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Fractional GTM for SaaS

Your GTM isn't broken.
It just needs an operator.

A-Player experience for fractional cost. Over 15 years of GTM (Go-To-Market) execution for high-growth SaaS and fintech companies, deployed to help your team in its most critical moments. For when you can't afford to be wrong.

Built GTM at Procore, Featurespace & Eastnets. IPO-stage operator.

Kris Carter — Fractional GTM Strategist
Oxford University • 15+ yrs in PMM
15+ yrs B2B GTM experience
0→IPO Operating exposure
UK · US · EU Markets led
Series A–C Founder & PE-backed teams

Shaped GTM at

Sharp GTM sprints.
Not open-ended retainers.

Others give you frameworks and "I think this will work". I give fixed-scope, fixed-price engagements designed to ship in days — not months. Each one solves a specific GTM problem and gives you assets you can use immediately.

Deck Refresher

Your sales deck says the right things in the wrong order. I'll restructure your narrative arc, sharpen every slide, and give you a deck that actually closes.

From $2,500 5–7 days

Positioning Audit (Fast Track)

A rapid, forensic read on how your market sees you vs. how you see yourself — with a clear recommendation on what to change. Built for speed, designed for decisions.

Speed option

Turnaround in 3–5 days once materials are in. Minimal calls. Clear output.

Commonly booked by: Series A–B founders, stalled sales teams, PE-backed operators

From $3,000 3–5 days

Messaging Refresh

New value props, taglines, boilerplate, and a messaging hierarchy your whole team can use — from homepage to cold outreach to investor updates.

From $3,500 7–10 days

Launch Sprint

Launching a feature or entering a new market? Get a complete launch brief: positioning, messaging, channel plan, timeline, and enablement assets.

From $4,000 10–14 days

ICP & Persona Build

Stop selling to everyone. Get research-backed ideal customer profiles and buyer personas that align your entire GTM motion — from ads to sales calls.

From $3,000 7–10 days

Competitive Teardown

A structured analysis of how your competitors position, message, and sell — plus clear battlecards and counter-positioning your reps can use today.

From $2,500 5–7 days

If one of these maps to what you need, we can move quickly.

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Three steps. No fluff.

Every engagement follows the same lean structure — designed for speed without sacrificing depth.

01

Discovery Call

A 30-minute call to understand your market, your moment, and the specific GTM problem you need solved. No pitch — just diagnosis.

02

Rapid Immersion

I review your existing assets, talk to a few stakeholders if needed, and do the competitive and market analysis that informs the work.

03

Deliver & Handoff

You receive polished, ready-to-use deliverables — not a strategy deck that sits in a drawer. One round of revisions is always included.

What is Fractional Go-To-Market?

Fractional Go-To-Market (GTM) is an engagement model where an experienced GTM operator takes direct responsibility for a defined set of go-to-market outcomes, without joining the company full-time.

The work is senior, hands-on, and time-bounded. Unlike advisory roles, fractional GTM operators do not sit outside the work. They actively diagnose problems, make directional calls, and deliver concrete outputs such as positioning frameworks, messaging systems, sales narratives, or launch plans.

Fractional GTM is typically used when companies face moments of GTM friction or change — for example, stalled growth, unclear positioning, an upcoming launch, or a transition between growth stages — and need experienced judgement faster than a full-time hire allows.

In practice, this model is most common in B2B SaaS and technology-led businesses, where product complexity, competitive pressure, and execution speed demand experienced decision-making rather than junior execution.

The definition above reflects how fractional GTM is applied in real operating environments, not a theoretical consulting construct.

How fractional GTM differs from adjacent models

  • Advisor: offers perspective, but does not own delivery
  • Consultant: often analyses and recommends, then exits
  • Interim hire: fills a role temporarily inside the org
  • Agency: executes against a brief, rarely owns direction
  • Fractional GTM: owns specific GTM decisions and outputs, end-to-end

What fractional GTM work typically includes

  • Diagnosing positioning or messaging breakdowns
  • Defining ICPs, segments, and buyer priorities
  • Rebuilding sales narratives and decks
  • Designing launch strategy and enablement
  • Providing clear trade-offs and directional calls

When companies choose a fractional model

  • They need senior GTM judgement immediately
  • Hiring full-time would be slow or premature
  • The problem is defined, but the direction isn’t
  • Internal teams need alignment, not headcount
  • Leadership wants momentum without organisational drag

What fractional GTM is not designed to replace

  • A long-term VP Marketing or CMO role
  • Day-to-day campaign execution teams
  • Ongoing demand generation operations
  • Product management or sales leadership
Procore UK market entry artefact
Case study

Building a new market at Procore

Procore entered the UK & Ireland as an unknown US construction platform. There was no established demand, limited category maturity, and deep scepticism toward software-led change.

The problem

US-centric messaging failed to resonate locally.

The work

Local ICPs, buyer narratives, and GTM story rebuilt.

The outcome

Fastest-growing international region, carried through IPO.

Read full Procore case study
Case study

Repositioning a global compliance platform at Eastnets

Eastnets operates critical financial infrastructure across banks, PSPs, and regulators. Its value needed sharper articulation.

The problem

A broad legacy narrative blurred differentiation.

The work

Repositioned around modularity, intelligence, and future-readiness.

The outcome

Clearer narrative, analyst alignment, flagship research.

Read full Eastnets case study
Eastnets compliance platform repositioning

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The positioning audit is the fastest way to get clarity. Book a call and we’ll decide if it’s the right move.

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Built by an operator,
not an agency.

I’m Kris Carter — a product marketing leader who’s spent the last decade inside B2B SaaS and fintech companies watching good products lose because their GTM was slow, muddled, or built for internal comfort rather than buyers.

I was the founding PMM for Procore’s UK & Ireland expansion, where we had to earn trust quickly in a market that didn’t know us. That work scaled the region into Procore’s fastest-growing international market, carried through their IPO, and led a full rebrand of the Preconstruction suite.

I’ve since led positioning work at Featurespace and Eastnets, helping complex platforms explain themselves clearly when the stakes were high and time was short.

I studied PPE at the University of Oxford and now run Segment8.

Based in Manchester, UK. Working with SaaS teams across the UK, Europe and North America.

FractionalGTM exists to give founder-led teams access to senior GTM judgement — fast, decisive, and without the full-time hire.

Track Record

Procore Technologies — Founding PMM, UK & Ireland. Built market from zero to fastest-growing region. Led PMM through IPO.

Featurespace — Positioned ARIC platform as category-defining enterprise fraud detection solution.

Eastnets — Global product marketing lead. Repositioned compliance platform and launched industry research.

Segment8 — Founder & CEO. Building GTM workflow software for product marketing teams.

University of Oxford — B.A. (Hons)

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Common questions

Senior go-to-market leadership provided part-time, aligned to company stage. You get strategic guidance and hands-on execution without the cost of a full-time VP or CMO.

Founder-led SaaS companies at Series A–C who need senior GTM thinking but aren't ready (or don't want) to hire a full-time head of product marketing. Also useful for PE-backed companies needing quick positioning work during transitions.

Absolutely. I've led GTM across the UK, US and Europe and work asynchronously with teams in any timezone. Most engagements only need one or two live calls.

All engagements are billed upfront via a Stripe invoice before work begins. This keeps scope, timelines, and expectations clean on both sides. Ongoing or multi-sprint work is invoiced per agreed phase.

Polished, ready-to-use deliverables — not a strategy deck full of frameworks. That means actual slides, messaging documents, competitive battlecards, or whatever the engagement calls for. One round of revisions is always included.

Most of my work is confidential, so I don’t publish generic samples. Where appropriate, I can walk you through anonymised examples or relevant case studies on a call. The site itself should give you a clear sense of how I think and work.

I keep this intentionally limited. I only take on a small number of fast-track audits at any one time to protect turnaround speed and quality.

Yes — many clients start with a single sprint and then layer on additional work. I also offer a lightweight monthly retainer for teams who want ongoing access to senior GTM thinking. Let's talk about what makes sense for you.

Most freelancers are execution-layer — they need someone to tell them what to say. Agencies give you a junior team wearing a senior wrapper. I'm a hands-on operator who's done this at scale — from Series A startups to IPO-stage companies. You get the thinking and the doing.

I usually start within 1–2 weeks. If timing is critical, I can sometimes accommodate faster starts for tightly scoped work. Availability is confirmed on the intro call.

Minimal. One discovery call, async access to existing materials, and a single review round. The work is designed to unblock you, not pull your team into endless workshops.

Sometimes. The work makes sense once there’s a real product in market and a real GTM problem to solve. If you’re still pre-revenue or pre-signal, I’ll tell you quickly and point you in a more appropriate direction.

That’s part of the job. I’ll explain the rationale, show the trade-offs, and we’ll land on a direction you can stand behind. One structured revision round is always included.

Yes. All work is confidential by default. I don’t reuse decks, messaging, or competitive insight across clients.

No. This is senior IC operator work designed to move specific GTM problems forward fast. I complement leadership or bridge gaps — I don’t sit in your org chart.

Teams looking for validation rather than decisions. If you want consensus decks or cosmetic copy tweaks, this probably isn’t the right engagement.

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