CPO Chief Product Officer

Fractional Sage CPO Chief Product Officer Service

Hire a Sage CPO on a Part Time, Fractional basis to own ERP product direction, prioritise change and deliver value-led improvement.

The problem isn't ideas. It's execution.

Sage challenges rarely come from missing features. They come from unclear ownership, competing priorities and no single view of how Sage should evolve to support finance, operations and the wider business.

The Fractional Sage CPO Service from Cogent2 provides senior, part time product leadership for organisations running Sage as a core ERP or finance platform. This role owns the product vision for Sage and connected systems, ensuring configuration, enhancements and change are driven by business outcomes rather than reactive requests.

It is designed for businesses where Sage is business critical, but where no one owns ERP product direction end to end, and where backlogs, workarounds and manual processes have grown over time.

Cogent2’s Fractional Sage CPOs work inside the business, partnering closely with leadership and delivery teams. Alongside senior product leadership, you gain access to a joined-up technical and integration team that can execute and refine what is defined at a product level.

When to hire a Fractional Sage CPO

This service is particularly well suited to organisations that:

Run Sage as a core ERP or finance system
Have growing backlogs of requests and enhancements
Struggle to prioritise Sage change effectively
Lack clear ownership of ERP product direction
Need senior product leadership on a part time basis

What the service delivers

Cogent2 Fractional Sage CPOs operate at a senior product leadership level with a strong commercial mindset.

Acting as a Fractional and Part Time Sage CPO
Owning the product vision for Sage and connected systems
Defining roadmaps aligned to finance and operational needs
Prioritising backlogs based on business value and risk
Aligning stakeholders around clear product decisions
Acting as the single owner of Sage product outcomes

Sage product strategy and roadmap ownership

Sage delivers most value when treated as a product, not a project.

Defining how Sage should support the business long term
Translating operational and financial needs into clear priorities
Preventing reactive configuration and backlog sprawl
Improving visibility of what is being built and why
Ensuring Sage evolves in a controlled, value-led way

Governance, prioritisation and value control

ERP backlogs quickly become unmanageable without ownership.

Establishing clear prioritisation frameworks
Balancing finance, operations and reporting requirements
Ensuring change delivers measurable business value
Reducing low-impact or unnecessary work
Improving confidence in product decision making

Integration and ecosystem product oversight

Sage rarely operates alone.

Own the product view of integrations and data flows
Ensure connected systems support the Sage roadmap
Reduce duplication and conflicting functionality
Improve consistency across the wider tech ecosystem
Align integration priorities with business outcomes

Cross-functional product leadership

Sage touches multiple departments.

Finance and accounting leadership
Operations and fulfilment teams
Ecommerce and trading stakeholders
Technology and integration specialists

Programme support and change stabilisation

Fractional Sage CPOs are often engaged during periods of complexity.

Supporting Sage optimisation or reconfiguration phases
Bringing order to fragmented backlogs
Improving confidence ahead of major business change
Reducing friction between teams and priorities
Protecting operational stability during evolution

Ongoing advisory and trusted product leadership

Many clients retain this role as an ongoing advisory relationship.

Acting as a sounding board for ERP product decisions
Reviewing proposals before investment is committed
Supporting hiring and capability planning
Helping leadership teams avoid costly Sage mistakes

The Cogent2 Difference

Cogent2 works alongside Sage and best-in-class platforms so our Fractional CPOs can focus entirely on product leadership and value delivery. We do not sell software. We take ownership of how Sage evolves within the wider tech ecosystem.