EVP of Sales: Hire a Proven Leader Matched to Your Stage
The right EVP of Sales can define your next phase of growth. Vendux matches you with a proven leader ready to own sales at the executive level - strategy, go-to-market, and the leadership team. Every candidate is evaluated through PerfectMatch™ for fit with your stage, model, and industry - not just a resume.
Hire a EVP of Sales
Find a permanent EVP of Sales matched to your model and stage - PerfectMatch™ surfaces proven operators, not just resumes.
Why companies hire a EVP of Sales
Proven leaders, matched - not just sourced
PerfectMatch™ connects you with EVP of Sales candidates who have owned sales at the executive level - strategy, go-to-market, and the leadership team. You evaluate operators with a real track record - across SaaS, tech, manufacturing, professional services, and PE-backed and family businesses - not a stack of applications.
Built for your stage
The right EVP of Sales for a $1M-$500M SMB is different from an enterprise hire. Vendux matches for stage, model, and motion - a leader sized to build what you need now and scale it as you grow.
A network, not a job board
Vendux is a curated network of vetted sales and customer leaders. Instead of screening a pile of resumes, you meet a short list of proven operators - and can bridge with a fractional or interim leader first if that fits better.
What a EVP of Sales does
A full-time EVP of Sales is the permanent owner of sales at the executive level - strategy, go-to-market, and the leadership team. The right hire sets strategy, builds and leads the team, installs the operating cadence and metrics, and is accountable for results over the long term. In a growing SMB, they often build the function as much as run it. Vendux helps you define the profile, then matches you with proven candidates through PerfectMatch™. Check out our Client Success Stories.
What the role owns
- Executive sales strategy: multi-year plan, segment and market priorities, and the growth thesis behind them.
- Board and CEO partnership: a credible revenue narrative, forecast, and plan for the leadership table.
- Sales-leadership development: mentoring VPs and directors and upgrading the management layer.
- Operating-model design: the cadence, metrics, and structure that make sales predictable.
- Go-to-market alignment: sales, marketing, and success operating from one plan and one number.
- Comp and incentive strategy: executive-level plan design aligned to growth priorities.
- Talent and succession: org design and the plan for permanent senior hires.
How Vendux compares
Against a generalist recruiter, Vendux brings a curated network of vetted sales and customer leaders and a PerfectMatch™ process built around fit, not keyword search. Against hiring a first-time EVP of Sales under pressure, you get proven operators who have already owned sales at the executive level - strategy, go-to-market, and the leadership team. And if a permanent hire isn't the right first step, Vendux can start you with a fractional or interim leader to build the function and define the permanent profile before you commit.
Frequently asked questions
How is a fractional EVP different from a fractional CRO?
An EVP of Sales leads the sales organization at the executive level; a CRO owns all revenue functions - sales, marketing alignment, pricing, RevOps, and retention. If your gap is top-tier sales leadership specifically, an EVP fits; if it spans the whole revenue engine, consider a CRO.
Is an EVP overkill for an SMB?
Not when the need is real - a PE value-creation plan, a fast scale-up, or a leadership transition often calls for executive-grade judgment. The fractional model lets a $1M-$50M company access that leadership without the full-time cost.
Will a fractional EVP work with our CEO directly?
Yes. The EVP is a peer-level partner to the CEO and, where relevant, the board - owning the revenue story and plan at the executive table.
Do you place full-time, permanent leaders?
Yes. While Vendux is best known for fractional and interim leadership, PerfectMatch™ also connects companies with proven leaders for permanent roles - and can bridge with a fractional or interim leader first if that fits better.
How does Vendux find the right candidate?
PerfectMatch™ matches on stage, model, industry, and motion from a curated network of leaders - so you evaluate a short list of proven EVP of Sales operators, not a pile of resumes.
Should we hire full-time or start fractional?
If the function exists and needs a permanent owner, hire. If you're still building it or proving the model, a fractional or interim EVP of Sales can stand it up first. Vendux can advise and match either way.
What does a permanent placement cost?
Permanent placement is priced differently from fractional or interim engagements - based on a permanent placement fee. Vendux will walk you through the model for your role.
Related services
- Fractional EVP of Sales
- Interim EVP of Sales
- SVP of Sales
- Chief Sales Officer (CSO)
- Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
Hire the leader your next phase needs
Grow your sales leadership capital. PerfectMatch™ will connect you with a EVP of Sales matched to your stage - and can bridge with a fractional or interim leader until the permanent hire is right.