Services
Engineering leadership,
on your terms
Fractional, interim, and advisory engagements for teams that need experienced EM leadership without the overhead of a full-time hire.
Fractional Engineering Manager
Ongoing • Part-time
Embedded EM leadership without the full-time cost. Ideal for growing teams that need consistent, experienced management presence, sprint to sprint.
- ·Weekly sprint facilitation and team rituals
- ·Career growth and 1:1 coaching for engineers
- ·Backlog grooming and stakeholder alignment
- ·Process improvements and Agile maturity
- ·Hiring support and team structure advice
Interim Engineering Manager
Short-term • Full-coverage
Stepped in during transitions: parental leave, sudden departure, reorg. Full management coverage until a permanent hire is in place.
- ·Day-one operational continuity
- ·Team stabilization and morale maintenance
- ·Runbook documentation and knowledge transfer
- ·Hiring pipeline handoff to incoming EM
Hourly Advisory
As-needed • Flexible
Targeted consulting for leaders who need a senior perspective, without an ongoing retainer. Audit your current processes, unblock a specific challenge, or talk through a hard decision.
- ·Agile process audits and recommendations
- ·Engineering org design and team topology
- ·Hiring and compensation strategy
- ·Technical roadmap review
- ·Executive coaching for first-time EMs
Who this is for
Ideal clients
Series A–C startups scaling their engineering org
Engineering is growing fast and the technical co-founder is stretched. You need consistent, experienced management — sprint to sprint — without committing to a full-time hire yet.
Healthcare & federal contractors
You're navigating HIPAA, FedRAMP, CMS compliance, or ATO boundaries and need an EM who already knows this terrain. I've delivered in Medicaid platforms, ACA Marketplace systems, and FedRAMP-authorized federal environments. Not learning on your dime.
Established teams in transition
Your EM is on leave, just left, or the org just reorganized. You need someone who can integrate into your rituals and tooling fast, hold the line on delivery, and document everything for a clean handoff.
Organizations maturing their Agile practice
Standups and sprints are in place but delivery is still unpredictable and retrospectives get skipped. The process is there; the culture isn't. That's a leadership problem, and it's fixable.
Process
How it works
- 01
Start a conversation
Use the "Ask Shane" chatbot to get a feel for fit, or reach out directly. No forms, no gatekeepers.
- 02
Scope the engagement
A short discovery call to understand your team, the challenge, and what success looks like. We'll agree on hours, cadence, and deliverables.
- 03
Embedded from day one
No lengthy ramp-up. Shane integrates into your rituals and tooling fast; the goal is to be useful in week one.
- 04
Continuous improvement
Regular retros on the engagement itself. We adjust as the team evolves and document what's working for long-term sustainability.
Ready to talk?
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