Warren Sue

Warren Sue

Fractional GM and COO based in Wellington, working part time with founders and leadership teams who need experienced operational leadership without a full time hire. I help teams get unstuck, get clear on priorities, and start moving in the same direction. I also step in to lead stuck projects and programmes of work through to completion.

I've spent my career in senior operational roles, including Head of Product Development at EndGame and General Manager - Development at Liverton Security, before moving into fractional work full time.

Most of my client work follows a similar pattern. Something is stuck in a founder's head and hasn't made it out to the team. Priorities are unclear, or everyone has a different idea of what matters most. A leadership team is capable but not pulling in the same direction. There's no spare capacity internally to turn a good strategy into practical action. Or a project or programme of work has stalled, lost momentum, or never had clear ownership in the first place.

I work alongside leadership teams to sort through this, not from the outside as a consultant, but as an experienced pair of hands who gets stuck in. That usually means facilitating leadership alignment, building clearer operating rhythms, and helping teams turn plans into documented processes and agreed next steps. Where a specific project or programme has stalled, I'll step in directly to lead it, get it moving again, and see it through.

My background spans technology, creative agencies, membership organisations, professional services, and charities. I also coach through Creative HQ's Aurora Climate Accelerator and mentor with Summer of Tech.

I work part time and flexibly, usually a few hours or days a week per client, and often alongside two or three organisations at once.

Focus

  • Fractional GM and COO support for growing organisations
  • Leading stuck projects and programmes of work through to completion
  • Leadership team facilitation and alignment
  • Turning strategy into practical, day to day action
  • Founder and leadership coaching and sounding board
  • Business planning and accountability, and operational reviews

Services

Fractional GM/COO

Ongoing part time leadership, typically one or two days a week

Monthly retainer, by arrangement

Day rate

For workshops, reviews, or short blocks of work.

On request

Sounding board / advisory

Ad hoc founder or leadership support, hourly

Hourly rate, on request

Project or programme lead

Time-bound engagement to get a stalled project moving and through to completion

Hourly rate, fixed fee or day rate, by arrangement