. Your commercial leader stays accountable for revenue outcomes.

Which commercial leader

Do you need a fractional CMO, a CRO, or something else?

Revenue plateaus for different reasons. The right operator depends on where the commercial system is breaking.

If this is the problem
The right commercial leader
If this is the problemPositioning is unclear or the brand is not landing
The right commercial leaderFractional CMO
If this is the problemMarketing spend is not converting to pipeline
The right commercial leaderFractional CMO
If this is the problemSales and marketing are pulling apart
The right commercial leaderFractional CRO
If this is the problemPipeline forecasting is weak or untrusted
The right commercial leaderFractional CRO
If this is the problemThe founder is still the chief salesperson
The right commercial leaderFractional CRO
If this is the problemDelivery cannot handle the new demand
The right commercial leaderFractional COO
If this is the problemUnit economics are unclear
The right commercial leaderFractional CFO
Our fractional services

The right commercial leader leads revenue growth: CMO, CRO, or both.

Revenue growth usually starts as a commercial leadership problem, but delivery and unit economics often decide the outcome.

Proven leadership

Revenue leaders from

Salesforce
HubSpot
Oracle
LinkedIn
SAP
Adobe
Cisco
Workday
Common questions

The questions buyers ask first

No. We match the leader who builds and runs the team. Hiring the sellers is part of the engagement, and the contracts stay with you.

Pricing and pipeline fixes often show within a quarter. Rebuilding a sales team takes longer, and we say so at the start.

Yes. In many engagements the fractional CRO coaches an existing head of sales and fills the gaps above them.

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Tell us where revenue has stalled.

We will diagnose the commercial gap (positioning, pipeline, forecasting or delivery) and match the right senior operator to own it, backed by our collective of 800+ vetted leaders.

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