FRACTIONAL COO
Get Out Of The Weeds
Scale Smarter.
A fractional chief operating officer (COO) is an experienced operations leader who joins your team part-time to turn strategy into execution, hold the team accountable, and take day-to-day operations off the CEO’s desk. Double U Advisors provides fractional COO services to growing businesses across North America, from $5k a month.
When Does a Growing Business Need a Fractional COO?
As businesses grow, CEOs often become the center of every decision, approval, and operational challenge.
What once worked in the early stages can quickly lead to:
- stalled execution
- team misalignment
- constant firefighting
Fractional COO support helps create the operational structure, accountability, and leadership capacity needed to scale without adding unnecessary full-time overhead.
FRACTIONAL COO SUPPORT HELPS DRIVE:
Operational Strategy
Build scalable systems, workflows, and operational structure that reduce chaos and improve execution.
Team Accountability
Create clearer ownership, stronger communication, and leadership alignment across teams.
CEO Capacity
Remove operational bottlenecks so founders can focus on vision, growth, and leadership.
Execution Support
Turn strategy into action with embedded operational leadership and hands-on implementation support.
Cross-Functional Alignment
Improve coordination between operations, sales, people, and leadership teams.
Scalable Growth
Help your business scale intentionally without the immediate cost of a full-time executive hire.
More Than Advisory.
Embedded Leadership.
Every fractional leader in the Double U network completes training in AI-enabled leadership, helping businesses improve efficiency, decision-making, and modern operational execution.
Curious how we find the right person for your seat? Here is how we source fractional leaders.
Embedded Operational Support
Unlike traditional consultants, our fractional leaders integrate directly into your business to help drive execution, accountability, and momentum.
Get experienced operational leadership without the cost, commitment, or lengthy hiring process of a full-time executive.
Built for businesses navigating growth, complexity, and operational change.
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FAQs
What does a fractional COO do?
A fractional COO helps businesses improve operations, strengthen accountability, streamline execution, and build scalable systems without the commitment of a full-time executive hire.
When should you hire a fractional COO?
Many businesses benefit from a fractional COO when growth starts creating operational bottlenecks, team misalignment, or constant firefighting that slows execution.
What’s the difference between a fractional COO and a consultant?
Consultants typically provide recommendations and strategic advice. A fractional COO becomes embedded within the business to help lead execution, accountability, and operational progress.
Is a fractional COO the same as an interim COO?
Not always. Interim COOs are often temporary leaders during transitions, while fractional COOs provide ongoing operational leadership support on a flexible, part-time basis.
Do small businesses need a COO?
Many growing small and medium-sized businesses benefit from operational leadership before they are ready for a full-time executive hire.
Where do you place fractional COOs?
We place fractional COOs with growing businesses in person in Calgary and across Alberta, and hybrid and remote across North America.
How do engagements work and what do they cost?
Engagements start from $5k per month. Most clients invest approximately $8-16k per month for one to two days a week, with a minimum four-month commitment. Scope and investment vary with the role and needs of the client.
Who do you work with?
Locally we serve founder-managed and owner-managed businesses focused on growth. Industries vary based on city. We have also seen success with non-profits, government, private equity owned companies, public companies and even enterprise organizations. See our capacity curve for more information on who we serve.
Based in Calgary? See fractional COO in Calgary.
Need one leader across more than operations? See our fractional generalist leader. Supply chain the bigger gap? See fractional supply chain leadership.