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Hire GTM leadership

Leadership hires set the direction of your entire revenue function, whichever part of GTM they sit in. TalentStack runs these searches across sales, marketing, customer success and RevOps for SaaS businesses across the UK, Europe and the US.

These are relationship-led, confidential searches, most of the candidates we approach are not on the open market.

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17 days
Average time to fill
90%
CV to interview ratio
85%
Offer acceptance rate
40%
Candidate response rate

VP Sales, Head of Sales or CRO

These hires set the direction of the sales function itself, or, in the case of a CRO, unify sales with marketing and customer success under one leader.

  • Track record scaling a sales team through a defined growth stage, not just managing a steady state
  • Comfortable owning a number in front of the board or investors
  • Experience building comp plans, territory design and forecasting process from scratch or overhauling them

Sales Director

A management tier between AE and VP Sales, typically owning a team of AEs and a regional or segment number, without the full remit of a VP Sales or CRO.

  • Track record managing a team of AEs to a collective number, not just carrying an individual quota
  • Comfortable owning forecasting and pipeline reviews for a team or region
  • Often the next step up from a top-performing AE or a first management hire
  • Reports into a VP Sales, Head of Sales or CRO rather than owning the function alone

SDR Manager / Leader

First-line leadership of an SDR or BDR team, covered in full on our SDR hiring page. We placed two SDR Leaders into Interact Software, including Jack Comer, as part of its wider commercial build-out.

  • Track record coaching a team of SDRs to hit a collective pipeline target
  • Experience ramping and onboarding new SDRs quickly
  • Often a promoted senior SDR or an early sales management hire

Presales Leader

Leadership of a Pre-Sales function, covered in full on our Pre-Sales hiring page. We placed Rupert as Presales Leader at Interact Software as part of the same GTM build-out.

  • Track record building and leading a Pre-Sales team, not just an individual technical contributor
  • Comfortable owning Pre-Sales process and standards across an AE team
  • Experience hiring and ramping Solutions Consultants or Sales Engineers

CMO / Head of Marketing

A marketing leadership hire measured on pipeline and revenue contribution, not just brand and awareness. See our full Marketing hiring page for the full GTM marketing stack, including Demand Gen and Product Marketing.

  • Experience building or scaling a marketing function inside a SaaS business
  • Comfortable being measured on pipeline and revenue contribution
  • Strong working relationship with sales and RevOps leadership

VP Customer Success / Head of CS

A leadership hire who owns retention and expansion at a strategic level, not just day-to-day CSM management. See our full Customer Success hiring page for CSM-level hires.

  • Track record owning an NRR or renewal number, not just a satisfaction score
  • Experience building a CS org structure and playbook as the customer base scales
  • Comfortable partnering with sales leadership on account handoff and expansion strategy

Head of RevOps

A leadership hire who unifies reporting, forecasting and systems across sales, marketing and CS. See our full RevOps hiring page for individual contributor RevOps hires.

  • Experience owning GTM systems strategy, not just CRM administration
  • Track record building forecasting and reporting models leadership actually trusts
  • Comfortable working across sales, marketing and CS leadership, not sitting under just one function

Real placement

Rescuing a stalled VP Sales EMEA search.

Interact Software and TalentStack GTM recruitment case study

TalentStack placed Interact Software's VP Sales EMEA within three weeks, expanding into 11+ hires across EMEA and North America. Read the Interact Software case study.

Why TalentStack

Why TalentStack for leadership searches.

Confidential representation

Your search stays off the market until you're ready, and candidate profiles are never shared without sign-off.

Honest market intelligence

Real comp benchmarks and candid feedback on what top SaaS businesses are actually paying at leadership level.

One recruiter across GTM leadership

The same team that hires your AEs and SDRs can hire the leaders they report to, so every hire is assessed against the same GTM motion.

Long-term thinking

We measure success in hires that stick, which matters most at leadership level.

What clients and candidates say

Real feedback from real searches.

★★★★★

"I've had the pleasure of working with TalentStack, and I can confidently say they're one of the best in the business. Their ability to understand the needs of our business, identify exceptional talent, and ensure a seamless hiring process is second to none."

Lewis Vasper
VP of Sales EMEA, Cue
★★★★★

"TalentStack was instrumental in helping me find my next role within the Martech/SaaS space. They worked tirelessly to ensure I was fully prepared."

Ashley Martin
Enterprise Sales Manager, Infinity

Real outcomes

See how we've filled roles like this one

Real searches, real hires, across SaaS GTM teams from Seed through PE-backed scale-ups.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What's the difference between a VP Sales and a CRO?
A VP Sales or Head of Sales typically owns sales execution on its own. A CRO usually owns sales alongside marketing and, in some structures, customer success, one leader accountable for the whole revenue number. It's generally a later hire, made once those functions need unifying rather than running separately.
What's the difference between a Sales Director and a VP Sales?
A Sales Director typically manages a team of AEs against a regional or segment number, reporting up to a VP Sales or CRO. A VP Sales owns the sales function's overall strategy, targets and structure, usually with Sales Directors reporting into them.
Do you only recruit sales leadership, or other GTM leadership too?
All GTM leadership: VP Sales, Head of Sales, Sales Director and CRO on the sales side, plus CMO and Head of Marketing, VP Customer Success, and Head of RevOps. One recruiter across the whole revenue leadership team.
How confidential are these searches?
Fully. We never share a client's identity or a candidate's profile without explicit sign-off from both sides.
Do you run retained searches for leadership roles?
Yes, most leadership searches run on a retained or exclusive basis given the seniority and confidentiality involved. See our pricing page for options.

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