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Third-party agency management
Third-party agency management gives you an experienced person on your side of the table: briefing suppliers properly, checking what was delivered, and keeping the work tied to commercial priorities. It suits businesses paying agencies monthly without the in-house expertise to judge the output.
When this helps
Problems this solves
- Monthly reports full of activity but no commercial outcome.
- Development tickets that come back not doing what was asked.
- Suppliers waiting on each other while nothing progresses.
- No one internally able to challenge a technical recommendation.
Scope
What's included
Every quote lists the deliverables in writing, so there is no ambiguity about what you receive.
Deliverables
- Review of current suppliers, contracts, scope and what is actually being delivered.
- Clear written briefs and acceptance criteria for each piece of work.
- A prioritised roadmap tied to your commercial goals.
- Agreed KPIs and a reporting format that shows outcomes, not activity.
- Delivery checks: testing what was shipped against the brief.
- Budget reviews and recommendations on where spend should move.
Not included as standard
- I do not manage your suppliers' internal staffing or contracts on your behalf.
- Where a supplier is underperforming, I report evidence; the relationship decision is yours.
- Any work I take on directly is quoted separately and transparently.
Anything here can be added to the scope and priced separately.
Defined starting point
Supplier review and managed cadence
Fixed price after scoping
Typically includes
- Review of current suppliers and deliverables
- Prioritised roadmap tied to commercial goals
- Briefing and acceptance-criteria templates
- Agreed KPIs and reporting format
- An agreed monthly management cadence
- Delivery checks against each brief
Process
How the work runs
Step 1
Review
Understand each supplier's scope, spend and output.
Step 2
Prioritise
Agree a roadmap and the KPIs that matter.
Step 3
Brief
Issue clear briefs with acceptance criteria.
Step 4
Check
Test delivery, review budget and report to you plainly.
What I need from you
- Visibility of supplier scopes, budgets and reports.
- Authority to brief and question suppliers on your behalf.
- Your commercial priorities for the period.
What changes the price
- Number of suppliers and disciplines.
- Volume of work in flight.
- Reporting and meeting cadence.
- Whether delivery testing is included.
Experience
Relevant background
Aaron coordinated external development and marketing suppliers as Website Manager and previously led a team of four designers and developers in an agency role. That is past leadership experience, not current headcount.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
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