Fractional Product Design Leadership — for Founders Who Need Momentum

You get senior CXO/CPO leadership plus hands-on execution from the Forge UX team.

No full-time hire required.

Your Fractional CXO/CPO - Co-Founder W Venture and Forge Experience Design.

  • Translate chaos into a clear plan

  • Prioritize what actually matters

  • Align your team

  • Build a product strategy you can execute

  • Weekly strategic touchpoints

Forge as your execution engine

  • UX research

  • Prototyping

  • Product discovery

  • Journey mapping

  • Usability testing

  • Continuous iteration

You’re not hiring one person — you’re hiring a product leadership system.​

Pricing Tiers

Foundations $4,500/mo

​For early teams needing direction.

  • 2 hrs/week fractional CXO/CPO

  • 8 hrs/mo UX team

  • Prioritization workshop

  • Roadmap starter

Growth $8,500/mo (Most Popular)

​For teams with product debt or scaling challenges.

  • 4 hrs/week fractional leadership

  • 20 hrs/mo UX team

  • Discovery + quarterly research

  • Hiring support

  • Team coaching

Scale $14,000/mo

​For companies building or rebuilding product orgs.

  • 6 hrs/week fractional leadership

  • 40 hrs/mo UX team

  • KPIs + governance + rituals

  • Embedd Design Team Lead

  • Full CXO-level support

  • Deep research + product ops

Why Forge?

Strategic + Execution in One

You get high-level product clarity and the team to deliver it.

BC Tech + Government Expertise

Deep experience in regulated, complex environments where clarity matters.

Founder-Friendly, No Bloat

We move quickly. Practical, applied - not red tape. Progress, not perfection.

CX, UX, Service Design & Product Tribes Combined

Your product gets the cross-functional support most startups never access.

What Success Looks Like

We measure what matters: momentum, clarity & customer impact.

Product & Strategy KPIs

  • Roadmap delivery ↑

  • Priority churn ↓

  • Team alignment ↑

Experience KPIs

  • Usability success rate ↑

  • Customer friction ↓

  • Support tickets ↓

Execution KPIs

  • Faster cycle times

  • Clearer research → decisions

  • Better founder bandwidth

Clients feel meaningful progress in the first 30 days.

Who is this for?

Perfect for:

  • Founders overwhelmed by product decisions

  • Teams with product debt or inconsistent execution

  • Companies prepping for funding

  • Startups expanding their product org

  • Non-technical founders who need calm clarity

Not a fit for:

  • Teams wanting pure design-only work (Forge can still help separately)

  • Companies seeking full-time C-suite hires

  • Organizations unwilling to prioritize

Let’s see if fractional CXO/CPO support is the right fit for your company.