Fractional COO/Executives
For mid-market organizations that need seasoned executive leadership without a full-time hire.
You gain an operating rhythm that scales without heroics, then a clean handoff when the engagement ends.
Services
Pilot's senior partners and fractional executives bring the right operating experience to each challenge, then embed deeply, execute with discipline, and transfer ownership completely.
Six services of equal standing. Choose the one that fits the challenge in front of you.
For mid-market organizations that need seasoned executive leadership without a full-time hire.
You gain an operating rhythm that scales without heroics, then a clean handoff when the engagement ends.
For organizations that want to see how Pilot works before any longer commitment.
One visible problem or opportunity addressed, with a measured result at day 90 and no obligation to continue.
Sea Trials typically run $12,500 to $55,000, set to scope. See the full pricing details.
For leaders ready to sharpen their execution, presence, and ability to develop their own teams.
Leaders who run their organizations with confidence and grow the people around them.
For CEOs and senior leaders who want trusted peers from outside their own company.
Better decisions, made with confidential, real-world perspective from non-competing leaders.
For event organizers who want practical executive insight on stage, not theory.
Audiences leave with actions they can apply immediately to culture, teams, and turnarounds.
For experienced professionals building their own fractional operating practice.
The Pilot Way™ methodology, tools, frameworks, and a credential to launch your practice.
Twenty questions, five minutes, free. A straight read on how much of the business still runs through you.
Take the Five-Minute Leader AssessmentFractional COO Engagement
| Engagement | Monthly fee |
|---|---|
| Fractional COO engagement | $9,500 to $36,000 per month, set to the scope of the work |
Fractional COO engagements typically run $9,500 to $36,000 per month, set to the scope of the work. Twelve to eighteen months. See the full pricing details.
The engagement commits to outcomes and to an operating cadence rather than to a day count. In practice that is weekly on site at the start, settling as your team takes the cadence over. If we can get you there in fewer days, that is our problem to solve rather than your saving to capture, and it is the reason we do not bill by the day.
Normally Andrew Bielat leads engagements, unless it is more effective or more timely for the client to have one of our Senior Partners lead. All work is supported and ensured by the Senior Partners, and whoever carries part of the work is named in the engagement letter before it starts, not introduced later.
Pilot senior partner James Vera led the safest startup on record at a major chemical demilitarization facility and holds VPP Star status at two sites. Andrew Bielat formed and led the Independent Safety Review Group at a commercial nuclear plant, reporting to the Chief Nuclear Officer, and has led more than fifty root cause and corrective action projects across commercial nuclear power and the chemical demilitarization program. Andrew also trained thousands of employees on human error prevention throughout the commercial US and Canadian nuclear industry.
Twelve to eighteen months with an end date written into the agreement. Sixty days notice either direction, and a documented handover to your team. The operating system stays with you. That is the point of it.
What we see inside your company stays inside it. We will sign your NDA. If you do not have one, we will provide ours. We do not run two engagements at the same time in directly competing operations. A certificate of insurance naming your company goes to your risk manager before the first site visit.
Pilot Advisors is a Verified Member of the 5FT View Genuine Fractional collective: a network of 60+ credentialed fractional executives spanning every functional area and industry. When a CEO's challenge calls for a capability or sector outside Pilot's core focus in heavy and critical industry, Andrew can engage the right fractional from that network directly. One point of contact. No coverage gaps.
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