Technical Product Leadership & Strategy
Provide technical leadership for product teams, bridging the gap between product vision and engineering execution. Make informed technical product decisions, balance feature development with technical health, and ensure engineering delivers on product goals.
Why You Need This Service
Product managers without technical depth struggle to make informed architecture decisions, estimate efforts accurately, or effectively communicate with engineering teams. This creates misalignment, missed deadlines, and suboptimal technical decisions.
What You Get
Technical product strategy
Feature specification templates
Technical requirement documentation
Engineering estimation framework
Architecture decision records
Product-engineering sync process
Technical debt management framework
Product quality metrics
Release planning framework
Our Process
Assessment
1-2 weeks- Product-engineering process review
- Bottleneck identification
- Stakeholder interviews
- Current product roadmap analysis
- Technical architecture review
Deliverables: Process assessment report, Improvement recommendations
Framework Implementation
2-3 weeks- Process design and documentation
- Template creation
- Team training
- Tool setup and configuration
- Pilot project execution
Deliverables: Process documentation, Templates and tools, Training materials
Ongoing Leadership
Continuous- Technical product strategy sessions
- Architecture review and guidance
- Feature technical specification
- Cross-functional alignment meetings
- Process refinement
Deliverables: Technical decisions, Feature specs, Regular status updates
Total Timeline: 3-4 weeks setup, ongoing engagement
Investment
Fractional C T O
$6,000-$10,000/month ongoing
Total
$72,000-$120,000/year
Expected ROI
Better alignment and faster, more informed product decisions
Success Story
Series A marketplace, non-technical product team, frustrated engineering team
Challenge
Product roadmap constantly shifting. Engineers complaining specs are incomplete. Features routinely taking 2-3x longer than product team expects. Technical debt growing unchecked. Growing tension between product and engineering.
Solution
Fractional CTO embedded with product team to provide technical guidance. Implemented technical specification template. Created estimation framework using story points and team velocity. Established architecture review process. Facilitated better product-engineering communication.
Results
Estimation accuracy improved from 40% to 85%. Feature rework reduced by 60%. Team satisfaction scores improved from 5.8 to 8.3/10. Successfully delivered major marketplace redesign on time. Technical debt reduced 25% while maintaining feature velocity.
Timeline: Ongoing engagement over 9 months
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