How quickly can you hire with Toptal?

Typically, you can hire an Interim COO with Toptal in about 48 hours. For larger teams of talent or Managed Delivery , timelines may vary. Our talent matchers are highly skilled in the same fields they’re matching in—they’re not recruiters or HR reps. They’ll work with you to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics, and match you with ideal candidates from our vetted global talent network. Once you select your Interim COO, you’ll have a no-risk trial period to ensure they’re the perfect fit. Our matching process has a 98% trial-to-hire rate, so you can rest assured that you’re getting the best fit every time.

How do I hire an Interim COO?

To hire the right Interim COO, it’s important to evaluate a candidate’s experience, technical skills, and communication skills. You’ll also want to consider the fit with your particular industry, company, and project. Toptal’s rigorous screening process ensures that every member of our network has excellent experience and skills, and our team will match you with the perfect Interim COOs for your project.

How are Toptal Interim COOs different?

At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our Interim COOs to ensure we only match you with the highest caliber of talent. Of the more than 200,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut. In addition to screening for industry-leading expertise, we also assess candidates’ language and interpersonal skills to ensure that you have a smooth working relationship. When you hire with Toptal, you’ll always work with world-class, custom-matched Interim COOs ready to help you achieve your goals.

Can you hire Interim COOs on an hourly basis or for project-based tasks?

You can hire Interim COOs on an hourly, part-time, or full-time basis. Toptal can also manage the entire project from end-to-end with our Managed Delivery offering. Whether you hire an expert for a full- or part-time position, you’ll have the control and flexibility to scale your team up or down as your needs evolve. Our Interim COOs can fully integrate into your existing team for a seamless working experience.

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

We make sure that each engagement between you and your Interim COO 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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Rick Ferrone

Freelance Interim COO

United States

Toptal Member Since July 4, 2022

Rick is a business strategy, financial planning, and operations expert with over 20 years of experience as a chief operating and strategy officer and a Big 5 management consultant. He has led three company turnarounds, including one for a $500 million multinational firm, growing revenue by 28% and increasing profitability by 21% within two years. Leveraging his experience with companies of all sizes and across industries, Rick is willing to start delivering value and results in new projects.

Interim COOs FP&A Business Plan Consulting Business Development Financial Modeling Growth Strategy Management Consultants Business Modeling Business Operations Financial Performance Improvement Strategic Planning Financial Analysis Business Proposal Writing

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Josh Bornstein

Freelance Interim COO

United States

Toptal Member Since July 1, 2022

Josh is an experienced early-stage venture investor, having sat on boards of SaaS and consumer startups in the US and India over the past 15 years. Josh worked closely with founders in multiple sectors, including vertical SaaS platforms, healthtech, fintech, audio infrastructure, no-code data science platforms, and consumer brands. Josh is willing to continue helping companies with hiring, product roadmap strategy, product-market fit, and growth.

Interim COOs Financial Analysis Due Diligence Fundraising Growth Strategy Strategic Planning Venture Capital Startup Consulting Business Advisory

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Majed A. Rahim

Freelance Interim COO

United Arab Emirates

Toptal Member Since April 4, 2022

Majed is a seasoned executive with C-suite and advisory experience who is passionate about complex and impactful projects. With global exposure in business development, Majed lived in eight countries and delivered industry work in more than 20. He has successfully worked with shareholders, senior management, and staff at all levels and is comfortable working alone or managing teams. Majed founded and operated consulting companies since 2009 and now is advising fintech and healthtech startups.

Interim COOs M&A Financial Managers Valuations Financial Modeling Fundraising Corporate Finance Investment Consulting Due Diligence Management Consultants Business Plan Consulting Pitch Deck Consulting Business Modeling

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Gina Lepore

Freelance Interim COO

Italy

Toptal Member Since July 5, 2022

Transform your ideas into reality with Gina Lepore, your strategic partner in strategy development. From revitalizing ventures to rescuing projects, Gina's expertise turns visions into achievements. With a track record of success, she crafts actionable plans and implements solutions for tangible results. Ready to make your plans a reality? Whether you're looking to revitalize your current ventures, rescue struggling projects, or transform culture, Gina is the powerhouse you need in your corner.

Interim COOs Business Development Pitch Deck Consulting Business Transformation Management Consultants Business Analysis Consulting

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Karen Mildenhall

Freelance Interim COO

United States

Toptal Member Since June 6, 2022

Karen is a Fortune 500 transformative corporate executive with over 20 years of expertise leveraging the connection between strategy, risk, operations, people, customers, communications, and P&L management while leading and advising senior leaders on large-scale strategic and operational change. She established a track record of collaboratively leading globally diverse teams to create groundbreaking change in over a dozen industries. She has a dozen business turnrounds in her career.

Interim COOs M&A Post-merger Integrations Business Consultant Business Transformation Management Consultants

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Niloufer Afzal, MBA, CM

Freelance Interim COO

Canada

Toptal Member Since May 4, 2022

A growth strategy expert with tier 1 companies, Niloufer led the transformation of a $300 million pet business that was acquired for two times EBITDA. Her areas of expertise are strategic planning, innovation, customer strategy, and eCommerce transformation. She is an award-winning architect of iconic brands across North America, Europe, and Asia; J.M. Smucker, Reckitt, Philips, Kraft-Heinz, McCain, GSK, Tetra Pak, and Mars. Nilo joined Toptal to help organizations unlock and accelerate growth.

Interim COOs Strategic Planning Business Transformation Management Consultants Pitch Deck Consulting Fundraising Business Analysis Consulting Growth Strategy Financial Modeling Budgeting Consulting Business Plan Consulting Market Sizing HR

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Davide Zane

Freelance Interim COO

Italy

Toptal Member Since April 28, 2022

Davide is an MBA graduate with 26 years in digital strategy and innovation. He transforms business results across the financial services, energy, healthcare, automotive, and SaaS industries. Davide's key achievements include boosting market penetration by 25% with new digital strategies for a top machinery brand, leading the development of a SaaS product, increasing user engagement by 40%, and driving a digital overhaul in healthcare, cutting costs by 15%, enhancing patient satisfaction.

Interim COOs Business Modeling Growth Strategy Management Consultants

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Curtis H Short

Freelance Interim COO

United States

Toptal Member Since June 5, 2023

Curt has 30+ years of experience spanning large, mid-size, and small companies—private equity and public, for-profit, and not-for-profit (NFP)—specializing in process improvement. He has successfully led three sell-side M&A transactions and negotiated and implemented a 3-party transitional services agreement. Curt is a CPA with an MBA who loves learning new businesses and looks forward to driving client business success, leveraging his extensive background.

Interim COOs FP&A Accounting Budgeting Consulting Financial Forecasting Financial Modeling Business Analysis Consulting Financial Performance Improvement Start-Up Controller Financial Reporting US GAAP Accounting Interim CFOs Excel

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Tatiana Banadyk

Freelance Interim COO

Poland

Toptal Member Since May 26, 2022

With an engineering and quality management background, Tatiana is an expert in operational and quality management, change management, and Lean manufacturing. Her portfolio includes over 50 consulting projects in various industries. She succeeded in developing effective teams for processes optimisation, digitalization, continuous improvement and problem solving. Tatiana considers freelancing an excellent opportunity to work on the most interesting projects.

Interim COOs Management Consultants

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Simone Girardeau

Freelance Interim COO

Canada

Toptal Member Since June 15, 2023

Simone has 10+ years of expertise in strategy consulting, private equity, venture capital (VC) backed businesses, and entrepreneurship. As a freelance, she has vast experience in strategic projects for VC and private equity (PE) backed companies, fundraising, and supporting earlier-stage businesses. A strategic problem solver, she enjoys providing structure to solve complex challenges. Simone quickly grasps the broader perspective, understands practical limitations, and executes for impact.

Interim COOs Growth Strategy

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Matt Murphy

Freelance Interim COO

United States

Toptal Member Since March 1, 2022

Matt is a PE partner and management consultant. As an experienced advisor, he has partnered with executives, boards, teams, and investors to build and grow businesses for 15+ years. Matt has deep expertise in creating value through strategy, organic growth, acquisitions, market expansion, organization building, and cost management. His broad industry experience includes financial services, technology and business services, food manufacturing, commercial real estate, and consumer services.

Interim COOs Corporate Finance Transaction Advising Management Consultants Due Diligence Private Equity

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Martin so far is a complete Rockstar. His first bit of work produced a tool for us to model and forecast our financials and is far and away worth every penny we paid and more. Just thought I’d share that with you.

Pete Pellizzari

CEO

Erik has been an extremely valuable member of our team who has tremendous breath of experience with start ups in our lifecycle phase. What makes his contribution unique and highly effective is not only his excellent financial modeling skills and knowledge, but also the emotional intelligence with which he manages each relationship at Vault, understands our team dynamics, and helps us tackle start up challenges effectively. It is rare to find a part-time consultant who makes you feel like he/she is genuinely invested in the success of your company.

Romy Parzick

COO

Toptal has been an incredible key partner for Sidekick. As an early-stage start-up, we’ve leveraged both design and financial talent. The experience has been incredible, with those professionals bringing creativity, expertise, and advice to ensure Sidekick succeeds. My Toptal financial expert helped steer Sidekick’s business model, which resulted in an initial ROI of 650x! My experience with Toptal has given me great confidence in the future.

Doug MacKay

Founder / CEO

Chris was great to work with and was always available on my schedule. His communication skills and personality were a 10/10. His outputs on the project were top notch and allowed us to develop more efficient forecasting and initiative prioritization frameworks. I would definitely use Chris again.

Chris Pozek

CEO

What really sets Toptal apart is the caliber of finance talent available in their network. I had a very specific and pressing need, and Toptal quickly matched me with the perfect person for the job. The expert produced a thoughtful and robust financial analysis that has ultimately allowed us to forecast and prioritize initiatives much more efficiently.

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CEO

How to Hire Interim COOs Through Toptal

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

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

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

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FAQs

How quickly can you hire with Toptal?
Typically, you can hire an Interim COO with Toptal in about 48 hours. For larger teams of talent or Managed Delivery, timelines may vary. Our talent matchers are highly skilled in the same fields they’re matching in—they’re not recruiters or HR reps. They’ll work with you to understand your goals, technical needs, and team dynamics, and match you with ideal candidates from our vetted global talent network.

Once you select your Interim COO, you’ll have a no-risk trial period to ensure they’re the perfect fit. Our matching process has a 98% trial-to-hire rate, so you can rest assured that you’re getting the best fit every time.
How do I hire an Interim COO?
To hire the right Interim COO, it’s important to evaluate a candidate’s experience, technical skills, and communication skills. You’ll also want to consider the fit with your particular industry, company, and project. Toptal’s rigorous screening process ensures that every member of our network has excellent experience and skills, and our team will match you with the perfect Interim COOs for your project.
How are Toptal Interim COOs different?
At Toptal, we thoroughly screen our Interim COOs to ensure we only match you with the highest caliber of talent. Of the more than 200,000 people who apply to join the Toptal network each year, fewer than 3% make the cut.

In addition to screening for industry-leading expertise, we also assess candidates’ language and interpersonal skills to ensure that you have a smooth working relationship.

When you hire with Toptal, you’ll always work with world-class, custom-matched Interim COOs ready to help you achieve your goals.
Can you hire Interim COOs on an hourly basis or for project-based tasks?
You can hire Interim COOs on an hourly, part-time, or full-time basis. Toptal can also manage the entire project from end-to-end with our Managed Delivery offering. Whether you hire an expert for a full- or part-time position, you’ll have the control and flexibility to scale your team up or down as your needs evolve. Our Interim COOs can fully integrate into your existing team for a seamless working experience.
What is the no-risk trial period for Toptal Interim COOs?
We make sure that each engagement between you and your Interim COO 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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