The CRO Report Newsletter
Weekly market data, compensation benchmarks, executive movements, and company deep-dives for VP Sales and CRO leaders.
📰 Newsletter Archive
CRO Report: Market at 275 Roles, Scale Leads at 460 Mentions, 32% Salary Transparency
LatestFebruary 26, 2026
Sales exec hiring at 275 roles (up 2650% from the 10 floor), 88 roles disclose salary (32% rate)
Read on Substack →CRO Report: Market Stabilizes at 121 Roles, Rubrik Elevates Americas Chief to Global CRO, and Burro's $600K Bet on Agricultural Robotics
February 06, 2026
Sales exec hiring holds steady at 121 roles after January's volatility, Jesse Green brings his MongoDB and AppDynamics playbook to lead Rubrik's global revenue org, and why an agricultural robotics startup is paying CRO comp that rivals public company packages
Read on Substack →CRO Report: Market Hits 164 Roles, Service Express VP Joins $50B Commerce Giant Rithum, and Interos's Federal Supply Chain Bet
January 25, 2026
Sales exec hiring up 20% to 164 roles as Q1 budgets unlock, Gregory Banning brings his enterprise sales playbook from Service Express to Rithum's global commerce platform, and why Interos's VP Federal Sales search signals the supply chain risk moment
Read on Substack →CRO Report: Market Holds at 164 Roles, AI Hiring Explodes Past SaaS, and Why Healthcare is the New Tech
January 22, 2026
Sales exec hiring up 20% to 164 roles as Q1 budgets unlock, AI/ML mentions now dominate job requirements at 403 vs SaaS at 261, and healthcare matches tech for sales leadership demand
Read on Substack →CRO Report: Exec Hiring Explodes 79%, Fastly's IPO Architect Joins Forward Networks, and Partex.AI's Life Sciences Bet
January 07, 2026
Sales exec hiring surges 79% to 118 roles, Bobby Condon brings his $2M-to-$480M Fastly playbook to network digital twin pioneer, and why Partex.AI's CRO search signals big pharma's AI tipping point
Read on Substack →CRO Report: Exec Hiring Explodes 50%, Vectra AI's Cybersecurity Bet, and King Arthur's 235-Year-Old Sales Challenge
December 27, 2025
Sales exec hiring surges 50% to 156 roles, just 4% below all-time highs, Claroty's CRO joins Vectra AI, and why America's oldest flour company is searching for a new CSO
Read on Substack →CRO Report: Exec Hiring Drops 23%, MX Technologies' 15-Year Veteran Takes CRO Helm, and Freenome's Pre-IPO Sales Push
December 18, 2025
Sales exec hiring falls to 104 roles, MX Technologies promotes Matt West to CRO after 15 years, and why Freenome's VP Sales hire signals their $330M SPAC ambitions
Read on Substack →CRO Report: Exec Hiring Surges 44%, OpenAI Poaches Slack CEO, and Thomson Reuters' $585K AI Bet
December 11, 2025
Sales exec hiring jumps to 135 roles, biggest weekly surge of 2025, OpenAI hires Slack CEO Denise Dresser as CRO, and why Thomson Reuters is paying top dollar for AI sales leadership
Read on Substack →CRO Report: Exec Hiring Plunges 20%, Keeper Security's ZoomInfo-Pedigreed CRO, and OpenGov's $1.8B GovTech Bet
December 05, 2025
Sales exec hiring crashes to 94 roles, Tim Strickland brings IPO playbook from ZoomInfo to Keeper Security, and why OpenGov's $350K-$400K VP Sales roles signal aggressive growth post-acquisition
Read on Substack →CRO Report: Exec Hiring Surges 15%, Redpanda's $1B AI Infrastructure Bet, and Forrester's Turnaround
November 26, 2025
Sales exec hiring surges 15% to 118 roles, Expel's CRO joins Redpanda, and why Forrester's CSO search signals trouble
Read on Substack →CRO Report: Exec Hiring Falls 7%, GreyOrange's $545M Platform Bet and Sprinklr's Red Flags
November 19, 2025
Sales exec hiring drops to 103 roles, GreyOrange's supply chain bet, and why Sprinklr's VP Revenue role signals strategic reset
Read on Substack →CRO Report - Week of November 5, 2025
November 06, 2025
Sales exec hiring flat at 111 roles, Google's big loss to Trade Desk, and why Kasada's comp raises questions
Read on Substack →Archive updated: March 01, 2026