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Fractional Head of Product

I help teams build the right things.

Hi, I'm Madi. Most product teams are structured for a world that no longer exists. I partner with mid-stage companies to sharpen strategy, rewire how teams work, and ship what actually matters in an AI-native era.

Madi Palermo
01 / About

I'm a product leader with 15 years of experience turning fuzzy vision into shipped reality. I move fast, think clearly, and care about the work more than the title.

My job is to be a catalyst, translating where a company wants to go into a real strategy, an operating system that supports it, and a culture that can sustain it.

I work best alongside visionary founders and operators who know something has to change, and want a partner who will tell them the truth and build with them.

02 / What I Do

Three ways we can work together.

01

Fractional Head of Product

A senior operator embedded in your product org.

I install the builder operating system that helps your team build the right things and validate every bet against commercial value.

What you walk away with
  • A product vision and roadmap your team can execute
  • Operating system that survives after I leave
  • Sharper PMs
  • Bets validated against commercial reality
02

Product Builder

You know the problem. You need it shipped.

I build with your team: embedded, pairing, weekly releases.

What you walk away with
  • AI-powered product, shipped
  • A team that can keep building without me
  • Customer signal turned into software, fast
03

Product Advisor

A sharp outside brain, not a resource.

Monthly sessions on the hard calls: pricing, positioning, org, AI strategy.

What you walk away with
  • Clarity on the 1–2 decisions that matter this quarter
  • Honest pushback your board won't give you
  • A partner who's done the job
03 / Contact

Let's talk.