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Fractional CMO · UK
Fractional CMO for UK B2B and SaaS.
A fractional CMO is senior marketing leadership, part-time. Hire one for UK B2B and SaaS: strategy, pipeline, and systems, without a full-time headcount.
Fit
Founders and leadership teams who need structure before more activity.
This is for you if
- Have traction but lack predictability
- Are scaling spend but not efficiency
- Have internal marketing but no senior architecture
- Want commercial clarity, not more activity
Not for
- Teams that want an agency to run channels without ownership
- Early experiments with no commercial motion yet
- Leaders looking for slide decks instead of embedded decisions
Before
- Busy marketing across multiple channels
- Rising CAC
- Sales questioning lead quality
- Reporting focused on activity
- Founder intuition driving major decisions
After
- Defined ICP and positioning clarity
- Structured funnel architecture
- Lifecycle stages aligned to revenue
- Improved conversion efficiency
- Forecast discipline
- Predictable pipeline
- Confident commercial decision-making
What I actually work on
Leadership with hands in the work.
Fractional CMO at Zebra North means embedded commercial leadership across strategy, systems, and revenue modelling.
Revenue architecture
Funnel redesign, lifecycle mapping, lead scoring, sales handoff alignment, attribution integrity, and forecast modelling.
Systems installation
CRM architecture (HubSpot, lifecycle, reporting), paid restructuring, conversion frameworks, tracking rebuild, and commercial dashboards.
Leadership alignment
Weekly commercial reviews, sales and marketing alignment, hiring recommendations, performance structure, and board-level clarity.
How it works
Three months to a system the board can run.
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Month 1: Diagnostic & clarity
Positioning review, funnel audit, lifecycle assessment, CAC and conversion analysis, attribution review, and commercial risk identification. Deliverable: clear structural diagnosis and prioritised roadmap.
02
Months 2–3: Architecture & alignment
Funnel redesign, lifecycle stage installation, sales alignment structure, budget re-sequencing, reporting rebuild, and forecast modelling. Deliverable: installed revenue architecture foundations.
03
Month 4+: Optimisation & compounding
Conversion improvement, CAC reduction, channel scaling when justified, forecast discipline, and structural defensibility. Deliverable: predictable, compounding growth.
Related
Depth when the architecture needs it.
Fractional CMO pairs naturally with specialist depth across demand, SaaS motion, HubSpot, and paid acquisition.
- 01Fractional CMO pricingFocus at £1,000, Growth Partner at £2,000 or Fractional CMO from £4,000 a month.
- 02B2B SaaS marketing consultantTrials, demos, activation, and retention for SaaS motions.
- 03Demand generation consultantPipeline programmes tied to revenue, not activity volume.
- 04HubSpot consultantCRM structure, lifecycle, scoring, and reporting that leadership trusts.
- 05Google Ads consultantPaid acquisition rebuilt around qualified pipeline.
Related writing
Usually asked first.
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ReadFAQ
Common questions.
What is a fractional CMO?
A fractional CMO is senior marketing leadership you hire part-time. The meaning is the same as a part-time CMO or fractional marketing director: ownership of strategy, pipeline, and systems, without a full-time salary. Zebra North does that work inside UK B2B and SaaS teams.
Do you work as a fractional CMO in the UK?
Yes. Zebra North is a UK fractional CMO: embedded commercial marketing leadership for B2B teams, without an agency retainer or a premature full-time hire.
How do I hire a fractional CMO?
Book a diagnostic call. We check fit, the constraint, and whether hiring a fractional CMO is the right step versus a tighter Growth Partner month. If it is, we agree days, access, and the first quarter of work. Cost and pricing are on the pricing page.
Is a fractional CMO the same as a fractional marketing director?
Teams use those titles interchangeably, along with part-time marketing director and fractional head of marketing. The role is senior leadership inside the business: cadence, prioritisation, and revenue architecture.
Do you work as a B2B fractional CMO?
Yes. The work is B2B: ICP, pipeline, HubSpot, paid, and sales alignment. It is not a retail or local-service CMO brief.
Install senior ownership.
Book a diagnostic call. Bring the numbers you have: leave with a straight view of fit, priorities, and whether fractional CMO is the right next step.