Hire a Fractional Chief Investment Officer
Pre-screened Fractional Chief Investment Officers matched to your portfolio and investment strategy in as little as 3 days. No recruiter fees, no full-time overhead.
When to hire a Fractional Chief Investment Officer
You don't need a full-time Chief Investment Officer to get institutional-grade investment leadership. Here are the signals that it's time to bring one in.
Portfolio Strategy Is Stalling
Your investment committee lacks the senior leadership to set a coherent asset allocation framework, and capital is sitting idle or being deployed without a clear thesis.
Risk Exposure Is Unclear
You're scaling AUM or entering new asset classes without a defined risk management framework, and your board or LPs are asking hard questions you can't confidently answer.
Fund Launch or Restructuring
You're launching a new fund, restructuring an existing portfolio, or preparing for a liquidity event and need experienced investment leadership to guide the process.
The benefits of hiring a Fractional Chief Investment Officer
Access senior investment leadership on your terms. A fractional Chief Investment Officer delivers institutional-grade portfolio oversight, risk management, and capital allocation strategy without the full-time executive price tag.
Cost Efficiency
Get executive-level investment leadership without the full-time salary, bonus, carried interest, and benefits package. Engage only for the hours and scope your organization actually needs.
Speed to Hire
Pre-screened candidates are ready to engage in as little as 3 days. Skip the months-long executive search process and get your investment strategy moving immediately.
Pre-Screened Expertise
Every Chief Investment Officer in our network is pre-screened by veteran executive recruiters on track record, references, and hands-on investment leadership across asset classes and fund structures.
How to hire a Fractional Chief Investment Officer
No more juggling job boards and sorting through pools of unqualified applicants. Hiring a Fractional Chief Investment Officer is easy with Go Fractional.
Discovery Call
Book a free 20-minute discovery call with one of our executive recruiters to review your goals, needs, and team dynamics.
Meet Experts
Within days, we'll introduce you to a short-list of pre-screened Fractional Chief Investment Officer candidates to interview, each pre-screened by veteran executive recruiters before you meet them. Our match success rate is 98%.
Start Work
Finalize contract details with Go Fractional and get working within less than a week of your discovery call.
Engagements that fit how you work
Every Go Fractional engagement is structured for senior leadership without full-time overhead. Start fractional, scale up, or convert to full-time when you’re ready.
Fractional Chief Investment Officer
- Senior leadership on a part-time schedule
- Monthly retainer, no recruiting fees
- Scale hours up or down as needs change
Contract-to-Hire
Trial a Fractional Chief Investment Officer on a fractional engagement before converting them to a full-time hire.
- Keep the expert's learnings or convert to full-time
Fractional vs full-time vs agency
Three ways to get Chief Investment Officer leadership, and where each one wins.
| Factor | Fractional CIO | Full-Time CIO | Agency / Search Firm |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to Hire | ~3 days | 3-6 months | 6-12 weeks |
| Engagement Structure | Monthly retainer, scoped SOW | Salary + bonus + carry + benefits | Search fee (typically 25-33% of salary) |
| Commitment | Flexible, part-time or interim | Long-term, full-time | Placement only, no ongoing support |
| Best For | Strategy, oversight, and capital allocation leadership on a flexible basis |
We’ve helped hundreds of organizations Go Fractional
Twelve years: the average experience across a network of handpicked executives ready to make an impact on day one.
“It was literally three days after he started with us fractionally, our CEO was calling me and asking if we could get a full-time offer out.”
Frequently asked questions
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