Most scale-ups do not need another VP. They need someone in the room who can protect the date, the margin and the customer without adding a full-time seat they cannot fill.
A fractional delivery lead sits between sponsor, product and engineering. They own the cadence, surface risk before it becomes a slide, and keep the backlog honest when every team wants one more feature.
What changes on the ground: one owner for the plan, a weekly decision log, and a go-live that does not slip because nobody wanted to say no. Sponsors get a single narrative instead of three status decks.
If you are hiring a PMO because the last two sprints slipped, start smaller. A DeXpert can run the first ninety days, prove the cadence, and only then decide whether the seat should be full-time.
