Product Leadership Seat

Capacity held each month. Confirmed by Oliver, not inferred from an open calendar.

Reserved each month

4 days per month

Also included

weekly product review

And

monthly roadmap decisions

Response time

Two business days within allocated time

Next start

March 2027

The company

Ashcroft Labs. 71 staff, B2B SaaS.

What they want

One roadmap instead of two

Why now

Eleven features promised in deals that engineering has never seen

Who signs the mandate

Ines Ashcroft, CEO

Attached at intake.

• Closed-won contracts and addenda, 18 months (PDF)
• Published roadmap (XLSX)
• Engineering backlog (CSV)

Initial term

Three months, then rolling

Notice

30 days either side

A reserved day

Up to 8 working hours, including preparation and follow-up

Not included

Emergency and out-of-hours cover, travel and extra days

The person does the work. Oliver runs the contracted sessions and owns the professional judgment. Supporting agents prepare intake, evidence, agendas and follow-up, and their drafts are reviewed before anything reaches the client.

1. Qualify the company, stage, problem and leadership fit.
2. Review authorised evidence and agree a baseline.
3. Sign the mandate, capacity and decision-rights schedule.
4. Run the agreed leadership meetings and direct the priorities.
5. Review performance with the sponsor and record decisions.
6. Renew, revise or hand over the mandate with an action register.