Complete Guide to Hiring a Fractional CTO
Hire From the Best Fractional CTOs
Get matched with senior leaders
who can own your engineering strategy without the
cost or delay of a full-time hire
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Taylor Crane
What Does A Fractional CTO Do?
Everything a full-time technology leader would do, but on a flexible, part-time basis. Whether you’re exploring where to find a fractional CTO or already in talks with candidates,
here’s what you can expect:
here’s what you can expect:
Technical Roadmap
Define and execute comprehensive product and engineering strategies that balance near-term delivery with long-term innovation, ensuring the technology vision aligns with evolving business priorities and market opportunities.
Architecture & Infrastructure
Design scalable, secure, and resilient systems that support growth, minimize downtime, and adapt to changing demands, while maintaining robust frameworks for performance, reliability, and operational efficiency.
Team Leadership
Hire, mentor, and lead engineering teams by fostering collaboration, driving accountability, and building a culture of excellence that empowers individuals to deliver innovative, high-quality technical solutions.
MVP Development
Rapidly design, build, and launch minimum viable products that validate market demand, prioritize customer feedback, and accelerate go-to-market success with efficient, iterative development cycles.
Security & Compliance
Implement robust security practices and regulatory compliance programs, ensuring systems are protected against evolving threats while meeting industry standards and safeguarding customer data integrity.
Vendor & Tool Selection
Evaluate, select, and manage technology vendors and tools that align with organizational goals, optimizing cost-effectiveness, scalability, and long-term flexibility of the company’s technology stack.
AI & Automation
Integrate advanced AI workflows and automation frameworks into core operations, modernizing processes, unlocking efficiencies, and delivering transformative value that persists long beyond direct engagement.
Investor & Board Confidence
Provide credibility with investors and boards by translating complex technology strategies into clear narratives, offering technical due diligence, and demonstrating sound governance and long-term scalability.
Innovation & Emerging Tech
Continuously identify, evaluate, and integrate emerging technologies that position the company ahead of competitors, balancing risk with opportunity to ensure sustainable differentiation and market leadership.
FRACTIONAL CTOs FOR START-UPS AND
EARLY STAGE GROWTH COMPANIES
Cost-Efficient Expertise
Access senior-level technical strategy without the overhead of a full-time hire.
Startups get top-tier experience for a fraction of the cost while still accelerating growth.
Startups get top-tier experience for a fraction of the cost while still accelerating growth.
Speed to Impact
Plug in quickly with proven strategies, skipping the long ramp-up period of a permanent executive.
This allows startups to act immediately on pressing growth opportunities and market shifts.
This allows startups to act immediately on pressing growth opportunities and market shifts.
Flexible Engagement
Scale scope and hours as your business evolves.
Companies avoid long-term commitments while matching expertise to changing needs across fundraising, launches, and new market entry.
Companies avoid long-term commitments while matching expertise to changing needs across fundraising, launches, and new market entry.
Proven Playbooks
Apply experience from multiple startups and growth phases.
Tested approaches shorten the learning curve and focus efforts on tactics that drive growth.
Tested approaches shorten the learning curve and focus efforts on tactics that drive growth.
How it Works
Designed to find
you a
Fractional CTO
that will blow you away.
It starts with the largest network of fractionals in the U.S. (& beyond!)
The challenge with most recruiting options is that you’re only reaching a small subset of available talent. However, we have virtually every fractional in our database. Seriously.
Your chance of finding the perfect match is only as good as your top-of-funnel. Our process starts by getting your opportunity in front of virtually everyone that could be a fit.
Your chance of finding the perfect match is only as good as your top-of-funnel. Our process starts by getting your opportunity in front of virtually everyone that could be a fit.
We’ll handpick the best 5 - 10 options for you.
We do the hard, tedious, work of sifting through all the interested candidates to identify the few that are exceptional fits for your need. We’ll send you their profiles to your email, and you tell us who you want to chat with.
This work is done by humans. We use AI to move faster, but humans outperform AI matching algorithms when quality matters.
This work is done by humans. We use AI to move faster, but humans outperform AI matching algorithms when quality matters.
Get email intros to the ones you like the most.
We make direct email introductions to the candidates you want to meet with. Then, we get out of the way from there. You can run your interview process however you want.
We’re here to help along the way, too. Use us as a sounding board or thought partner as you hone in on who the perfect fractional is for your needs.
We’re here to help along the way, too. Use us as a sounding board or thought partner as you hone in on who the perfect fractional is for your needs.
Hire & pay your fractional directly. Not through us.
We are not a middleman! This is the best part about getting help from Fractional Jobs. We don’t take a % fee of the relationship like most marketplaces. You own the relationship with the candidate you hire.
Sign a contract with them directly. Pay them directly. You can even convert them into a full-time employee if there’s mutual interest.
Sign a contract with them directly. Pay them directly. You can even convert them into a full-time employee if there’s mutual interest.
Pricing
Unlike agencies or marketplaces that take an ongoing cut of your hire’s earnings, Fractional Jobs charges employers a one-time referral fee so every dollar you pay your CTO goes directly to them.
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Fractional Jobs
How We Charge: One-time referral fee
Cost Over 1 year: $3K - $5K, depending on the role
Ongoing Fees? None, 100% of wages paid directly to your hire
2.
Recruitment Agencies
How They Charge: % of Salary, up front
Cost Over 1 year: $5-30K+ depending on the role
Ongoing Fees? Not ongoing, but fees are based on the negotiated salary
3.
Other Marketplaces
How They Charge: % commission on earnings
Cost Over 1 year: $10-50K+ depending on the role
Ongoing Fees? 10-20% ongoing markup of total fees paid
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Wall of Love
Companies love us for three reasons.
They love the candidates we send.
They love how much time we save them.
They love how fast we move.
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Hi Taylor, I'm super impressed with the candidates. I tried to narrow down who I'd be interested in talking to and failed. That's how much you guys nailed it. So please facilitate the introductions.
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Stephanie Craig
President
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Wow. These [candidates] are awesome... just want to re-iterate that these are ON POINT.
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Yakov Kagan
CEO
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Taylor, these are such great candidates!
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Joshua Turnbull
CEO
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Really impressed with the quality of this list - seems really promising. Thanks Taylor.
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Misha Tsidulko
CEO
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As I'm sure you know, businesses looking to hire fractional work need results immediately. And to be frank, the candidates you brought me were a different level, so I'm excited to re-engage with you."
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David Seconi
Founder
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Fractional Jobs was an easy process, we quickly got connected with multiple tech leaders of such high caliber and ended up finding a great fit for our company.
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Kurt Chisholm
CEO
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Holy sh*t. I’m shocked. These candidates are impressive.
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Anthony Geranio
CEO
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The quality and quantity of the candidates we connected with were an order of magnitude better than we could have found with internal efforts and they were delivered to us on a silver platter at record speed. One of the most efficient and effective recruiting experiences I have experienced in my whole career.
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Mark Jackson
CEO
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Thanks a lot for this. Overall very impressed by the quality of profiles you sent through.
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Lambert Despaux
CEO
At Fractional Jobs, we’ve made hundreds of placements that have had an outsized impact on our client’s organizations.
White Glove Support
The work is done by humans. We’re supported by our in-house, best-in-class AI matching algorithm, but real people are going through every profile to ensure it’s a fit for your needs.
Technology is great, but we every one of our client’s is unique. We find and fix the gaps before you see them.
Technology is great, but we every one of our client’s is unique. We find and fix the gaps before you see them.
Largest Global Network
Fractional Jobs maintains the largest network of Fractional Talent, globally. Beyond our database, our founder Taylor Crane manages a fractional newsletter read by 25,000+ senior fractionals across the world.
Seriously, book a call and let us show you why our clients are so consistently impressed by the quantity and caliber of the talent in our network.
Seriously, book a call and let us show you why our clients are so consistently impressed by the quantity and caliber of the talent in our network.
Comprehensive Resources
We provide dedicated support for every fractional hire, from onboarding to contract negotiation to templates.
We are a go-to resource for Fractional CTOs and maintain a toolkit that supports them through every step of the journey. Fractional Jobs is the trusted source for fractional resources.
We are a go-to resource for Fractional CTOs and maintain a toolkit that supports them through every step of the journey. Fractional Jobs is the trusted source for fractional resources.
Own Your Relationship
Unlike other agencies or marketplaces, Fractional Jobs believes in letting you and your fractional talent completely own the relationship.
Set your contract terms, agree on a rate, and pay them directly! Fractional Jobs will never take a cut of your hire’s earnings.
Set your contract terms, agree on a rate, and pay them directly! Fractional Jobs will never take a cut of your hire’s earnings.
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MEET OUR FRACTIONAL CTOs
We have virtually every
Fractional CTO
in our database. Seriously.
AI/ML Specialist
CHRO
Cloud Solutions Architect
Head of IT Operations
Marketing Director
Engineering Manager
Head of Engineering
Marketing Director
VP Marketing
DevOps Lead
Head of Lifecycle
HR Director
Head of Data & Analytics
VP Marketing
CMO
Cybersecurity Director
Head of GTM
CCO
CTO
CMO
Creative Director
VP Engineering
Paid Media Specialist
Paid Media Specialist
Head of Product & Technology
Head of Brand
VP Social
Director of Infrastructure
VP Social
AI Engineer
Chris Bee
Fractional CTO
(prev.) Uber
Ivy Li
Fractional CTO
(prev.) YC Founder
Nik Kovurov
Fractional CTO
(prev.) Hinge
Aaron Graves
Fractional CTO
(prev.) Spotify
20,000+
fractional leaders in our network... and counting.
Every Industry Covered
Anything tech & SaaS, eCommerce & DTC, professional services, SMBs, and more.
We can get really niche too, like “remote patient monitoring expertise in healthtech.”
We can get really niche too, like “remote patient monitoring expertise in healthtech.”
Available Part-time
You could hire someone for 2, 10, 20 hrs per week, or anything in between. Up to you!
Some folks will even have capacity for 40 hrs per week interim roles.
Some folks will even have capacity for 40 hrs per week interim roles.
All Major Geographies
Our network is primarily from the U.S. and Canada, with experience at U.S.-based companies.
But we have talent around the world, including the UK, EU, MENA, and elsewhere.
But we have talent around the world, including the UK, EU, MENA, and elsewhere.
If you let us help your fractional search, there’s an 86% chance that you’ll hire one of the candidates we introduced you to.
Contact Us
For Companies
Book a call with us to get started.
Not ready for a call? Send us an email to start a conversation at
Not ready for a call? Send us an email to start a conversation at
hello@fractionaljobs.io
For Talent
hello@fractionaljobs.io
For Partnerships
We also work with companies that want to advertise to an audience of fractional executives and other fractional talent.
To learn more, send us an email to
To learn more, send us an email to
hello@fractionaljobs.io
Fractional Jobs is the talent network for fractional leaders and the companies looking to hire them. For talent, we offer the resources to break into fractional work successfully, and introductions to potential clients. For companies, we’ll help you hire fractional talent across 10+ different function areas.
+ a fractional team of developers,
marketers, and more.
