Fractional CTO
Service Summary
Fractional CTO for regulated digital health and SaaS businesses, from early product validation through to national-scale delivery.
Typical Benefits
- A senior technical lead without the cost or commitment of a full-time hire
- Real experience taking products from early validated idea through to national-scale delivery
- Governance and compliance (ISO 27001, GDPR, NHS standards) built in from day one, not bolted on later
- Practical, hands-on direction, not just strategy documents
Overview
I typically start with a short discovery phase to understand the current technology, team, and constraints, then agree a focused set of priorities rather than a sprawling roadmap. From there I work alongside your existing team on a part-time or interim basis, days per week to suit, cutting scope where it’s over-engineered and strengthening it where compliance or scale genuinely demand it.
Our Requirements of You
What I ask of clients: a named sponsor who can explain why the engagement matters internally and sign off on scope, a contract (and NDA where needed) in place before work starts, proper access to the people, data, and systems needed to do the job, and enough sponsor availability to unblock anything that threatens the timeline.
Our Commitments to You
What clients can expect from me: high-quality work delivered on the timeline we agree, any changes to scope discussed and agreed in writing before they happen, honest input and genuine value beyond the immediate ask, regular progress updates at intervals we set from day one, and real respect for your team’s own development, not just parachuting in and out.
Deliverables
What clients can expect from me: high-quality work delivered on the timeline we agree, any changes to scope discussed and agreed in writing before they happen, honest input and genuine value beyond the immediate ask, regular progress updates at intervals we set from day one, and real respect for your team’s own development, not just parachuting in and out.
Available Service Engagement Models
*This service may be engaged via multiple engagement model options to provide maximum flexibility.
Project Based Engagement
Project based engagements operate on the basis of agreeing work and any outcomes or milestones for delivery in advance of commencement of any engagement in a ‘Statement of Work’. Prices are fixed for the agreed deliverables and should changes be required, these may incur changes to delivery costs. Payment for Project Based Engagements are agreed on a case-by-case basis, giving consideration to risk, contract value, client payment history, relationship longevity and duration.
Subscription Service
A HiveMind Subscription Service enables clients to flexibly engage with HiveMind Expert(s) in line with the subscription purchased. Subscriptions typically run for 12, 24 or 36 months or can also be arranged on a rolling 6 monthly basis. Subscriptions for 6 or 12 months are billed at the commencement of service, with billing for 24 or 36 month contracts taking place on the annual anniversary of subscription commencement.
