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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Which leadership hire are you making?
Sales leadership, from a first Head of Sales to a full CRO remit.
Team leadership between AE and VP Sales.
First-line leadership of an SDR or BDR team.
Leadership of a Pre-Sales function.
Marketing leadership measured on pipeline and revenue.
Retention and expansion strategy at leadership level.
Systems and reporting strategy across the whole revenue function.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Real placement
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
Your search stays off the market until you're ready, and candidate profiles are never shared without sign-off.
Real comp benchmarks and candid feedback on what top SaaS businesses are actually paying at leadership level.
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.
We measure success in hires that stick, which matters most at leadership level.
What clients and candidates say
"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."
"TalentStack was instrumental in helping me find my next role within the Martech/SaaS space. They worked tirelessly to ensure I was fully prepared."
Real outcomes
Real searches, real hires, across SaaS GTM teams from Seed through PE-backed scale-ups.
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