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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

    A visual 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

    A visual 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

    A visual 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

Elsewhere in the hub

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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