Fractional CTO + Product Leadership
I work with funded startups to turn customer evidence and commercial priorities into a focused roadmap, sound technical decisions and reliable delivery.
Free 30-minute fit call with Anosh Malik.
These are usually leadership problems before they are delivery problems.
Your roadmap reflects internal opinions more than customer evidence.
Product and engineering priorities change faster than the team can deliver.
A live product has outgrown its first architecture, but a rewrite would create more risk.
You need senior judgement for a customer, hiring or funding milestone without making a full-time executive hire.
From £4,000 a month excluding VAT where applicable
One day a week · Three-month initial term
Embedded senior leadership for the roadmap, technical decisions and delivery system.
£3,500 fixed excluding VAT where applicable
Up to ten working days · Up to three stakeholder conversations
A bounded founder-side review that turns product, delivery and technical uncertainty into a practical 90-day plan.
Quote-led
A bounded outcome with an agreed scope
Hands-on implementation where a prototype, redesign, platform change or internal tool needs senior ownership.
I have worked as an early engineer and engineering leader across marketplace, security, ESG reporting and operational products. I can stay at the decision level, then get close enough to the work to see whether the plan will hold.
I lead every engagement personally. Where delivery needs specialist capacity, I bring in trusted people with the client's approval and remain accountable for the work.
Elephant and Rope enabled us to roll out a product that delighted thousands of users, on schedule. They were responsible for various key aspects of our platform, from our core back-end infrastructure to providing technical insight and implementation as we rolled out v1 of dozens of features. While professionally an engineering firm, Elephant and Rope has an eye for design and strength in product, which is key for any early-stage tech start-up.
Start with the decision
Bring the product or technology question that is costing the team focus. I will tell you whether I can help and what the smallest sensible next step is.
Book a fit call