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Fractional VP Engineering
Growing fast without a senior engineering leader?
We step in as your engineering leader a few days a week. We set direction, build the team, and keep delivery on track until you’re ready for a full-time hire.
Engineering leadership consulting
Engineering organizations that make sense.
Sensio Partners brings 20 years of engineering experience into your organization. We fix delivery, scale teams, and lead the programs that can’t afford to fail.
- 20years building software and leading teams
- .NETAzure and AWS depth
- USbased, working across every time zone
What we do
Three challenges we’re brought in to solve
Each one starts with a familiar symptom. Here’s what we do about it.
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Org assessments & transformation
Shipping slowed down as the team grew?
We find where work actually gets stuck, then redesign teams, process, and operating model so your engineers can deliver again.
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Migration leadership
A critical migration that keeps slipping?
Cloud moves, monolith-to-microservices, platform consolidation, legacy retirement. We lead the program from plan to cut-over without stalling the business.
Most engineering problems aren’t technology problems. They’re about people, process, and focus.
Expertise
Areas of expertise
The full range of challenges we help engineering leaders solve.
Organization design
- Team topology and reorganizations
- Scaling from 20 to 200 engineers
- Agile and delivery-model transformations
- Post-merger integration
- Operating models and decision rights
Delivery & program leadership
- Large migration programs
- Rescuing at-risk projects
- Fractional program or delivery lead
- Portfolio and dependency management
Strategy & roadmapping
- Engineering strategy tied to business goals
- Roadmap and quarterly planning
- Prioritization, capacity, and tech debt
- Build vs. buy and vendor selection
Process & productivity
- Effectiveness assessments (DORA, SPACE, flow)
- Value stream mapping
- SDLC, release, incident, and on-call design
- Developer experience and tooling
Leadership development
- Coaching new managers and directors
- Leadership programs and manager training
- Career ladders and leveling
- Team health and dysfunctional teams
Talent & hiring
- Interview loops, rubrics, interviewer training
- Building new teams and sites
- VP Engineering search support
- Headcount and org planning
Fractional & interim leadership
- Fractional VP Engineering or CTO
- Interim leader during a search
- Technical advisor to boards
Due diligence
- Technical and org due diligence for PE and VC
- Post-acquisition 100-day plans
- Engineering health checks for CEOs and boards
Our approach
From noise to clarity, in four steps
A proven four-step approach, from first assessment to lasting change.
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Diagnose
We interview your leaders and engineers, review delivery data, and map how work really flows. You get a clear picture of what’s working and what isn’t.
- 02
Plan
We agree on priorities, outcomes, and a realistic roadmap with your leadership team. No 80-page reports, just decisions you can act on.
- 03
Lead
We roll up our sleeves and drive the change alongside your team: restructuring, coaching leaders, running the program.
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Hand off
We leave behind the habits, metrics, and leaders to sustain it, then step back. Success means you no longer need us.
Ways to engage
Start small. Go as far as you need.
Flexible structures designed around your needs, your stage, and your budget.
Diagnostic
2–4 weeks · fixed fee
We assess your engineering organization, then deliver a clear report with findings and prioritized recommendations. Low risk, fast answers, and a solid foundation for whatever comes next.
Start with a diagnosticProject
Defined scope
A specific transformation or migration with clear goals, milestones, and an end date.
Fractional
Ongoing · a few days a week
Ongoing senior leadership embedded in your team, on a retainer that fits your stage.
Coaching
Monthly · individual or cohort
Hands-on coaching for new engineering managers and first-time directors.
About us
About Sensio Partners
- sensio
- our word, from “sense”
- Seeing what’s really going on, and knowing what to do about it.
Sensio Partners was founded on two decades of hands-on software engineering, from writing production code to leading engineering teams. We have worked at every level of the organization, and we know how decisions at the top play out in the codebase.
Our technical foundation is in .NET, Azure, and AWS. Our focus is the organization around the technology: how teams are structured, how work flows, and how leaders lead.
We work with startups, mid-sized companies, and enterprises across the United States and around the world.
Get in touch
Let’s make sense of it, together.
Tell us where your engineering organization is today and where it needs to be. We’ll respond within one business day.