Fractional Head of Product Design for Seed-Stage Technical Founders

You’ve built the product and hired strong engineers. But without design leadership, usability, clarity, and product direction become guesswork.


We embed with your team for 90 days to bring structure, usability, and launch readiness—so your product moves forward with confidence.

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The Gap

When Engineering Drives Product Experience Alone

The product works, but whether users understand it immediately is uncertain.

Product decisions stay founder-led and reactive
UX choices are distributed across engineering
Core flows evolve without a cohesive system

No clear ownership of product usability

That uncertainty doesn’t show up in code. It shows up later in low activation, confused users, and costly rebuild cycles.

The TRANSFORMATION

In 90 Days, Product Direction Becomes Clear

We step in as your Fractional Head of Product Design—bringing leadership, usability expertise, and structured product thinking.

Onboarding Drives Activation

New users understand what your product does, and why it matters, within minutes, not sessions.

Engineering Has Structured UX Direction

Clear flows, defined priorities, and reduced back-and-forth during build cycles.

Core Journeys are Intentionally Designed

Your most critical user paths are mapped, tested, and optimized, not improvised.

Design Decisions Have Ownership

No more distributed UX debates. There is a clear decision-maker and standard.

Your Product Narrative is Aligned

What you demo to investors matches what users experience.

A Repeatable Process You Can Trust

Simple frameworks your team continues using after the engagement.

THE ProcesS

The Product Clarity Sprint

A structured 90-day engagement designed to bring product clarity, strengthen usability, and prepare your team for confident launch and iteration.

Phase 01
4 weeks

Clarify

Align the team around who the product is for and what must work first.

Define the Ideal Customer

Clarify the highest-value user and the problem you solve for them.

Map Core Journeys

Identify the key moments that make users stay—or leave.

Set Product Priorities

Decide what matters now and what intentionally waits.

Phase 02
6 weeks

Lead

We bring structure, craft and usability 
to your most critical flows.

Redesign Key Flows

Simplify, clarify, and reduce friction in high-impact areas.

Refine Onboarding

Ensure new users understand value quickly and intuitively.

Establish Scalable UX Foundations

Create reusable components and systems that support future growth.

Phase 03
2 weeks

Ready

Prepare the product and team for launch and continued growth.

Support Implementation

Partner with engineering to ensure execution matches the design intent.

Validate Usability

Test key flows with real users and refine before scaling.

Align Product Narrative

Ensure the product’s value is clear to users and investors.

Why US

Senior Design Leadership, Embedded Fast

40+ years of combined experience bringing clarity, usability, and product direction to growing teams.

HOW WE WORK

Built for Seed-Stage Teams Ready to Move Forward

If you are still validating an idea, or already have a Head of Design, we are not the right fit at this time.

We partner with teams that...

  • Raised seed capital within the last 18 months

  • Have 5–15 team members and a functional MVP


  • Are preparing for beta, public launch, or growth

  • Do not currently have design leadership
90-Day

Focused partnerships for clarity and progress.

1:1 Founder Collaboration

Direct partnership with leadership and engineering.

Limited Engagements

Limited capacity per quarter ensures senior-level focus.

Defined Outcomes

Each engagement begins with clear success metrics.

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