How are Toptal Interim CPOs different?

At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our Interim CPOs to ensure we only match you with talent of the highest caliber. Of the more than 200,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut. You’ll work with product management experts (never generalized recruiters or HR reps) to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics. The end result: expert vetted talent from our network, custom matched to fit your business needs.

Can I hire Interim CPOs in less than 48 hours through Toptal?

Depending on availability and how fast you can progress, you could start working with an Interim CPO within 48 hours of signing up.

What is the no-risk trial period for Toptal Interim CPOs?

We make sure that each engagement between you and your Interim CPO begins with a trial period of up to two weeks. This means that you have time to confirm the engagement will be successful. If you’re completely satisfied with the results, we’ll bill you for the time and continue the engagement for as long as you’d like. If you’re not completely satisfied, you won’t be billed. From there, we can either part ways, or we can provide you with another expert who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial.

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Toptal is the marketplace for top Interim Chief Product Officers (CPOs). The best companies and startups seeking the finest executives hire their Interim CPOs from Toptal.

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Adan Perez

Freelance Interim CPO

United StatesInterim CPO Since November 14, 2018

Adan is an expert in taking digital products from zero to one. He provides advice, management, and on-the-ground operations for everything needed to take effect from ideation to launch. He has a proven toolkit of processes and resources that are adapted to meet the needs of a product and organization.

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Joel C Melby

Freelance Interim CPO

United StatesInterim CPO Since March 29, 2019

Joel is a senior product and technology leader and consultant with 20+ years of strategic and technical experience. He has built successful teams, platforms, products, solutions, and markets across multiple industries, including telecommunications, advertising technology, transportation, and defense. Before establishing his consulting practice, Joel was the CTO for two companies, a solutions vice president, a product management director, and a product manager at Motorola.

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Laurie Harvey

Freelance Interim CPO

United StatesInterim CPO Since October 26, 2018

Laurie is a skilled manager who drives unprecedented results. Starting from the ground up, she's a strong leader and leverages her ability to inspire results, focusing on prioritizing high-impact efforts. She has led both marketing and product management during her extensive career. Laurie has delivered B2B and B2C offerings for startups and enterprises, exceeding customer expectations, solving their most pressing challenges, and fulfilling new market opportunities.

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Chad Bockius

Freelance Interim CPO

United StatesInterim CPO Since May 17, 2019

Chad is a strategic, hands-on product leader with over 20 years of experience. He's launched, managed, and positioned multiple award-winning, patented products to secure over $50 million in enterprise product revenue. He’s raised over $26 million in venture funding to fuel product and company growth. Combining a unique background in sales, marketing, and product, he’s a great choice to help bring the right solutions to market at the right time.

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Greg Prickril

Freelance Interim CPO

GermanyInterim CPO Since November 16, 2018

Greg is a seasoned product strategy consultant and trainer with nearly 20 years of experience shipping digital enterprise products at IBM, Microsoft, and SAP. He is also a global expert on delivering complex products and solutions at an enterprise scale.

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Enrique Gallar

Freelance Interim CPO

SingaporeInterim CPO Since May 27, 2019

Enrique has a long career in product management and design and runs a consultancy firm providing advisory services to clients. Throughout his career, he’s held various roles as advisor, chief product officer, and partner at multiple companies and startups in the fields of IoT, fintech, SaaS companies, and product appliances.

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Justin MacLean

Freelance Interim CPO

United StatesInterim CPO Since May 10, 2019

Justin is a product manager with a deep and diverse background. He is adept at addressing strategic opportunities with a context-aware, data-driven approach. He uses agile product management, structured collaboration, and an in-depth analytics skillset to produce real, positive outcomes.

Interim Chief Product Officer Product Management Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)Agile Agile Product Management Software as a Service (SaaS)Product Owner Agile Workflow Data Product Manager Agile Project Management Project Management Data Analytics

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Justin Nassiri

Freelance Interim CPO

United StatesInterim CPO Since May 17, 2019

For over the past decade, Justin has been a serial entrepreneur. As a solo founder, he has raised $3 million+ in venture capital, including an investment from Google's chairman, Eric Schmidt. His software products have been used by over 35+ Fortune 500 companies, including Disney, P&G, Microsoft, Budweiser, and more. Justin holds an MBA from Stanford, has worked as a McKinsey & Co. consultant, and is a US Navy certified nuclear engineer.

Interim Chief Product Officer Digital Marketing Product Management

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Topher Williams

Freelance Interim CPO

United StatesInterim CPO Since July 3, 2019

Topher is an executive and entrepreneur with more than 15 years of operational, technology, and product management and development leadership experience across a breadth of industries with specific expertise working with startups. He's always been a person who prefers a great deal of variety in his work—whether that's solving different problems facing an organization or working with several companies in different markets.

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Brad Moss

Freelance Interim CPO

United StatesInterim CPO Since March 25, 2019

Brad has successfully architected, sold, implemented, and managed complex projects and products during his tenure. His experience has allowed him to work in and with multiple countries around the globe. With experience in online commerce, online marketplaces, and education, he has built and successfully managed teams large and small, on and offshore. He is a thinker and a doer and understands how to manage difficult projects.

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Toptal helped us achieve our goals by really understanding what we were looking for. They worked with us very closely to figure out what the right talent looked like -- from a technical, cultural perspective -- and helped us get the onboarding done quickly so the talent could be effective as soon as possible.
Jay Tring, Technical Team Lead, CSR Connect, Australia
CSR Limited

I couldn’t have been more pleased with Toptal. They are professional, quick, well priced, and fun. I will be using them again for my next project, and the next, and the next, and the next ...
Mac Smith, President
New Texas Investments

The best talent is at Toptal for sure. It's way better and faster than any other means of getting top talent.
Rajesh Nagarajan, Co-Founder & CTO
maxmantra

Getting set up with Toptal and finding a new team member was so easy, I don't know why anyone wouldn't give it a try. Best of all, we no longer have to worry about finding great people to help with our projects!
Mike Branch , President & CTO
Harbor System Integrators, Inc

One of our most time consuming problems is finding qualified staff. We need to find the correct platform to advertise on, create a proper ad, filter through tons of applications, interview and test the applicants' capabilities, and finally take a risk by hiring. This was the old way of doing things. The new way: describe the job position to our Toptal account manager, interview a few qualified applicants, and hire with a risk-free trial -- much faster, a lot easier, and with incredible results.
Catalin S. Balaci, Owner
EvoBits Information Technology SRL

Always incredibly responsive, prompt, and flexible, Anna has done an outstanding job -- her work is exactly what we needed. Toptal has been a great experience for us due to the ease of getting a project going with quality talent at a cost that fits our budget. The automated online system for managing everything during onboarding was also impressive.
Cody Wilke, Product Manager
Crucial Life Sciences Data Solutions

What attracted us to Toptal was that Toptal is sourcing its talent from a global pool. The selection process is very stringent. They’re sourcing the talent not only based on capabilities -- sourcing the best 3% -- but also based on cultural fit, which is really important to us. We had an amazing experience working with Toptal. Toptal helped us achieve our goals by bringing us very high-quality resources, on very short notice.
Elmar Platzer, Digital Transformation Leader, CSR Australia
CSR Limited

With the pressure on and millions watching the Cleveland Cavaliers during the NBA Playoffs, Toptal delivered the talent and expertise needed to launch a brand new fan engagement platform.
Conor Kenney, Director of Professional Services
Cleveland Cavaliers

Toptal has helped my business tremendously by finding, vetting, and recruiting the talent I need, at the right time. I’d definitely recommend it to others.
Xavier Xicay, CEO & Creative Director
Tuatara Corp

Toptal has been extremely helpful to us in finding top remote talent. The ratio from interview to hire with Toptal candidates is the highest I've ever experienced in my professional career.
Philipp Berner, Co-founder and CTO
KeepSafe

I can't say enough about how happy and confident I am in working with Enrique. He brings an enthusiasm to his profession that is very refreshing, constantly surprising us with his depth of knowledge and his capability to not only complete the task, but to surpass our expectations. He presents us with solutions that we would not have thought about ourselves, and sees the problem better than we can explain it.
Chad Berryman, Senior Technical Lead
Zoomedia

We had a wonderful experience with our Toptal consultant. He was very reliable and punctual, delivering excellent work on a budget—we will certainly be using him again!
Barbara Karpf, President
DecoratorsBest

How to Hire Interim CPOs through Toptal

Talk to One of Our Industry Experts

A Toptal director of product management will work with you to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics.

Work With Hand-Selected Talent

Within days, we'll introduce you to the right Interim CPO for your project. Average time to match is under 24 hours.

The Right Fit, Guaranteed

Work with your new Interim CPO for a trial period (pay only if satisfied), ensuring they're the right fit before starting the engagement.

Find Experts With Related Skills

Access a vast pool of skilled product managers in our talent network and hire the top 3% within just 48 hours.

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FAQs

How are Toptal Interim CPOs different?
At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our Interim CPOs to ensure we only match you with talent of the highest caliber. Of the more than 200,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut. You’ll work with product management experts (never generalized recruiters or HR reps) to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics. The end result: expert vetted talent from our network, custom matched to fit your business needs.
Can I hire Interim CPOs in less than 48 hours through Toptal?
Depending on availability and how fast you can progress, you could start working with an Interim CPO within 48 hours of signing up.
What is the no-risk trial period for Toptal Interim CPOs?
We make sure that each engagement between you and your Interim CPO begins with a trial period of up to two weeks. This means that you have time to confirm the engagement will be successful. If you’re completely satisfied with the results, we’ll bill you for the time and continue the engagement for as long as you’d like. If you’re not completely satisfied, you won’t be billed. From there, we can either part ways, or we can provide you with another expert who may be a better fit and with whom we will begin a second, no-risk trial.

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Hire talent within 48 hours and scale your team up or down as needed, no strings attached.
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We handle all aspects of billing, payments, and NDA’s. Let us take care of the overhead while you focus on building great products.
Flexible Engagements
Choose the engagement type that suits your needs — hourly, part-time, or full-time — with the ability to change anytime.
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Focus on your project and enjoy support from your dedicated account executive and expert talent matcher.