Fractional CTO Birmingham

Senior technology leadership, without the £130k headcount.

A part-time Chief Technology Officer plugged into your business. Systems architecture, automation, data pipelines, app development oversight and tech hiring, led by someone who has shipped enterprise-grade work and can do it for an SME.

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Signs you need one

When a Fractional CTO earns their seat.

If any of these sound familiar, you do not need a full-time hire. You need senior judgement in the room when it matters.

Tech decisions are stacking up

Vendor calls, build vs buy, hosting choices, CRM migrations. Decisions sit on someone's desk for weeks because no one in the business has the depth to make them confidently.

You're hiring developers without an architect

Devs and contractors come in, ship something, and leave. No one is owning the bigger picture: data model, integrations, security, scale.

Your data is everywhere and nowhere

Spreadsheets, CRMs, ad platforms and forms that do not speak to each other. Reporting takes days. Decisions take guesswork.

An investor or auditor is asking questions

Due diligence, ISO, GDPR, infosec. You need a credible technical voice with real enterprise pedigree, not just a freelancer.

What we cover

The day-to-day of a Fractional CTO.

Concrete deliverables. No vague advisory. You hire a Fractional CTO to make decisions, write the technical brief and keep the build accountable.

Architecture and roadmap

System architecture diagrams, technical roadmap, vendor selection, build vs buy decisions, integration design.

Automation and data

Workflow automation, ETL pipelines, data warehouse design, AI and ML where it is genuinely useful (not where it is just hype).

Software and app oversight

Code review, technical QA, release process, performance and security. Your team builds. We make sure it is built right.

Tech hiring and team

Job specs, interview panels, technical assessments, contractor vetting. Building the right team, not just filling seats.

Security and compliance

GDPR, infosec, vendor risk, due diligence support. Calm, credible answers when investors or auditors come knocking.

Reporting that decisions sit on

Dashboards, KPI definitions, attribution. Senior leadership reporting, not vanity numbers from the platforms.

How it works

Three engagement shapes. Yours fits one of them.

Most clients start light, then scale up once we know the terrain. All engagements are rolling monthly. No long contracts.

Advisory Two calls a month plus an open Slack/email channel. For founders who need senior judgement on tap but already have a build team.

Embedded One or two days a week inside your business. Architecture work, vendor management, team leadership, regular stand-ups with your devs.

Project-Led A defined transformation: migration, platform rebuild, automation programme. Fixed scope, fixed timeline, real accountability.