Everything waits for you
Quotes, hires, client problems, prices. When you’re out, the work stops.
Fractional COO
Does your company still run through you? Build one that runs without you.
Fractional COO for B2B owners and CEOs.
I’m Jose M Bermejo. As your fractional COO, I work part time inside your company and build how it runs: a weekly leadership meeting, one owner for every result, a one-page scorecard and clear decision rights. The goal is a company that stops waiting for you.
- VP of Performance at two companies
- 50+ founders and CEOs coached
- Priced per month
Book a 25-minute exploratory chat Signs you need one
Pick a time. If you don’t need a COO, I’ll tell you on the call.
Signs you need a fractional COOEverything still waits for you.
A company can grow past the way it’s run. The owner stays the hub, and everything slows down around them. These are the four signs I look for.
Your team waits for decisions
Good people ask before they act, because nobody knows who decides what.
Growth outran your processes
What worked when you were small now breaks every week. Hand-offs drop, and the same problems come back.
You can’t take a week off
Not because you love the work. Because the company stalls when you’re gone.
If two of these sound familiar, the fix isn’t more hours from you. It’s a company built to run without you.
What does a fractional COO do?Builds how your company runs
A fractional COO, also called a part-time or outsourced COO, leads operations a set number of days each month. I work with you and your leadership team. This is what we build together.
How your company runs
- 1An operating rhythm
A weekly leadership meeting and a monthly review. Problems come up on a schedule, not in your inbox at night.
- 2One owner for every result
Every number and every project has one name next to it. Not a team. A person.
- 3KPIs on a one-page scorecard
The few numbers that show how the week went, on one page your team reviews every week.
- 4Decision rights
Who decides what, written down. Decisions stop waiting for you, and your team stops asking.
- 5The right people in the right seats
Clear roles, and an honest look at who fits each one. Then the changes or hires that follow.
- 6Processes and hand-offs
The work written down, starting with the hand-off from sales to delivery, where promises to clients tend to get lost.
Run by your own team.Built to work without you.
A fractional COO is not a one-off project. I work inside the company, with your team, until the rhythm runs on its own.
Fractional COO, full-time COO or consultant?Different help for different stages.
Fractional COO
Builds how it runs.
Part time, a set number of days each month, for a set period. Builds the rhythm, the owners and the scorecard, then hands over. Priced per month.
Full-time COO
Runs it every day.
A permanent executive on your payroll. Worth it when the role is big enough for every day of the week, and clear enough to hire for.
And a consultant?
A consultant studies the problem and recommends a fix. Your team does the rest. A fractional COO stays and builds it with your team, week after week. If you need a plan, hire a consultant. If you need it to run, hire an operator.
What clients say about working with Jose
Jose delivered breakthrough results. A master in business coaching.
Dr. Christian CoachmanFounder, Digital Smile DesignWho you’ll work with
Jose M Bermejo
Fractional COO for B2B owners and CEOs
- VP of Performance at two companies.
- 15+ years selling B2B tech, first as a chief revenue officer who grew revenue 120%.
- 50+ founders and CEOs coached on growing revenue.
- Works online with companies worldwide.
- Executive MBA, IESE Business School.
I’ve led performance from the inside, as VP of Performance at two companies. I work on every engagement myself.
Some of the 50+ B2B tech companies I’ve run go-to-market and positioning work with
Client results
8x
EBITDA grew 8x while revenue doubled, from $3M to $6M.
- What we changed
- A new way to package the offer, with the risk taken off the buyer. Then proposals and pitches built around what their buyers worried about.
- What happened
- Revenue doubled in under 3 years, and their close rate on $50K deals tripled.
Hugo de Juan CEO, Encamina, an IT services company
$200K
$200K in sales in 3 months.
- Where it started
- A service that wasn’t selling.
- What we did
- I trained and coached the team.
Brendon Macdonald CEO, Digital Smile Design
How it works and how it ends
- STEP 125 minutesFree
Exploratory chat
Pick a time that works for you. Tell me where the company still runs through you.
You leave knowing what I’d build first, and if a fractional COO is the right hire.
- STEP 2Set days each monthFor a set periodPriced per month
Fractional COO engagement
We agree the days each month and how long it runs, based on what needs building. I work with you and your leadership team on the rhythm, the owners, the scorecard and the decision rights. The monthly price follows from that scope, and we set it together after the exploratory chat.
How it ends: a company that runs without you in every decision. Then your own team takes over, or a full-time COO does. Become a full-time CEO
Fractional COO: questions
What is a fractional COO?
A fractional COO, or fractional chief operating officer, is a part-time executive who leads a company’s operations for a set number of days each month. The role builds how the company runs: a weekly leadership meeting, one owner for every result, a one-page scorecard, clear decision rights and written processes. It suits owners whose company still runs through them, and it ends when the team can run it alone.
What is the difference between a fractional COO and a full-time COO?
A fractional COO works part time, a set number of days each month, and is priced per month. A full-time COO is a permanent executive on your payroll, there every day. Hire fractional while the way your company runs still has to be built. Hire full time once the job is clear and big enough to fill every week. Some companies need both, in that order.
How many days a month does a fractional COO work?
It depends on what needs building, and we agree it with you before we start. A fractional COO works a set number of days each month, for a set period, not every day. Those days go to the work an operator has to lead: the weekly leadership meeting, the scorecard, decision rights and the hand-offs between sales and delivery.
When should a company hire a fractional COO?
Hire a fractional COO when the company has grown but still runs through the owner. The signs: everything waits for you, your team waits for your decisions, growth has outrun your processes, and you can’t take a week off without things stalling. If the business is still small enough for you to run alone, you don’t need one yet.
How does a fractional COO engagement end?
It ends when the company runs without you in every decision. By then the weekly meeting, the monthly review, the scorecard and the decision rights run on their own, with one owner for every result. Then your own leadership team takes over, or a full-time COO does. A good fractional COO works to make the role unnecessary, not permanent.
How much does a fractional COO cost?
A fractional COO is priced per month, and the price depends on scope: how many days each month, for how long, and how much needs building. I set it with you after the free 25-minute exploratory chat, once I know where the company stands. You pay for the days you need, not for a full-time executive’s salary.
Book a 25‑minute exploratory chat.
Pick a time that works for you. If you don’t need a COO yet, I’ll tell you on the call.
Not quite what you need?
Want to lead the company, not run every part of it? See how to become a full-time CEO.
- Become a full-time CEOCoaching to step out of the day-to-day.
- The Full-Time CEO TestSee where you stand today.
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