Sales careers & hiring
Sales career maps
The same information as a diagram would give you, published as text and tables so it can be read, searched and quoted.
Guides
Career maps guidance
Career map
AE to VP Sales career map
An interactive map of the two routes out of an Account Executive seat: senior selling, or sales leadership. What each level owns, and what it takes to move.
8 min read
Career map
RevOps career ladder map
An interactive map of the Revenue Operations career ladder, from analyst to VP RevOps, including enablement, analytics and systems as adjacent routes.
8 min read
Career map
Sales leadership ladder map
An interactive map of sales leadership levels from Team Lead to CRO, defined by what each seat owns and who reports in rather than by job title.
8 min read
Career map
Sales career map: SDR to CRO
A complete map of Sales and GTM roles from SDR to CRO: what each level owns, what it is measured on, and the realistic moves from each seat.
7 min read
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Other sections
Hiring guides
Role-by-role guides to hiring Sales and GTM people: when to hire, what to write in the brief, how to assess and what usually goes wrong.
Interviews & scorecards
Interview questions, live exercises and written scorecards for Sales and GTM roles, so every candidate is assessed against the same criteria.
Team & org design
How to structure a Sales and GTM team as it grows: first hires, ratios, ownership splits and when to add leadership or Revenue Operations.
Onboarding
Practical onboarding and 30/60/90 day plans for new Sales and GTM hires, with what to measure at each checkpoint.
Career paths
How Sales and GTM careers actually progress: what each step requires, what changes at each level, and where people move sideways.
Role comparisons
Side-by-side comparisons of Sales and GTM roles that are commonly confused, covering ownership, KPIs, skills, reporting lines and which one you actually need.
Salary & OTE
How Sales and GTM pay is structured — base, OTE, commission and accelerators — and what to check before you publish a range.
Benchmarks & market
Hiring process benchmarks and Sales and GTM market guidance, with the source and date attached to any figure that changes.
Hiring by industry
How Sales and GTM hiring changes by sector: what a SaaS, early-stage startup or enterprise software business actually needs from a seller, and how to assess it.
Talent markets
Regional context for Sales and GTM hiring, based on the markets we recruit in — local employer types, commute and hybrid realities, and what they mean for a brief.
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