Fractional CTO Services
Fractional CTO services give you senior technology leadership for a few days a month, without a full-time CTO salary. We help with architecture decisions, hiring, vendor management and keeping product delivery on track.
How we approach fractional CTO services
Non-technical founders often depend entirely on an agency or a single developer for decisions they cannot evaluate: which stack to use, whether an estimate is reasonable, why releases keep slipping, whether the code is secure. Hiring a full-time CTO too early is expensive and hard, and a bad hire can set the product back a year.
An assessment of your product, code, infrastructure, team and vendors comes first, and then we agree priorities for the next few months. Typical work includes architecture and stack decisions, reviewing vendor proposals and contracts, setting up development processes and code reviews, security and data protection basics, technical hiring and interviewing, and investor due diligence preparation. We attend key meetings, report to the founders in plain language, and help you decide when and how to hire a permanent technology leader.
- A phased roadmap tied to business goals
- Migrations planned to avoid downtime
- Costs reviewed and reduced where possible
Working with Nians
One strategist owns your plan and brings in the specialists it needs. You hear from us every week, and every piece of work starts with an audit.
What our Fractional CTO Services include
The usual building blocks. We drop what you don’t need and add what you do.
Assessment
Current state of systems, costs and capabilities.
Roadmap
A phased plan tied to business outcomes.
Implementation & migration
Delivered with minimal disruption.
Operations & governance
Security, compliance and access controls.
Cost & performance optimisation
Spend reduced while speed improves.
Ongoing advisory
Senior guidance as your business scales.
How we deliver
You see the plan before any work starts.
Assess
Current systems, costs, risks and skills.
Roadmap
A phased plan tied to business priorities.
Migrate & build
Workloads moved or built with rollback plans.
Secure
Access, backups, monitoring and compliance in place.
Optimise
Costs and performance reviewed every month.
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Case studies & resources
Real-world results and practical reading to help you plan your next step.
Client stories
How similar work has played out for other businesses.
Helpful resources
Guides, tools and articles our team recommends on this topic.
Questions we often hear
Straight answers to the things clients ask us most. If yours isn’t here, just ask.
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Let’s plan your next stage of growth.
A free 30-minute session with a senior Nians strategist. You leave with a prioritised plan, whether or not you work with us.