Full-Time

Vice President Sales

Chartbeat

Chartbeat

51-200 employees

Real-time analytics platform for publishers

Compensation Overview

$225k/yr

+ $225,000 target variable compensation + 401(k) company match + Phone and internet stipend

New York, NY, USA

Remote

New York City metro area is preferred; approximately 30% onsite travel is required.

Category
Sales & Account Management (1)
Required Skills
Sales
Lead Generation
Forecasting

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Requirements
  • 10+ years of enterprise software sales leadership experience delivering consistent multi-year quota attainment.
  • A proven track record of building and leading globally distributed teams pursuing international customer opportunities.
  • Deep domain knowledge of the media industry and established credibility with media software buyers.
  • Fluency in structured sales methodologies such as ValueSelling and MEDDPICC, alongside a rigorous commitment to forecast and pipeline accuracy.
  • Demonstrated ability to uncover underlying customer business needs and build urgency to instigate sales opportunities.
  • Sophisticated commercial acumen to negotiate complex, multi-year enterprise software agreements covering SaaS licensing, implementation, and custom development components.
  • A collaborative, curious, and driven mindset with a track record of running deals as team pursuits across Pre-Sales, Marketing, Product, Finance, and Professional Services.
  • Willingness to maintain a global travel and industry event schedule, with approximately 30% onsite travel.
Responsibilities
  • Own and achieve the annual global new business quota in new business annual recurring revenue growth.
  • Lead, coach, and recruit a team of enterprise sellers to own deal execution from lead generation through close.
  • Generate sales-team-sourced annual pipeline above and beyond marketing-sourced pipeline.
  • Maintain a strong new business win rate against sales-qualified leads.
  • Accelerate enterprise sales cycles through active inspection and direct intervention on stalled deals.
  • Review win/loss rationale to convert customer wins into fast-follow strategies for lookalike prospects and new customer segments.
  • Flex between supporting sellers on complex multi-variable deals and leading strategic pursuits directly.

Chartbeat provides real-time analytics for digital publishers, helping newsrooms, magazines, and content sites understand how readers interact with their content. Its platform collects data such as page views, scroll depth, and time spent on articles, then presents live dashboards and insights that publishers can act on to optimize content and improve reader engagement. The service is delivered via a subscription model with tiered access and optional premium features, making it scalable for different client sizes. Compared to competitors, Chartbeat emphasizes immediate, actionable audience insights tailored to the publishing workflow and content strategy, enabling publishers to respond quickly to reader behavior. The company's goal is to help publishers grow their audience, boost engagement, and build reader loyalty through data-driven decisions.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Late Stage VC

Total Funding

$39.1M

Headquarters

Austin, Texas

Founded

2009

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What believers are saying

  • Bain Capital's October 2024 investment funds product expansion and more acquisitions.
  • FatTail's March 2025 acquisition expands Chartbeat into direct-sold advertising workflows.
  • Google Discover dashboard support strengthens Chartbeat's relevance as referral traffic shifts from search.

What critics are saying

  • Google AI Overviews and Discover siphon publisher traffic, compressing Chartbeat usage by 2026.
  • Chartbeat's private-credit-backed acquisition spree increases integration risk across FatTail, Tubular, and Lineup.
  • Publisher consolidation and budget cuts from NYT, Gannett, and Vox slash seat growth.

What makes Chartbeat unique

  • Chartbeat combines real-time audience analytics with revenue management after Lineup, Tubular, and FatTail.
  • Chartbeat serves 700 customers and 10,000 properties across 60-plus countries, per John Saroff.
  • Chartbeat owns minute-by-minute engagement, referral, and crash alerts publishers use during breaking news.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Paid Parental Leave

Phone/Internet Stipend

Wellness Program

Flexible Work Hours

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

2%

1 year growth

0%

2 year growth

13%
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