Hire a Fractional Chief Investment Officer
Pre-screened Chief Investment Officers who have chaired investment committees for family offices, endowments, and funds, matched to your mandate in about 3 days.
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When to hire a Fractional Chief Investment Officer
Bring in a Chief Investment Officer when investment decisions are being made without a clear owner, policy, or risk framework.
Nobody owns the allocation
Your principals or board are picking managers and asset mixes ad hoc, with no written investment policy statement tying decisions to return targets and liquidity needs.
Your CIO just left
Capital calls, rebalancing, and manager reviews are piling up, and the investment committee has no one to set the agenda or present recommendations.
Fees and conflicts are opaque
You suspect your advisor or OCIO is layering fees or steering you toward proprietary products, and you need an independent leader to audit the book.
Private markets outgrew your process
Commitments to PE, venture, private credit, or real estate now drive a big share of the portfolio, but pacing models and due diligence are informal.
Risk reporting is spreadsheet chaos
Performance, exposures, and liquidity sit in scattered custodian statements, so the committee cannot see concentration or drawdown risk in one view.
A liquidity event is coming
A business sale, inheritance, or large gift is about to land, and you need a deployment plan before cash sits idle or gets invested in a rush.
The benefits of hiring a Fractional Chief Investment Officer
A fractional Chief Investment Officer gives your capital one accountable owner for strategy, risk, and reporting, scaled to the size of your portfolio.
Staff your investment committee chair part-time
Senior allocation leadership without a full-time executive salary, carry, and benefits package.
Rebalance before the next IC meeting
Pre-screened candidates in about 3 days, so allocation drift and stalled manager decisions do not wait on a long search.
Bring in an allocator who has run your mandate
Operators with track records across family offices, endowments, foundations, and private wealth, from public markets to PE and real assets.
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.
Intro Call
Answer a few quick questions, then book a free 30-minute intro call with our team to review your goals, needs, and team dynamics.
Meet Experts
Our AI finds Fractional Chief Investment Officer candidates whose past clients and projects match your brief, which you won’t find on LinkedIn. A dedicated executive recruiter verifies each one’s experience, fit, and genuine interest, and you meet the ones who fit in about 3 days.
Start Work
Book time with candidates right from your shortlist, choose your operator, and sign a simple month-to-month agreement. We move as fast as you do.
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
- Try the fit before you commit, no hiring risk
- Faster speed to market, conserving time and resources
Interim Chief Investment Officer
Full-time coverage for a defined stretch: a leadership gap, a transition, or a critical project.
Fractional Chief Investment Officer rates average $206/hr across our live benchmarks. Pricing scales with hours and scope.
Chief Investment Officer Hourly RatesFractional vs full-time vs agency
Three ways to get Chief Investment Officer leadership, and where each one wins.
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| Factor | Fractional Chief Investment Officer | Full-time Chief Investment Officer | Investment consultant / OCIO firm |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to hire | ~3 days to match | 4-9 months of search | 1-3 months to onboard |
| Engagement | Monthly retainer | Salary + bonus + carry | AUM-based fee or project fee |
| Accountability | Named leader inside your IC | Named leader inside your IC | Shared across a firm team |
| Independence | No product shelf to sell | No product shelf to sell | May favor in-house or partner funds |
| Best for | Owning strategy and governance at sub-institutional scale | Large, complex portfolios needing daily oversight | Delegating implementation entirely |
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.”
“It's a can't-lose scenario. You either get the learnings from the subject matter expert, or you get the full-time capability. It provided a ton of flexibility, much faster speed to market, and conservation of time and resources.”
“Having someone senior from day one as a founder means you're actually hiring yourself out of a job, not transferring that amount of work to essentially management of someone junior, which can only be as often just as much work or only slightly less work.”
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