Kienzle Innovations

Fractional Product Leadership

Senior Product Leadership, Without the Full-Time Hire

Most early-stage teams have the product talent. They don’t always have someone to give it direction. I build and run Product organizations for founders — strategy, PM, design, ops, and engineering working as one function.

Jason Kienzle

What I Do

The capabilities I bring to every engagement.

Product Strategy

Roadmaps, prioritization frameworks, and north star clarity for teams that need direction.

Team & Org Building

Hiring, structuring, and developing product teams from scratch or from what's already there.

Design Leadership

Design systems, UX research programs, and the design culture that makes products people actually use.

Engineering Alignment

Agile practices, backlog health, and the process glue that keeps product and engineering moving as one.

Who I Work With

This is for you if:

  • You have a product team but no one giving it direction
  • You just closed funding and need to build the product function from scratch
  • You need senior product leadership but can't justify a full-time VP yet
  • Product, design, and engineering are siloed and things are slipping
  • You want someone who works directly with your team, not just hands over a document

This is not for you if:

  • You need someone full-time, in-office, five days a week
  • You're looking for a consultant to hand you a strategy deck and disappear
  • You need someone to manage HR, run performance reviews, or handle non-product operations
  • You want a vendor relationship — I work as part of the team