Fractional Executive Search

Revenue growth in Singapore needs a senior commercial owner.

What looks like a market problem is often a leadership one: nobody senior owns the whole commercial system. We search for, vet and match a fractional CMO or CRO from our collective of 800+ to take that ownership, in a home market too small to waste effort.

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The situation

Signs of a commercial leadership gap

You may recognise some of these without knowing a fractional CMO is the answer:

01

Spend you cannot trace to revenue

Digital, content, events and paid media all cost money, but nobody can show which of them produces revenue.

02

Positioning that does not stand out

The product is strong, but buyers cannot say what makes you different, and in a small market that means being overlooked.

03

Sales and marketing at odds

Sales doubts the leads; marketing doubts the follow-up. With no senior owner across both, revenue slips between them.

04

Campaigns spread across too many markets

Activity in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and beyond, without a plan that links channels to the right customers in each, wins nowhere in particular.

05

Regional expansion without a plan

Moving into new ASEAN markets or sectors without a senior commercial leader to design the approach is slow and expensive.

06

Growth through relationships, not systems

Many Singapore businesses grew through the founder's network. It works until it does not scale, and digitally mature buyers expect more than introductions.

Your fractional CMO owns revenue growth and is judged on outcomes, not hours; the governance around them is ours.

Is it the right fit?

Who this is for, and who it is not

Best for

  • Revenue that has plateaued after the early channels ran their course
  • Marketing spend going out with little pipeline you can trust coming back
  • Sales and marketing pulling apart, with no one owning the number
  • A founder still carrying the commercial engine personally
  • A new segment or market that needs a proper go-to-market motion

Not for

  • A single campaign or asset an agency could deliver and hand back
  • A business with no product-market fit or revenue to build on yet
  • A tactical execution gap a specialist hire would fill
  • Teams unwilling to give one operator ownership of the number
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A commercial engine, built and run by someone who has done it.

How we support revenue growth

Why commercial leaders come to us

We search for the commercial leader your growth plan needs, and back them with the collective.

1 monthNotice, either way
800+Curated and vetted executives
2–3 weeksBrief to deployment
30–60%Less than a full-time hire, on our engagements

Demand and delivery together

A CMO creates the demand and a COO makes sure operations can keep up; we can match both to work as a pair.

Experience from across the collective

Your CMO can draw on COOs who have run growth programmes, CFOs who know unit economics and CTOs who know which marketing technology earns its keep.

A search built on your brief

We match for your sector, buyer and markets, so the CMO arrives with relevant experience rather than a generic playbook.

Continuity on the pipeline

Pipeline should not stall because a person changes. If your CMO leaves, we cover the transition and start the new search with what we know of your market.

How it works

From diagnosis to revenue momentum

A structured engagement that moves from diagnosis to a working pipeline within months.

01

Commercial diagnostic (weeks 1–2)

Audit your current position, spend, attribution, pipeline, ICP definition, competitive positioning, team capability, and which commercial gap is the real constraint.

02

Strategy and sign-off (weeks 3–4)

A clear, actionable go-to-market strategy with prioritised channels, 90-day milestones, and commercial KPIs.

03

Execution begins (month 2–3)

Channel activation, team direction, agency management, content and campaign deployment.

04

Ongoing commercial review

Monthly pipeline tracking. Continuous optimisation. Your commercial leader stays accountable for revenue outcomes.

Which commercial leader

Do you need a fractional CMO, a CRO, or something else?

Revenue plateaus for different reasons. The right operator depends on where the commercial system is breaking.

If this is the problem
The right commercial leader
If this is the problemPositioning is unclear or the brand is not landing
The right commercial leaderFractional CMO
If this is the problemMarketing spend is not converting to pipeline
The right commercial leaderFractional CMO
If this is the problemSales and marketing are pulling apart
The right commercial leaderFractional CRO
If this is the problemPipeline forecasting is weak or untrusted
The right commercial leaderFractional CRO
If this is the problemThe founder is still the chief salesperson
The right commercial leaderFractional CRO
If this is the problemDelivery cannot handle the new demand
The right commercial leaderFractional COO
If this is the problemUnit economics are unclear
The right commercial leaderFractional CFO
Roles behind revenue growth

Who should own revenue growth?

Revenue growth is usually led by a CMO, but it often has operational and financial sides too.

Proven leadership

Revenue leaders from

Salesforce
HubSpot
Oracle
LinkedIn
SAP
Adobe
Cisco
Workday
Common questions

The questions buyers ask first

Yes. Your team has capability; what it often lacks is senior direction and accountability. A fractional CMO provides both and develops the team as they go.

Yes. A fractional CMO chooses which markets to prioritise, designs the go-to-market for each and builds the commercial infrastructure to support them, so expansion does not spread the budget too thin.

Pipelines take time. Strategic clarity tends to come first, then early pipeline effects, then revenue. Measures are set with your CMO on day one and revisited at regular reviews.

Yes, and it often helps when delivery is as much of a constraint as demand.

Our engagements typically run 30 to 60% less than a comparable full-time CMO hire, priced for the time and scope the work needs, usually between half a day and three days a week.

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Tell us where revenue has stalled.

We will diagnose the commercial gap (positioning, pipeline, forecasting or delivery) and match the right senior operator to own it, backed by our collective of 800+ vetted leaders.

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