CEO & President Roles — across seniority and stage
Coverage spans founder-CEOs at seed-stage startups, growth-stage presidents, and public-company CEOs across every industry on the platform.
Tier breakdown
3
Founder283
C-Suite19
VP0
Sr Director3
DirectorWhat this category covers
CEO & President is the top-operator tier — but that doesn't mean it's exclusively Fortune 500 corner offices. It captures every role where the person holds top P&L accountability for a company or a standalone business unit, regardless of company size or stage.
That includes founder-CEOs raising a Series A, Division Presidents at public industrials, Country Managers who own full-region profit responsibility, and General Managers running autonomous business units. The common thread is accountability to a board, shareholders, or an owning entity — not to another operating executive.
What falls outside: Vice Presidents of any seniority (no matter how close to the top), Chiefs of Staff, Executive Assistants to the CEO, and interim CEOs in an active search process. Those either land in a different tier or are excluded from the executive gate entirely.
Sample Jobs (10 of 308)
| Title & Company | Location |
|---|---|
| Interim Chief Medical Officer AMN Healthcare Provide senior physician executive leadership, strengthen medical staff accountability, improve communication, and oversee quality and patient safety. C-Suite | Unknown Unknown |
| Dirección General - Sector Moda y Complementos ... Compañía española de carácter familiar del sector moda y complementos Executive leadership of a family-owned fashion and accessories company, responsible for strategic planning, team coordination, and business development. C-Suite | Madrid, Spain Unknown |
| Director General ... International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) Lead the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) in Brussels, focusing on strategic leadership, operational management, stakeholder engagement, financial sustainability, and international advocacy. C-Suite | Brussels city, Brussels region Onsite |
| Managing Director ... global technology and manufacturing company Lead business strategy and operations in a global technology and manufacturing company. Drive revenue growth and business transformation. VP | Warsaw, Masovia Unknown |
| Vice President, Land & Joint Mission Systems General Dynamics Mission Systems Lead and grow a global portfolio of integrated land and joint mission capabilities, oversee strategy, customer engagement, program execution, engineering, and operations. VP | Calgary, AB, Canada Onsite |
| President Elizabethtown College The Elizabethtown College Board of Trustees invites applications for the 17th President. The role requires a leader committed to the college's values, with financial acumen and a record of higher education leadership. C-Suite | Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania Onsite |
| Chief Executive Officer Destination British Columbia The CEO will provide vision, leadership, and strategic direction for Destination BC, a Crown corporation responsible for advancing British Columbia’s visitor economy through destination marketing and management. C-Suite | Vancouver, BC Onsite |
| VP, Global Security, Networking and Communications TD SYNNEX This executive role involves global leadership of the Cisco business and the global Security business, setting strategic direction for growth and transformation. VP | Remote, Florida, United States Remote |
| President and CEO The Mutual Fire Insurance Company of British Columbia Lead The Mutual Fire Insurance Company of British Columbia through growth and transformation. Requires significant property and casualty insurance experience. C-Suite | Langley, BC Onsite |
| CEO Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) The CEO will lead DBIA, partnering with the Board of Directors to advance the organization's mission, vision, and strategic priorities. The role involves strategic and operational leadership, industry representation, and organizational growth. C-Suite | Washington DC Onsite |
How classification gets to this category
The classifier resolves a role into CEO or President by working through three layers:
- Title signals. Keywords "CEO," "Chief Executive," "President," "Founder & CEO," and "Co-Founder" are strong positive signals that resolve here immediately in most industries.
- Industry overrides. In Private Equity and VC, a "Managing Director" running a portfolio company may resolve here rather than to the VP tier. In consulting firms, a "Managing Partner" maps to CXO. These override rulesets handle the cases where the canonical title is missing. See the AI Classification page for the full industry-override table.
- Secondary signals for ambiguous cases. Compensation ($350K+ base is common at this tier), reporting line (to the Board or Chairman, not to another operating executive), and team size (full executive staff, multiple direct-report C-level peers) all contribute to resolving borderline postings.
One important negative rule: a strong compensation signal alone doesn't promote a VP-titled role into this category. Tier assignment requires either a title match or a clear organizational signal that the person is the top operator.
How matching works for your search
Matching on CEO or President is conjunctive — every filter you add narrows the intersection, it doesn't add noise.
Example: select CEO/President + Technology and your inbox shows top-operator roles at tech companies only — not VP Engineering at a tech company, not CEO roles in manufacturing. The role type and industry gate must both pass.
Tier filtering applies on top of role type. If you want only Founder-tier or CXO-tier CEOs — filtering out GM and Division President roles classified at a lower tier — toggle the seniority-tier setting in your preferences. A Growth-stage Founder/CEO and a Fortune 500 Division President are both in this category but may carry different tier tags.
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