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Hire a fractional CRO at 1–3 days a week — strategic revenue leadership for scale-ups and growth-stage businesses. Fractional CRO jobs across the UK with senior sales and revenue expertise.
How a brief runswhat we undertake
- 01Brief30-MINUTE SCOPING CALLDay 0
- 02Shortlist of 3–5VETTED · RATE BENCHMARK · IR35After the brief
- 03InterviewsYOU MEET THE SHORTLISTYour diary
- 04Scoped startFIRST-MONTH OUTCOMES AGREEDYou set the date
- 05Fractional, interim and permanentIR35 POSITION SET OUTOn every brief
Shortlist3–5
15 minutes · video or phone
Book 15 minutes to hire a fractional CRO
Tell us the scope and the days a week. We come back with CRO candidates, their day rates and availability.
- 0115 minutes, video or phone
- 02We scope the role and the days a week
- 03A shortlist of 3–5 after the call
- 04Fractional, interim and permanent briefs
Pick a day that suits · live availability
Live roles · last 3 months
Live Fractional CRO jobs
No live Fractional CRO roles in the last three months. Showing live fractional executive roles instead.
- FractionalSyndicated
Fractional CISO (Contract / Project Based)
Cambridge Spark · United Kingdom
est £1,500/day2 d/wk - FractionalSyndicated
Head of Medical Compliance, Governance & Diligence (Fractional)
CNX Therapeutics Ltd · Greater London
est £1,000/dayGreater London - FractionalSyndicated
Head of Applied Legal – AI Product (Fractional)
Stealth Startup · London
est £1,600/day2 d/wk - FractionalSyndicated
Fractional Product Practice Leader - 9 Month Contract
Tails.com · London
est £1,000/day2 d/wk - FractionalSyndicated
Fractional CPO
Log my Care · City of London
est £3,250/day3 d/wk - FractionalSyndicated
Fractional Finance Directors
PWF Associates Limited · Manchester
est £750/dayManchester - FractionalSyndicated
Fractional legal counsel
Nifina · London
est £750/dayLondon - FractionalExclusive
Fractional COO
Confidential client (Fractional Quest mandate) · London
Rate n/aLondon - FractionalSyndicated
Fractional Financial Controller
MarcoPolo Learning · City of Westminster
est £750/day2 d/wk
Current fractional CRO opportunities
Fractional recruitment works differently from a permanent search — shorter, scoped by days a week, and priced on the engagement. Send a CRO brief and we come back with a shortlist of three to five vetted candidates.
01/ the role
What is a fractional CRO?
A fractional CRO provides strategic revenue leadership on a part-time basis. Fractional CRO day rates range £900–£1,500 (Intelligent People) for revenue and commercial leadership roles, providing senior expertise without full-time executive overhead.
Companies hire a fractional CRO during critical revenue scaling phases - post-Series A expansion, international market entry, or major go-to-market transformations. This provides senior revenue leadership without a full-time package: Intelligent People puts full-time CROs at £120,000–£300,000 base plus equity, with high performers earning £400,000+ total compensation.
02/ scope
Core fractional CRO responsibilities
Revenue strategy and planning
Developing comprehensive revenue strategies, establishing predictable growth models, and aligning sales, marketing, and customer success teams around unified revenue objectives. Setting measurable targets and building the infrastructure to track and optimize revenue performance across all channels.
Sales and marketing alignment
Breaking down silos between sales and marketing teams, implementing shared metrics and processes, and establishing lead handoff procedures. Creating unified customer journey maps and ensuring consistent messaging across all revenue-generating touchpoints.
Revenue operations and systems
Implementing CRM systems, sales enablement platforms, and revenue intelligence tools. Establishing data-driven processes for pipeline management, forecasting, and performance measurement across the entire revenue organization.
Team building and leadership
Recruiting revenue leadership talent, establishing organizational structure, and implementing processes for cross-functional collaboration. Building the foundation for sustainable revenue operations that can scale with company growth.
How to hire a fractional CRO
To hire a Chief Revenue Officer full-time means a full executive search and, per Intelligent People, £120,000–£300,000 base plus equity. The fractional route: scope the revenue challenge (sales-marketing alignment, revenue operations, expansion), decide the days per week you need, budget £900–£1,500/day (Intelligent People), and shortlist candidates with proven revenue builds at your stage — we come back with a shortlist of 3–5. If you hire CRO capacity fractionally first, the engagement can write the permanent brief.
03/ timing
When to hire a fractional CRO
Common scenarios where fractional CRO expertise delivers maximum value with optimal cost efficiency
Scenario 01
Series A
challenges — you need senior leadership to align sales + marketing without full-time cost
Scenario 02
International
needs — proven go-to-market experience for new regions without permanent commitment
Scenario 03
Revenue Ops
project — defined initiative requiring executive oversight and cross-functional alignment
Scenario 04
Pre-exit
preparation — institutional-grade revenue leadership and reporting for exit readiness
04/ vetting
How vetting and shortlisting work
Our five-stage process for matching you with the right fractional CRO — structured, honest, and focused on long-term success
- 01
Qualification screen
Verify CRO tenure, sector context and stage fit.
SOURCING - 02
Mandate fit
Match to your situation — stage, board dynamics, timing.
MATCHING - 03
Reference deep-dive
We take references ourselves, from recent past clients — real outcomes, not titles.
VERIFY - 04
Shortlist
Three to five candidates with day rate, availability and IR35 position set out.
SHORTLIST OF 3–5
05/ the permanent hire
Chief revenue officer recruitment — what to settle before you search
Chief revenue officer recruitment goes wrong most often on scope. A CRO usually owns every revenue-generating function — sales, marketing and customer success, sometimes revenue operations and partnerships — and answers to the board for the whole number. If marketing reports to the CEO and customer success sits elsewhere, the seat is closer to a sales director or CSO, and the brief should say so. Settle the scope, the reporting line and how pay is weighted between base, variable and equity before you speak to candidates.
Then assess against the scope you have written. Ask each candidate for the revenue model they inherited and the one they left, how they got sales and marketing to agree a shared pipeline definition, and a forecast they reported to a board. Take references from a CEO and a board member, not only from people who reported to them. For an employed hire the ordinary steps apply — Acas sets out the recruitment process, from job description to offer.
Not every company needs a full-time CRO yet. If the revenue functions need joining up but not five days a week of leadership, hire a fractional CRO first and let them write the permanent brief; if you need full-time cover for a fixed period, see hire an interim CRO. Whichever the brief, we come back with a shortlist of 3–5, each through our five-stage vetting.
06/ working with a search firm
Chief revenue officer executive search — how a retained search works
A permanent CRO is usually hired through chief revenue officer executive search: a retained assignment in which one firm maps the market, approaches candidates who are not actively looking, assesses them and manages the process to offer. Agree the terms in writing at the start — scope, fees and when they fall due, confidentiality, which companies are off-limits for approaches, and what happens if the appointee leaves early. The AESC's professional standards, which its member firms commit to, are a useful checklist of what a search firm should undertake.
In the UK, recruitment firms are also bound by the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003, which govern how agencies agree terms with hirers and deal with work-seekers. Ask any firm how it will present candidates, whether it is running competing searches for similar roles, and how it will handle references.
Retained search is one route to a permanent CRO appointment. We recruit fractional, interim and permanent CROs: a shortlist of 3–5 candidates with day rate or pay, availability and IR35 position set out. To compare the routes, see our guide to fractional executive search firms; for the neighbouring seat, hire a fractional CSO.
07/ questions
Fractional CRO FAQ
The questions people ask before bringing in a fractional CRO.
Book 15 minutes · shortlist of 3–5
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A shortlist of 3–5 with day rate, availability and IR35 position set out, after five-stage vetting.
