Fractional Shopify Head of Technology Service

The Fractional Shopify Head of Technology Service from Cogent2 provides senior, part time leadership for ecommerce and retail businesses running Shopify or Shopify Plus at scale. This role focuses on hands-on execution, platform governance and delivery standards across Shopify, integrations and supporting systems.

It is designed for businesses where Shopify underpins digital trading and customer experience, and where reliable execution, performance and extensibility matter more than constant rebuilding.

Cogent2’s Fractional Shopify Heads of Technology do not operate in isolation. Alongside leadership, you gain access to a joined-up technical and integration team that can execute, refine and optimise the work being led. Direction and delivery stay connected.

When to hire a Fractional Shopify Head of Technology

This service is well suited to businesses that:

• Run Shopify or Shopify Plus as their core ecommerce platform

• Are scaling volume, markets or complexity and need stronger execution ownership

• Experience app sprawl, fragile customisations or integration issues

• Need clearer standards across agencies and suppliers

• Want part time Shopify leadership without hiring permanently

Hiring a Fractional Shopify Head of Technology brings structure, consistency and accountability to ecommerce execution.

What the service delivers

Cogent2 Fractional Shopify Heads of Technology embed into your business and own outcomes, supported by Cogent2’s wider delivery capability.

This typically includes:

• Acting as a Fractional and Part time Shopify Head of Technology

• Owning Shopify execution standards and day-to-day technical governance

• Leading internal teams, Shopify agencies and technology partners

• Managing backlogs, priorities and technical debt

• Supporting Shopify optimisation, extensibility and scale

• Providing continuity during growth, replatforming or change

Because execution sits within Cogent2, decisions move directly into action.

Shopify execution, extensibility & optimisation

As Shopify environments mature, poor app choices and unmanaged customisations can introduce risk.

The Fractional Shopify Head of Technology Service ensures Shopify is configured, extended and operated correctly, with a focus on performance, stability and maintainability.

This includes:

• Rationalising apps and custom builds

• Improving storefront and backend performance

• Supporting clean extensibility using Shopify-native capabilities

• Preventing unnecessary customisation

• Ensuring changes are delivered safely during trading periods

The emphasis is on long-term platform health, not short-term fixes.

Integration oversight & delivery execution

Shopify performance depends heavily on integration quality.

A Cogent2 Fractional Shopify Head of Technology oversees Shopify-centric integrations while Cogent2’s integration specialists handle build, optimisation and refinement using iPaaS where appropriate.

This includes:

• Managing integrations between Shopify, ERP, WMS and third-party tools

• Improving visibility and ownership across integrations

• Reducing brittle app-to-app dependencies

• Ensuring data flows scale reliably with volume

Leadership and delivery remain aligned under one team.

Programme support & Shopify project recovery

Fractional Shopify Heads of Technology are often engaged when ecommerce delivery slows or becomes fragmented.

This can include:

• Stabilising Shopify rebuilds or replatforms

• Re-establishing priorities, scope and ownership

• Managing agencies, app vendors and internal teams

• Reducing delivery bottlenecks and technical debt

• Protecting trading performance during change

Execution capability within Cogent2 allows decisive action without delay.

Cross-functional, commercially grounded leadership

Shopify touches more than just ecommerce teams.

Cogent2 Fractional Shopify Heads of Technology work closely with:

• Ecommerce and trading teams

• Operations and fulfilment

• Finance and reporting

• Marketing and customer experience

This ensures Shopify execution supports how the business actually trades.

The Cogent2 Difference

Cogent2 works alongside Shopify, ERP platforms and iPaaS software so our Fractional Heads of Technology can focus entirely on execution, integration and optimisation. We do not sell software. We take ownership of how everything fits together.

By combining Fractional Shopify Head of Technology leadership with a joined-up delivery team, Cogent2 removes the gap between direction and execution.

Level up your Shopify execution

Shopify businesses rarely struggle because of ambition. They struggle because execution lacks ownership.

Hire a Fractional Shopify Head of Technology from Cogent2 to bring structure, accountability and delivery focus to your Shopify environment.