Helping Ambitious Leaders Build Scalable Business Operations

Fractional COO and strategic advisory support for high-growth companies navigating scale & transformation

Ways We Drive Impact

Harbor Ops Advisory partners with visionary founders and C-suite leaders to turn strategy into action. Whether stepping in as a fractional COO or providing focused strategic advisory, we help teams stabilize operations, streamline execution, and break through to their next level of performance.

From early-stage startups finding their footing to growth-stage companies outgrowing their systems, we offer the operational muscle and cross-functional leadership needed to unlock sustainable growth.

Fractional COO

Ongoing leadership support for organizations that need senior ops capacity without a full-time hire. Ideal for times of transformation, rapid growth, or executive transitions.

  • Interim Executive Leadership

  • Quarterbacking Strategic Initiatives

  • Founder Enablement & Support

  • Strategic Planning & Priority Setting

Advisory Projects

Short-term, focused engagements to surface bottlenecks, uncover missed opportunities, and lay out a prioritized roadmap for action.

  • Prioritization & Focus Reset

  • Systems & Process Bottleneck Review

  • People & Org Design Assessment

  • Go-to-Market & Ops Alignment Audit

  • Pricing & Margin Strategy Review

Leadership Coaching

1:1 coaching for rising leaders, as well as advisory support for CEOs and founders navigating change. Help your team grow operational maturity and strategic thinking.

  • Executive Coaching for Founders & Exec Team

  • Sounding Board for Tough Calls

  • Team Coaching & Alignment Workshops

  • Coaching for Rising Ops & Team Leads

Example Services to Help You Level Up

Growth

  • Accelerate sales through testing & iterating on new channels and funnel conversion improvement strategies

  • Identify growth bottlenecks & tactical plans to overcome them

  • Increase team productivity and performance through process, training, and tooling enhancements

  • Drive digital transformation through tech stack modernization (CRM, phone systems, AI implementations, PM tools, etc.)

Planning & Visibility

  • Implement goal-setting frameworks (OKRs or EOS) and KPI dashboards to align execution

  • Establish data and reporting infrastructure and established review cadences to improve visibility and accountability

  • Develop tools to support pricing, profitability, and strategic decision-making

Sustainability & Scalability

  • Streamline, standardize & optimize operations and workflows to enable growth without overextending resources

  • Build repeatable systems for cross-functional collaboration and project execution

  • Centralize company knowledge to improve transparency, access, and self-service

  • Implement org design & operational planning to improve margins

People & Leadership

  • Coach and support internal leaders to build operational depth and succession readiness

  • Design scalable onboarding systems to accelerate ramp time and employee effectiveness

  • Strengthen team engagement and retention through culture, feedback, and leadership development

For Founders and Teams Who...

  • Are scaling fast- but processes and systems are struggling

  • Need an experienced executive who can operate cross-functionally and get things done

  • Have a CEO that needs to take day-to-day operational oversight off of their plate

  • Seek a partner to help translate a big picture vision into repeatable execution

  • Want to build operational excellence without slowing momentum

  • Have a team with heart and hustle - but they need experienced support to scale

  • Have Executives or rising leader who needs a coach or advisor to grow into the next level

If any of this resonates, we can help!