The Partnership
Ongoing strategic advisory. Fractional CPO-level thinking, embedded.
Senior product leadership without the full-time hire.
Your company needs a strategic counterweight. Someone who's been in the room before — across industries, across decades — who can push back on bad ideas, sharpen good ones, and help the team make better product decisions every month.
A Partnership is fractional CPO-level thinking on a regular cadence. Product direction, AI strategy, UX decisions, team development, competitive positioning — all from someone who doesn't just advise on these things but has actually done them. Built the products. Written the code. Designed the interfaces. Run the companies.
As AI reshapes every product category, having an ongoing advisor who actually builds with AI — not just talks about it — is the difference between leading and reacting.
Investment starts at $8,000/month based on company size and complexity. Minimum commitment: 3 months.
Strategy sessions
Two 60–90 minute sessions per month. Structured, focused conversations about product direction, competitive moves, AI opportunities, team development, and strategic decisions. Not status updates.
Async access
Reach me via Slack or email between sessions. 24-hour response on business days. When something comes up that can't wait for the next session, you're covered.
Quarterly review
Every 90 days, step back and assess: What worked? What didn't? What's changed in the market? How is AI shifting the landscape around you? Recalibrate priorities and plan the next quarter with a clear-eyed view of where things stand.
Compounding value
The longer I'm embedded, the deeper the context and the sharper the advice. Month one is good. Month six is significantly better. That's why the minimum is three months — it takes at least 90 days to build the context that makes this relationship genuinely valuable.
Strategic guidance, not execution.
A Partnership is about thinking, not tasks. I advise on product direction, AI strategy, UX architecture, team structure, competitive positioning, and strategic decisions. I'm not writing PRDs, managing sprints, or attending daily standups.
If you need hands-on execution work, that's scoped as a separate Engagement. And I'm not on-call for emergencies — the cadence is structured and predictable, which is how the thinking stays sharp.
This is designed for leaders who want a trusted strategic partner, not another resource to manage.
A fraction of the cost. A broader perspective.
A full-time CPO costs $250K–$400K+ fully loaded. A Partnership delivers the same caliber of strategic input at a fraction of the cost. For hospitality companies specifically, you get an advisor who has operated in the industry — not just consulted for it.
Most advisors specialize in one lane — product strategy, or design, or technology, or AI. I cover all four, which means one relationship replaces three or four specialists who'd need to be coordinated anyway. And because I work across multiple companies and industries simultaneously, the pattern recognition is something even a great full-time hire can't match.
The insight from what's working at a fintech shows up in advice to a healthcare company. The AI approach one team validated last quarter informs the strategy for another team this quarter. That cross-pollination is the unique advantage of this model.
"J's guidance is perfect for anyone who has to create and deliver a competitive, distinct experience. The playbook for a toolset tried and trusted by today's wildly successful brands."
"Few have logged as many hours as J, thinking deeply about product design and the methodologies that lead to success. This book captures years of wisdom."
"J clears up so much about the process of building products and makes it easy for designers, developers, and business people to understand and apply."