FRACTIONAL HR & OPERATIONS LEADERSHIP
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When your organization needs senior HR leadership but isn’t ready for a full-time hire, we step in. Bond Strong consultants embed directly with your team-operating as your Chief People Officer, VP of HR, or Head of Operations on a part-time basis. We don’t just advise from the outside. We run your day-to-day people operations alongside you, from payroll and compliance to performance management and culture strategy.
WHAT WE MANAGE
Our fractional leaders handle the full scope of people operations, tailored to your organization’s needs:
Payroll & benefits administration
HRIS implementation and management (Paycom, etc.)
Talent acquisition & onboarding
Employee relations & workplace investigations
Performance management & KPI development
Compliance, COBRA, I-9 administration & workforce risk
Compensation benchmarking & benefits restructuring
Culture, engagement & employee development strategy
HOW IT WORKS
Scoped to Your Needs:
We work together to determine the right level of support—from 40 to 160+ hours per month—based on the scope of the role and the complexity of your organization.
Built for Continuity:
Engagements typically run 6–12 months, often longer. We become part of your team—attending leadership meetings, managing staff, and driving initiatives forward—not just observing from the sideline.
Designed for Transition:
We don’t create dependency.Every engagement includes a transition plan to hand off knowledge, processes, and institutional context to your permanent team when the time is right.
WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE
For a 50-person community foundation:
We provide fully outsourced HR operations—payroll processing, benefits administration, talent acquisition, employee relations, and compliance—with a two-person team operating at 160 hours per month. Effectively replaced a three-person internal department while reducing costs by approximately 15%.
For an education nonprofit in leadership transition:
Served as fractional Chief People Officer for six months, managing leadership transitions, filling five key hires, restructuring benefits, and co-developing performance review cycles
For a growing social enterprise:
Started as organizational design advisor, then expanded to full strategic advisory covering recruitment, job descriptions, coaching, employee development programming, and strategic planning. Helped the team scale from 6 to 17 people.