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Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) jobs: 406 open roles, pay, industries and skills

406 open Chief Revenue Officer jobs (CRO), taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Also listed as Chief Sales Officer, Chief Commercial Officer, Head of Sales, Head of Revenue. Listings that state pay show a median of $200,000 a year.

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The market for Chief Revenue Officer work

Every figure is counted from verified open listings. Pay is what the employer advertises for the job.

Verified open Chief Revenue Officer jobs
406

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Median pay in listings that state it
$200,000

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

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State with the most openings
New York (80)

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Industry hiring the most
Technology & Software (31%)

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Listings that are remote
64%

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Listings that ask for an AI skill
19%

Source: NextChapter verified openings, read in full.

What a CRO does

C-suite role in Sales.

The revenue number: sales, and often marketing, customer success and partnerships behind it. Owns the forecast and the plan to hit it.

Usually reports to the CEO. At smaller companies the same job is titled Head of Sales.

Other ways this role is written

  • CRO
  • Chief Revenue Officer
  • Chief Sales Officer
  • Chief Commercial Officer
  • Head of Sales
  • Head of Revenue

Listings under any of these titles are counted on this page. Assistant, associate, manager and staff titles are not.

Open Chief Revenue Officer jobs

Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.

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CRO salary

From 109 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars, base pay only.

Lower quarter
$162,500
Median
$200,000
Upper quarter
$270,000

Leadership pay often includes bonus and equity that a listing does not state. Treat these figures as the floor of the conversation, not the whole package.

Best industries for CRO jobs

Employers hiring the most, as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry. Median pay shown where at least 8 listings state it.

Where CRO jobs are

States with the most open listings; median pay where at least 8 listings state it.

Skills CRO jobs ask for

Named in the listings themselves, as a share of 101 Chief Revenue Officer listings that name skills. Leadership listings name fewer skills than individual-contributor ones, so this is a signal, not a checklist.

Most named in CRO listings

  1. 1. forecasting38%
  2. 2. go-to-market30%
  3. 3. crm18%
  4. 4. enterprise sales16%
  5. 5. onboarding15%
  6. 6. quota15%
  7. 7. salesforce11%
  8. 8. pipeline management10%
  9. 9. logistics7%
  10. 10. strategic planning7%

Across all Sales openings

  1. 1. salesforce6%
  2. 2. crm5%
  3. 3. quota5%
  4. 4. forecasting3%
  5. 5. onboarding3%
  6. 6. procurement3%
  7. 7. go-to-market3%
  8. 8. enterprise sales2%
  9. 9. excel2%
  10. 10. logistics2%

AI skills for CRO jobs

Specific AI skills named in the full posting text, such as prompt engineering, AI governance or an AI tool. A general mention of AI does not count.

19% of 81 open Chief Revenue Officer listings ask for a specific AI skill, against 6% of all Sales openings.

AI skills named most often

  1. 1. AI tools in daily work9%
  2. 2. LLM application engineering4%
  3. 3. AI governance and risk4%
  4. 4. Gen-AI assistants (ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude)4%
  5. 5. AI-enabled analytics4%
  6. 6. AI strategy and use cases4%

Do AI skills change chief revenue officer pay?

For Sales roles in general, as of November 9, 2026. This is the function’s figure, not one for chief revenue officer alone: one title rarely has enough listings on both sides.

Among Sales listings, those that ask for an AI skill advertise +17.8% (about $28k) compared with similar listings that do not, matched on level and industry.

Listings that ask for an AI skill
$173,500
median, from 1,412 paid listings
Listings that never mention AI
$135,000
median, from 2,387 paid listings

Advertised pay only: the midpoint of the range an employer posted, on live U.S. postings read from the full text. “Asks for an AI skill” means the posting names a specific AI skill; “no AI” means it never mentions AI. A difference in what is advertised is not a promise of what you would be paid, and it does not show that learning a skill causes a raise.

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The Sales ladder

The same function at other levels: where this role comes from and where it leads.

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Job titles under CRO

The exact titles employers use, with their own job and salary pages.

Employers hiring for CRO roles

  • Confidential 58
  • JRG Partners 7
  • Step Up 7
  • DuPont 7
  • Quest Diagnostics 6
  • Storm2 5
  • Energy Innovation: Policy and Technology 4
  • Corterra Group 3
  • Stick Grips Golf 3
  • Numisma Bank 3
  • FinPro. 3
  • Harris Computer 3

Recruiters who place CRO roles

Search firms with live public searches in Sales, counted from their own job postings, not self-described. Few firms have two searches at this level, so firms with three at the level below follow.

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CRO turnover

Departures and appointments reported in SEC filings and news in the last 120 days. Each links to its source.

  • MIDDLEBY

    MIDDLEBY's Chief Executive Officer Timothy FitzGerald will transition out effective March 31, 2027, and Steven Spittle will be promoted to President immediately and become CEO on April 1, 2027. A search for a replacement usually follows.

    Nov 5, 2026

    Read the SEC filing

  • Biodesix

    Biodesix's Chief Commercial Officer departed effective November 2, 2026, with no permanent successor named.

    Nov 5, 2026

    Read the SEC filing

  • Fastly

    Fastly's President, Go to Market is retiring in 2027, and the company is searching for a new Chief Revenue Officer to replace him.

    Nov 4, 2026

    Read the SEC filing

  • MID Penn Bancorp

    MID Penn Bancorp's Chief Revenue Officer was promoted to Chief Operating Officer, and the company has not yet named a permanent successor to the Chief Revenue Officer role.

    Nov 2, 2026

    Read the SEC filing

  • Sumisho Air Lease

    Sumisho Air Lease's Chief Commercial Officer resigned effective immediately, and no successor has been named.

    Oct 27, 2026

    Read the SEC filing

  • Merlin

    Merlin appointed its Chief Revenue Officer as President, creating a vacancy in the Chief Revenue Officer role. A search for a replacement usually follows.

    Oct 27, 2026

    Read the SEC filing

  • Lineage

    Lineage's Chief Commercial Officer is retiring in April 2027, and the company will search for a permanent successor.

    Oct 22, 2026

    Read the SEC filing

  • Akebia Therapeutics

    Akebia Therapeutics's Chief Commercial Officer is resigning effective November 6, 2026, and no permanent successor has been named.

    Oct 14, 2026

    Read the SEC filing

Conferences for CRO leaders

Events tagged for Sales, with dates, cost and how to speak.

  • Forrester B2B Summit North America

    May 2 to May 4, 2027 · Phoenix, AZ

    Ticket $1,957 to $2,995. Early bird to Nov 30, 2026: client $1,957, non-client $2,097; standard from Dec 1: $2,795 client /…

  • SaaStr Annual

    May 11 to May 12, 2027 · San Mateo, CA

    Paid ticket. May 11-12, 2027, San Mateo County Event Center. Ticket prices on the buy-tickets page (not shown on home page).

    Open call for speakers

  • ECRM Sessions

    Jan 25 to Jan 27, 2027 · Dallas, TX

    Apply to attend. Curated buyer-supplier meeting sessions; supplier fees apply and pricing is per program, not read. Many sessions…

  • NAW Executive Summit

    Jan 19 to Jan 21, 2027 · Washington, DC

    Paid ticket. Prices not captured.

  • SIA Executive Forum North America

    Mar 8 to Mar 11, 2027 · Miami Beach, FL

    Paid ticket. Fee schedule is on SIA's event page; amount not read.

    Open call for speakers

  • AFP ICON

    Apr 11 to Apr 13, 2027 · Baltimore, MD

    Ticket $1,099 to $2,299. Four full-conference tiers from preview $1,099 to regular $2,299 (Oct 28, 2026 to Apr 8, 2027);…

Showing 6 of 42 conferences, 42 with dates announced.

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Training for CRO leaders

AI and Sales courses from named providers, with cost shown.

All 4 Sales courses

Podcasts and media CRO leaders follow

Hand-picked, each checked to be live. Links go to the publisher.

  • 30 Minutes to President’s Club

    Podcast · Armand Farrokh and Nick Cegelski, 30MPC

    Interviews with sales leaders and reps on tactics for prospecting, discovery and closing.

  • The Revenue Leadership Podcast

    Podcast · Kyle Norton, Pavilion

    Weekly conversations with revenue operators about running sales teams and go-to-market plans.

  • The Advanced Selling Podcast

    Podcast · Bill Caskey and Bryan Neale

    A long-running show on B2B selling, sales management and compensation from two sales trainers.

  • Sales Gravy Podcast

    Podcast · Jeb Blount, Sales Gravy

    Short episodes on prospecting, cold calling and sales leadership from the founder of a sales training company.

  • Pavilion

    Community · Pavilion

    A membership community for go-to-market leaders in sales, marketing, customer success and revenue operations.

  • RevGenius

    Community · RevGenius Inc.

    A Slack community, newsletter and events for revenue professionals.

CRO questions

What does a CRO do?
The revenue number: sales, and often marketing, customer success and partnerships behind it. Owns the forecast and the plan to hit it. Usually reports to the CEO. At smaller companies the same job is titled Head of Sales.
What does CRO stand for?
CRO stands for Chief Revenue Officer. The same job is also written Chief Sales Officer, Chief Commercial Officer, Head of Sales, Head of Revenue.
How many CRO jobs are open?
406 verified open Chief Revenue Officer jobs, each checked against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
How much does a CRO make?
Among 109 open Chief Revenue Officer listings that state pay, the median is $200,000 a year, and half of listings fall between $162,500 and $270,000. This is pay the employer advertises for the job, not total compensation such as bonus or equity.
Where are CRO jobs?
New York (80), California (63), Texas (26), Illinois (21) have the most open Chief Revenue Officer listings. About 64% of listings that state a work arrangement are remote.
Which state pays a CRO the most?
Of the states with enough listings that state pay, California has the highest median at $237,500.
Which industries hire for CRO roles?
Technology & Software (31%), Healthcare & Hospital Systems (16%), Financial Services & Banking (15%), Manufacturing & Industrial (9%), as a share of listings whose employer has a known industry.
What skills do CRO jobs ask for?
The skills named most often in open Chief Revenue Officer listings are forecasting, go-to-market, crm, enterprise sales, onboarding.
Do CRO jobs ask for AI skills?
19% of 81 open Chief Revenue Officer listings read in full name a specific AI skill. The most common is AI tools in daily work.

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