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Fractional · Interim · Advisory
I built this list for my own search. In my first five days on these platforms I sent 50+ applications and got 7 invites. Fractional, interim and advisory work, sorted by how you get in: either you go looking for jobs, or they come looking for you. And by geography: Europe, US.
Self-serveSign up & browse roles yourself.
SourcedThey find you. Keep your LinkedIn sharp.
Register & waitLeave details; they reach out on a match.
Email alertsTurn on role alerts, let them come to you.
Every card opens. Tap one for how to get in, what to watch for, and the link.
Self-serve profiles and role boards. The fastest way to get discovered for fractional CPO / CTO / COO work.
How to get inRegister and complete the full profile: bio, tagline, five projects. Then search the board directly; matching also runs inbound off your profile.
Good to know15,000+ vetted leaders and around 176 live roles when I checked: CTO, Head of Product, CPO, COO, CRO.
How to get inRegister and set up your profile. Briefs then come to you in a daily digest and you pitch the ones that fit. Advisory briefs pay $250–325/hr, delivery $150–200/hr.
Watch outCategory labels are noisy, so read the brief itself before judging fit. Expect roughly 1 in 10 digest briefs to be worth a pitch. US-anchored but remote-friendly if you can cover EST hours.
How to get inApply, wait for approval, then build the profile out like a portfolio: missions, expertise tags, past work.
Watch outDeveloper-heavy. Product and strategy missions are the minority, and real rates run lower than the marketing suggests.
How to get inUse the "I'm an operator" flow: leave email, LinkedIn and a short note, then register for job alerts.
Good to knowRole pages per function (CPO, CFO, CMO and so on). Mostly UK, remote-friendly, 1–3 days a week.
How to get inSet each profile once, then leave both in inbound mode.
Watch outArc's product-manager roles cluster at $20–50/hr, and Arc itself warns that rates above $90/hr get fewer interviews. Wellfound pay skews equity and commission. Don't spend evenings browsing either.
How to get inDirector level and above only. Create a directory listing; founders search by function and reach out directly.
Retained desks for senior interim mandates. Referral-heavy: register your CV and turn on the digest. Premium day rates, longer engagements.
How to get inSubmit your CV to the interim pool via the candidate form. A referral beats the form every time.
Watch outThe public board's country filter has no Germany and no remote option, and the board is mostly US contract staffing. The rare European roles sometimes price at €400–450/day. The pool matters more than the board.
How to get inRegister; the online application parses your CV automatically.
Watch outThe assignments board loads empty until you run a search, and the filters are UK-anchored.
How to get inRegister, then a short vetting call ("Aufnahmegespräch") puts you in the pool. Maintain a structured DE/EN profile inside their portal, not a PDF upload.
How to get inCandidate "Get in touch" form: function, interim or permanent, short message.
Watch outThe public jobs page is empty by design. Matching is recruiter-led, so the form is the entry, not the board.
How to get inSelf-serve "Executive Talent" application: function, industry, location.
Watch outThe pick-lists are US/Canada-centric. Pick the nearest fit and move on.
How to get inSearch the DE board directly, and submit your CV to the contracting desk so a recruiter can also match you.
Watch outNot senior-focused. Expect to filter out most roles before you find your altitude.
How to get inSkip self-registration, it goes nowhere. Enter through a warm intro, or be visible enough that they find you.
You take paid 1-hour calls with PE, hedge-fund & consulting clients about your domain. A different, hourly game, and a fast cash line between mandates.
How to get inCreate an account, pass the short compliance tutorial, sign the terms, then set your topics, availability and rate. After that you wait: you present yourself, and they find you.
Watch outCompliance is real: consultations only through GLG, no confidential information, and no projects about a former employer for a year.
How to get in"Register your interest" form: name, LinkedIn, contacts. They recruit per project, so there's no profile to polish.
How to get in"Let us know you're interested" form, then wait. When a brief lands, answer the same day if you can: they move within 72 hours.
Watch outAn account works only if your email is already in their network. Keep your LinkedIn sharp and wait to be sourced, or find a warm intro.
If you're in Germany or DACH, these convert better than the global boards. Local language, local trust, local rates.
How to get inFull profile: headline, rate, top-5 skills, three portfolio items. Then collect recommendations, they drive the inbound. Refresh quarterly so you stay in search.
How to get inA short intake call gets you into the pool. Matches arrive by email, sometimes weeks or months apart, so register and forget.
Watch outHigh volume, mixed seniority. Set tight senior filters and saved searches or you drown in mid-level listings.
How to get inRegister a profile; they match you to mandates. One of the longest-standing DACH interim providers.
For scanning the open market. High volume, lower hit rate. The value is one good saved search, not endless browsing.
How to get inRegister and save searches. Mine: VP Product, Head of Product, Director Product Strategy, AI Strategy Lead. Real salary data on most roles.
Watch outThe "Region: Anywhere" tag is unreliable: I found verified US-only and India-only roles mis-tagged. Read the location, timezone and work-authorisation lines before you invest in an application.
How to get inFilter contract/temporary plus keywords like Fractional CPO, Interim Head of Product, AI Strategy Director, Transformation Program Director. Save the searches across your target regions and let the alerts do the scanning.
Most fractional roles never touch a board. They move through warm intros and LinkedIn posts. This is the channel that converts.
How to work itSearch "hiring fractional [your role]" and "interim [your role] Germany" weekly. DM within 24 hours of the post going up; the first relevant reply usually gets the call.
Watch outWhen I swept a full week of posts I found about 72 results and zero real mandates: genuine fractional roles rarely surface as searchable post text. Treat this as a supplement to the two channels below, not a replacement.
How to work itWrite to people you already worked with and say exactly what you're looking for: role, days per week, rate band. My rule is to tell about 20 people, one by one, not in a broadcast.
How to work itJoin fractional and exec Slacks and Circles in your function. Roles appear there before they go public. Be useful first, pitch second.
Learned the hard way while building this map for my own search.
Build your master CV. I use Claude Code to adjust it for every registration and every role I apply to. This increased my response rate a lot.
LinkedIn sharp, rate ready. Inbound from recruiters and companies starts with your profile. Platforms will ask your rate: some recommend one, some don't. If you're starting, go to the lower end and get the first client on a respectable platform instead of waiting for a more expensive one.
Positioning matters on marketplaces. You are not just a CV, you are a profile with specific outcomes. Land it in one clear short line: "I build X for Y."
Match the channel to the work. Advisory: expert networks. Delivery and turnaround: interim desks. Product build: fractional marketplaces.
People work. Check your network first. And if you like earlier-stage startups, write to them directly: they might not have a well-described job position, but they definitely have work where you can be helpful.
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I'm Ekaterina. I run AI strategy and ship product for B2B SaaS and PE-backed scale-ups, and I'm building my own fractional practice at 12LANE.AI. This map comes from that search. If you're on the same road, come say hi.
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