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Pre-screened L&D leaders who rebuild onboarding, launch manager training, and tie programs to retention data, matched to your company in about 3 days.
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When to hire a Fractional Director of Learning and Development
Bring in a Director of Learning and Development when training is happening ad hoc and you can see the cost in turnover, slow ramp, or weak managers.
New hires take too long to ramp
Onboarding is a shared drive and a few shadowing sessions, so sales reps, engineers, or support agents take months to reach full productivity.
First-time managers are struggling
You promoted strong individual contributors into management and exit interviews now point to their teams.
Your LMS sits half empty
You bought Docebo, 360Learning, or Workday Learning, but completion rates are low and nobody owns the content plan.
Compliance training keeps slipping
Required courses for security, harassment prevention, or industry certification are tracked in spreadsheets and audits are getting closer.
Your L&D director just left
Programs are stalling mid-rollout and your HR team cannot cover the gap while you run a full search.
Leadership wants proof training works
The budget review is coming and you have attendance numbers, not data linking programs to retention or performance.
The benefits of hiring a Fractional Director of Learning and Development
A fractional Director of Learning and Development gives you a senior owner for onboarding, leadership training, and skills programs, scoped to the hours your headcount actually needs.
Build a training function on part-time spend
Get a director who has built L&D teams before, without carrying a full-time salary, benefits, and bonus for a function that may only need two days a week.
Launch manager training before review season
Pre-screened candidates arrive in about 3 days, so your first-time managers get a real program this quarter instead of after a months-long search.
Fix onboarding that loses new hires in month one
Match with operators who have redesigned onboarding, rolled out an LMS, and measured program impact against retention and ramp time at companies your size.
How to hire a Fractional Director of Learning and Development
No more juggling job boards and sorting through pools of unqualified applicants. Hiring a Fractional Director of Learning and Development 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 Director of Learning and Development 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 Director of Learning and Development
- 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 Director of Learning and Development 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 Director of Learning and Development
Full-time coverage for a defined stretch: a leadership gap, a transition, or a critical project.
Fractional Director of Learning and Development rates average $175/hr across our live benchmarks. Pricing scales with hours and scope.
Director of Learning and Development Hourly RatesFractional vs full-time vs agency
Three ways to get Director of Learning and Development leadership, and where each one wins.
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| Factor | Fractional Director of L&D | Full-time Director of L&D | Training agency / L&D consultancy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time to hire | ~3 days to match | 3-6 months | 2-6 weeks to scope |
| Engagement | Monthly retainer | Salary + bonus + benefits | Per-program fees or day rates |
| Program ownership | Owns the roadmap and reports to your CHRO or CEO | Owns the roadmap long term | Delivers the course, then leaves |
| Content and tools | Builds with your LMS and internal experts | Builds with your LMS and internal experts | Often brings off-the-shelf content and its own platform |
| Measurement | Ties programs to retention, ramp time, promotion rates | Ties programs to business metrics | Usually reports attendance and satisfaction scores |
| Best for | Building or resetting L&D at 50 to 1,000 employees | Large orgs with a standing L&D team | One-off workshops or compliance content |
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.
“Partnering with Go Fractional allowed Enertiv to bring on our fractional Head of Talent, streamlining the recruitment process - saving us time and cost. They implemented a state-of-the-art ATS, developed customized interview kits and scorecards, and reduced the time-to-fill our roles. This swift process successfully placed top-tier talent, including a Solutions Engineer, a Growth Marketer, and an Onboarding Manager. If you’re a business looking to scale rapidly with elite talent - I strongly recommend you check out Go Fractional.”
“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.”
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