How the Pod delivers.
Three roles. One pod. Output of four people, at the cost of one engagement. The Pod is how every ProductivPM engagement actually gets done — Diagnostic, Sprint, or Fractional.
Three roles working as one unit.
Senior CPO
Strategy. Stakeholder management. The hard calls. Quarterly OKRs and roadmap. Board-ready updates. The senior judgment that costs $300K to hire full-time.
Senior PM
Execution. Customer interviews. Spec drafts. Sprint reviews. Cross-functional coordination. The day-to-day operator who keeps the function shipping.
AI Workflows
Research synthesis, transcript coding, competitive scans, status reports, draft generation. The unglamorous heavy lifting that used to require a third hire.
Run the numbers on Fractional.
Here’s what it actually costs to hire equivalent capacity in-house — versus what the Pod runs. (Numbers are fully-loaded comp: base + bonus + equity + benefits.)
Senior Head of Product — $400K / yr
Senior PM — $220K / yr
Research / ops / AI tools — $50K / yr
Total — $670K / yr ≈ $55K / mo
Plus 6–9 months to hire. No coverage during the search.
Fractional engagement (CPO + PM + AI) — From $20K / mo
Total — $240K / yr ≈ $20K / mo
Start in 5 business days. No recruiting. No severance.
What the Pod replaces.
Sophisticated buyers compare us against three alternatives. Here’s how the Pod stacks up.
Full-time hire
You need senior product leadership now. Hiring a full-time CPO is a year-long search, with significant comp, equity, and ramp-up. The Pod gives you senior judgment in 5 business days.
Freelance PM
Solo operators handle execution but can’t simultaneously run strategy, manage stakeholders, and ship research at scale. The Pod is three roles with built-in redundancy when someone’s on PTO.
Traditional agency
Big consultancies bring frameworks. The Pod brings senior operators who’ve actually shipped products — across 47+ engagements, 10+ industries, and over $223M in follow-on funding.
What AI actually runs.
“AI-native” should mean something specific. Here’s exactly where AI shows up in our delivery — the workflows that used to require a third hire on the team.
Transcripts in, themed insights out. We code 5–10 customer conversations into JTBD patterns in hours, not weeks.
First-draft PRDs, acceptance criteria, and user-flow documentation generated from senior PM strategy decisions.
Continuous market and competitor monitoring, surfaced as weekly briefings to inform roadmap calls.
Auto-generated weekly stakeholder updates and exec-ready summaries pulled from Linear / Jira / Notion data.
Same Pod. Different scope.
The Pod is the delivery layer. The offer is the scope of what we apply it to. Pick the scope that fits your situation.
Diagnostic
You’re stuck and not sure why. The Pod runs a focused 2-week scoping engagement.
Findings memo, recommendation, 90-day plan. $12,500 fixed. Credits 100% toward Sprint or Fractional within 14 days.
See the Diagnostic →Sprint
You know what to build. The Pod runs 4–6 weeks of discovery, validation, and PRD writing.
Validated PRD, 6-month roadmap, customer evidence. From $25,000 fixed.
See the Sprint →Fractional
You need senior product leadership running the function. The Pod embeds with your team.
Strategy ownership, execution capacity, stakeholder management. From $20,000/mo.
See Fractional →Ready to put a Pod on it?
5 questions, 60 seconds. We’ll match you to the right scope — or tell you honestly if we’re not a fit.
Take the Fit Finder →Honest fit check — we’ll tell you if it isn’t right. Or book a 30-minute fit call.