Fractional Country Manager: senior leadership for your market entry into Spain, within an agreed mandate.
Your board approved the entry into Spain with a good market study in front of it. Six months later there is an entity, perhaps a first hire, and the first customer who needs either is still to come. A Year One Partners Fractional Country Manager leads your market entry within an agreed mandate; your board decides.
Book a diagnostic call →What a Year One Partners Fractional Country Manager is.
It is an advisory mandate from Year One Partners. Personally led by our Founder & CEO, Xavier Cima, who brings in senior advisors for each client when the mandate requires it or, if the client prefers, recommends senior advisors for the client to engage directly; the decision always rests with the client.
It has an agreed scope. Time commitment and reporting to your board at the frequency agreed in the mandate.
It leads your market entry within an agreed mandate; your board decides, and your company signs its contracts.
02 / Who it is for
Who it is for.
Spain needs senior attentionWhen Spain needs senior attention before a full-time country manager makes sense.
Headquarters runs the core businessWhen headquarters runs the core business and the entry needs a senior lead on the ground.
Your advisers work in parallelWhen your advisers each move on their own track and someone needs to tie their work to the entry plan.
03 / How it works
How the mandate works.
The order and depth depend on your business. The time commitment is set in writing at the start.
Book a diagnostic callStep 1
Diagnostic and mandate
A call with our Founder & CEO to understand the decision your board faces. Then a written mandate with scope, time commitment and reporting.
Step 2
Entry plan and priorities
What must be true in Spain in the first months, in what order, and what can wait for a later phase.
Step 3
Coordination and negotiations
Coordination of your legal, tax and employment specialists with the plan. Your team leads the main negotiations and takes the commercial decisions; the Fractional Country Manager prepares them and supports your team.
Step 4
Board reporting and review
Regular reporting to your board and a review of the plan at each milestone. Your company signs its contracts; any power of attorney, if needed, is specific and limited to defined acts.
04 / Deliverables
What your board gets.
Deliverables
- 01An entry plan and priorities for the Spanish market
- 02Coordination of your legal, tax and employment specialists
- 03Preparation of and support in the negotiations your team leads
- 04Regular reporting to your board
- 05A handover plan to your permanent structure in Spain
If the entry plan calls for it, the mandate can lead to a separate engagement in other Year One Partners areas: Spain market entry and soft landing; licensing and authorisations, with your lawyers; institutional relations; and M&A and joint ventures. Each separate engagement is agreed in writing with its own scope, and your board approves it.
A Fractional Country Manager works with an agreed time commitment over several months. If your board needs full-time senior leadership for a defined period, see interim management in Spain and the comparison Interim or Fractional Country Manager?
Further reading: how the fractional model works · the finance role and market entry, compared · How to set up a company in Spain · Xavier Cima, Founder & CEO.
05 / Questions
Frequently asked questions.
What does “fractional” mean?
A senior executive with an agreed part-time commitment, and a written mandate with objectives, scope and reporting. We explain the model in Fractional executives.
Who leads the mandate?
Personally led by our Founder & CEO, Xavier Cima, who brings in senior advisors for each client when the mandate requires it or, if the client prefers, recommends senior advisors for the client to engage directly; the decision always rests with the client.
What is the time commitment?
Time commitment and reporting to your board at the frequency agreed in the mandate. It is set in writing at the start and reviewed with your board at each milestone.
Who decides and who signs the contracts?
Your board decides and your company signs its contracts. The Fractional Country Manager prepares the negotiations and supports your team, which leads them.
How do you work with our lawyers and tax advisers?
We coordinate your lawyers, auditors and specialists; we do not replace them. Legal, tax and employment advice stays with your licensed professionals.
What if the board needs a full-time commitment?
For a defined period with a full-time commitment, the right model is interim management. We explain the choice in Interim or Fractional Country Manager?
Where do you work?
International / Spain and Europe, for companies from any market. The Fractional Country Manager service covers entry into Spain.
“An entry needs someone senior in the market, with the time each stage calls for.”
Year One Partners · Senior Strategic Advisors
06 / Next step
Book a free 30-minute diagnostic call.
A direct conversation with our Founder & CEO about your entry into Spain: where you are, what your board needs and what a Fractional Country Manager mandate would look like. We aim to reply within two business days.
What to include
Help us prepare the call.
- 01Company name and website
- 02Home country
- 03Sector
- 04Stage (for example Series A, B or C)
- 05Target date for starting in Spain
Send these details by email to office@yearonepartners.com.
Scope
What we do, and what you get.
International / Spain and Europe, for companies from any market. The Fractional Country Manager service covers entry into Spain. You get an entry plan and its priorities, coordination of your legal, tax and employment specialists, preparation of the negotiations your team leads, and regular reporting to your board. Time commitment and reporting to your board at the frequency agreed in the mandate. Your board decides, and your company signs its contracts.