Turn Your Transition Into Your Best Career Move Yet
The corporate role you are looking for is not coming back. This isn’t a downturn you can wait out - it’s a structural shift in how senior roles are hired.
A portfolio career flips the script. Instead of competing for fewer corporate seats, you turn your experience into a portfolio of fractional CxO roles, advisory mandates, board mandates - and most importantly work where your pattern recognition, judgment, and credibility become your superpowers.
Invest 1–2 days a week over the next 90 days and build a portfolio career that lets you make a living doing work that is aligned to your purpose.
“The mission of the start up I was matched with deeply aligned with my purpose which is to treat more patients .”
—Stéphanie Léna
DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR?
Six months ago, you thought this would take six weeks
You updated your CV. You drew up the list of people to call. You knew how this worked - you’d done it many times before, and every time there were opportunities.
This time, nothing.
Since then, hundreds of applications. Keywords matched, each one tailored to AI, submitted through portals.
Not one human reply.
Your AI‑assisted application is being read by their AI screener; somewhere in that exchange, no human has looked at you at all. At first it was frustrating. Now it’s starting to feel personal - even though you know, rationally, this is bigger than you.
You are not doing anything wrong
You are doing exactly what worked the last time you changed roles, but the corporate hiring machine you were trained to navigate no longer works the way it did when you last moved. This is the pattern we see again and again with the senior leaders in our accelerator.
Yet waiting is the expensive part
Not the search. The waiting.
Every month you stay in holding pattern:
Your time – your transition runway shrinks while nothing new is being built.
Your cash – you continue financing this gap from your own savings.
Your confidence, network, and options – they erode quietly in the background while no one sees your current value.
You burn your transition runway without building anything that proves your value in the new market – until it’s too late to course‑correct.
So if this sounds familiar, the question isn’t “How do I send more applications?” – it’s “How do I use my transition runway to build a portfolio of roles instead?” to build a portfolio of roles instead – and that’s exactly what the next 90 days of this accelerator are designed to do.”
“Match for Impact created a safe space for me to break into the start up scene and experiment what are the experiences and skills that are useful in that setting.”
—Pia Lai
Your next chapter needs more than a plan.
It needs an ecosystem of support.
A successful portfolio career is not built in isolation. It is built with the right people, the right structure, and the right opportunities around you from the start.
That’s why we created the Match for Impact Portfolio Accelerator: a structured transition ecosystem that combines peer learning, community support, coaching, a real fractional mission, and a filmed case study.
This is a learn-by-doing system. You learn from others who are making the same move, you apply what you learn in a live startup environment, and you build proof while you go.
Instead of trying to figure it all out alone, you step into a pathway that helps you build confidence, credibility, and momentum in real time.
So that you don’t just “go out on your own.”
So that you build your next chapter with support, proof, and momentum already in place.
“Working on the mission gave me exactly what I was looking for - real-world startup exposure, the chance to deliver meaningful results, and the clarity to fully step into my next chapter as a solopreneur.”
— Johan Wisenborn
It is designed for experienced leaders like you: test a portfolio path with confidence, stay relevant and in demand, and leave with concrete proof of the value you create.
Inside the program, you get:
Peer learning with monthly masterclasses from other senior leaders
Community support of leaders making the same transition,
A matched fractional CxO mission in a startup or social venture,
Coaching throughout the journey,
And a professionally filmed case study that captures the value you created.
Match for Impact helps you turn a difficult career transition into a proven portfolio career.
With Match for Impact you step into an ecosystem that helps you learn, contribute, and build the proof of your portfolio career at the same time.
Inside our Portfolio Career Accelerator
Learn from leaders who’ve already made the move - and use their playbook
Join our live masterclasses monthly with senior executives who’ve successfully built portfolio careers.
Step into a matched 90-day fractional CxO mission
Take on a fractional CxO role inside a startup or social venture, matched to your strengths and centered on a real strategic bottleneck. For 90 days, work with the founding team as part of their management and deliver tangible outcomes.
Become part of a trusted community of peers for support and accountability
Join our community of senior executives navigating portfolio careers. Share your challenges and get honest feedback on your ideas.
Turn your mission into a professionally filmed case study
Transform your 90-day mission into a polished, professionally filmed and photographed case study that showcases the impact you created. We help you capture the story, numbers, and testimonials.
“Match for Impact helped me see how I could bring my leadership into entrepreneurial work while continuing to build the evidence and momentum needed for what comes next.”
— Robert Ibe
“But I’m already doing pro bono work.”
Exactly. In fact, 100% of the senior executives we spoke to said they actively look for pro bono work to create real-world experience, and still find themselves wondering “Where to start?” in a more structured way.
The pro-bono work your are doing is often informal, invisible, and not tangible enough to showcase your skills.
Our model changes that.
We turn that same energy into a structured, efficient, high-value mission - one that showcases your strengths, solves a critical startup bottleneck, capable of moving an early venture forward by six months to a year.
Then we document and film the journey so you leave with something visible, credible, and shareable that supports your next move.
This transition deserves your full commitment and investment. Let’s make certain it pays off with visible results.
By now, it should be clear that a successful transition into a portfolio career is not something you piece together alone. Senior leaders often spend €20,000 to €40,000 on coaching, certifications, and courses during transition, only to come away with credentials rather than anything concrete they can point to.
Match for Impact is different. You invest in one structured path with the right mix of peer learning, coaching, and a real-life mission, so your transition builds proof, visibility, and momentum at the same time. In other words, it is an investment that leaves you with something tangible to build on and use in your next chapter.
“The beautiful thing about this program is that the work is done for you.”
—Stéphanie Léna
Fast-Action Bonus for the First 10 Confirmed Enrolments
Know exactly which portfolio opportunities to pursue and what to build first
When you join the Accelerator, you’ll receive your personalised SOAR: Superpower Opportunity Activation Roadmap, a practical decision tool that turns your Superpower Snapshot into a focused portfolio-career plan.
What’s inside
Inside SOAR, you’ll receive:
Your Best-Fit Role Map: A named shortlist of fractional, advisory and board roles where your strengths are most valuable, plus why each role fits.
Your Mission-Fit Ranking: A clear scorecard across 2–3 mission types, so you can focus your energy where you solve a real, high-value gap.
Your Activation Roadmap: The priorities, positioning moves and opportunity filters that help you decide what to pursue now, what to develop next, and what to decline.
Why it matters
Stop spreading yourself across every interesting opportunity. Leave with a clearer answer to: Where will I create the greatest impact and what is my next best move?
“Match for Impact gave me the opportunity to work on a real, scalable problem and use my systems thinking and leadership to help shape something truly transformative and impactful.”
— Meghna Joshi-von Heyden
Our Promise
You bring the commitment; we make sure it creates meaningful progress.
If you participate fully, complete the programme activities, but still do not believe our program has delivered meaningful value for your transition, we will refund your investment.
We are here to provide the structure, clarity, challenge, and momentum to help you move forward with confidence and to ensure your investment is a good one.
You’re not locked into the wrong mission
If the mission is clearly not the right fit, we’ll rematch it so your work stays relevant and useful. This program is designed to create tangible progress, not leave you stuck in something that isn’t serving your transition.
You’re not starting over. You’re turning your experience into real-world impact, a stronger portfolio-career story, and new opportunities.
Continue waiting for the perfect permanent role, or use this transition to build evidence, momentum, and connections through a 90-day mission. Ready to make your transition count?
Frequently Asked Questions
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Pro-bono fractional leadership allows experienced executives to work part-time on a 90-day assignment in a strategic role within a startup or NGO. This setup provides guidance and expertise from experienced executives without the financial burden, supporting growth and impact.
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Yes. We match executives with organizations aligned with their expertise and values to ensure a meaningful collaboration.
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We carefully match executives based on their goals, experience, and compatibility to maximize impact and ensure a successful partnership. The selection process considers alignment in values, objectives, and skills.
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Each entrepreneur-executive pair co-creates a structured 90-day plan with clear goals, milestones, and action steps. The assignment is designed to achieve measurable impact, drive progress, and support sustainable growth for the startup or NGO while also supporting the personal growth of the senior executive.
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Impact entrepreneurs should have the capacity to onboard and collaborate with the senior executive throughout the assignment. Senior executives need to commit about 2 days/week of their time during the 90-day assignment, including masterclasses, check-ins, coaching, and milestone reviews.
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The assignment is remote, and every participant is expected to have their own setup to work effectively and communicate with the team from any location.ription
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When you join, you make the first of three equal payments. This gives you:
Access to the cohort's WhatsApp community
All masterclasses for this cohort
Your profile creation and matching process
Once a match is confirmed, you make the second payment.
When your mission starts (after the chemistry sprint), you make the final payment.
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If a match isn’t the right fit
You stay in the program and keep your access to the community (WhatsApp group, masterclasses).
We offer to rematch with another startup in this or a a future cohort.
You still benefit from the learning, network, and personal branding opportunities.
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The program connects you with an online community of like-minded entrepreneurs, executives, and industry professionals. At the showcase event there is an opportunity to get matched in-person as well as opportunities to network with investors and other leaders in the field.
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The program offers the chance to build a personal brand by showcasing your achievements at the final event. The professional video and photography package enhances this visibility.
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The final showcase event is an in-person gathering to celebrate achievements and impact. Participants can share success stories, network with investors and industry leaders, and receive personal branding assets (including professional photos and videos).