Fractional Chief Product Officer

Fractional Chief Product Officer for companies building on AI and customer data.

I turn AI and data investments into revenue. I lead your product strategy, roadmap and team two to three days a week, without the cost of a full-time CPO or a six-month search.

Chris Royle
Chris Royle · Founder, Velocity Partners

$100M+

revenue growth helped deliver over seven years at FordDirect

50-person

product organization built and scaled

Patent-pending

AI natural-language platform launched

800+

machine learning models operationalized at Polk (IHS Markit)

When to bring me in

Companies call when product has become the constraint:

  • AI pilots look good in demos but never reach the P&L.
  • You've unified your customer data, but revenue hasn't moved.
  • A founder-led roadmap has stopped scaling.
  • You're integrating an acquisition or getting ready for an exit.
  • Your product leader has left, and you need someone now.

What I do

Four ways I help B2B companies turn AI and data investments into revenue.

AI, From Pilot to P&L

Business ownership, experiments agreed before the build, and an operating plan for after launch.

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CDP & Data Products

Treat your data platform as a product with a value thesis, roadmap and revenue owner.

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Organizational Readiness

Change decision rights, budgets and frontline work so new technology gets used.

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Product Leadership & PM Org Maturity

Install the discipline first, then build the team around it.

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How it works

  1. 20-minute call

    We talk through where product is stuck. No pitch deck.

  2. 30-Day Product Reset

    A focused diagnostic that ends with a prioritized roadmap and a clear plan.

  3. Fractional CPO

    I stay on two to three days a week to lead the work.

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Experience

Twenty years leading product in B2B SaaS and data-as-a-service, across automotive, mobility, marketing data and enterprise software, in the US, UK and Germany.

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Latest thinking

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Is product your bottleneck?

Let's spend 20 minutes on it. You'll leave with at least one thing worth doing, whether or not we work together.