C-Suite Executive Roles — CEO, CFO, CTO, CRO, COO, CMO, CHRO
More than 5,000 executive sources scanned daily — every named C-suite seat across 35 industries. Smaller than VP volume because the seats are scarcer, but every one is a board-visible role.
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What this category covers
The C-Suite tier covers every named C-level seat: CEO and President, CFO, CTO and CIO, CRO (Revenue and Risk), COO, CMO, CHRO (and Chief People Officer), CPO (Product), CDO (Data), CSO (Strategy and Scientific), CCO (Compliance and Communications), CISO, and Chief Legal Officer / General Counsel at the head-of-legal seat.
The C-suite tier is fundamentally smaller than VP because the seats are scarce — there is one CEO per company, one CFO, and so on. Yet each represents a board-visible, exec-committee role. The classifier counts a "Founder/Co-founder serving as CEO" in CXO when the CEO function is real (not honorary), even when titled "Founder."
What falls outside CXO and into VP tier instead: SVPs and EVPs without C-prefix who report to a C-suite peer; "Head of [Function]" titles that lack exec-committee membership; and Managing Directors at consulting firms (these classify into the Consulting industry's Partner-tier signal, which sits in CXO via a different path).
Sample Jobs (10 of 1,697)
| Title & Company | Location |
|---|---|
| Executive Director, Asset Team Lead Recursion Pharmaceuticals Lead strategic positioning of assets in drug discovery and development, focusing on oncology and immunology/inflammation. Requires PhD and 10+ years of experience. C-Suite | Remote Remote |
| Chief Operating Officer Protis Global The COO role is to ensure leadership transition and help the company outperform in the beverage distribution environment across NYC. Responsibilities include developing profit plans, leading operations, and strategic planning. C-Suite | The Bronx, NY Onsite |
| Chief Conservation Officer Ocean Conservancy The Chief Conservation Officer will provide strategic leadership and oversight of Ocean Conservancy's conservation portfolio, set long-term vision, and ensure integration across programs. The role involves policy, science, and field-based initiatives, and requires building influence across sectors and geographies. C-Suite | Washington, D.C. Hybrid |
| Executive Director, Asset Management Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The role involves strategic leadership in Pharmaceutical Operations & Technologies, focusing on operations strategy, portfolio management, and technology transformation. C-Suite | Cary, NC Hybrid |
| Chief AML Officer Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. Interactive Brokers LLC is seeking an experienced Chief AML Officer to lead and execute the firm-wide AML program from the Chicago office. Responsibilities include overseeing AML compliance, managing a team, maintaining policies, and collaborating with various teams to ensure regulatory adherence. C-Suite | Chicago, Illinois, USA Onsite |
| Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs and Provost University of Georgia The Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost is the University of Georgia’s senior vice president and reports directly to the President. The role involves advising and assisting the President in all internal operations of the University, with a focus on academic initiatives. C-Suite | Athens, Georgia Onsite |
| Chief People Officer Culture Amp The Chief People Officer will lead the People Experience function, be credible in the market, lead AI initiatives, and influence the product at Culture Amp. C-Suite | Sydney Hybrid |
| Chief of Staff Eventual The Chief of Staff will own the company's operating cadence, handle customer and partner conversations, manage contracts and legal paths, and drive cross-functional projects to decisions. C-Suite | San Francisco, CA Hybrid |
| Chief Nursing Officer-CNO NYC Health and Hospitals - Woodhull Lead nursing practice and patient care delivery at Woodhull Medical Center. Requires extensive nursing leadership experience. C-Suite | Brooklyn, NY Onsite |
| Chief of Staff Redfin Chief of Staff to the CEO driving company-wide transformation, AI adoption, cross-functional growth initiatives, operating cadence, executive decision support, organizational design, and change management. C-Suite | Seattle, WA, USA Onsite |
How classification gets to this category
C-Suite tier classification combines title prefix with industry-specific rulesets — a "VP" at one industry can sit at CXO tier under another industry's ruleset. This is why we publish 12 industry-specific rulesets rather than a single global title-to-tier map.
- Title-prefix recognition. Any title starting with "Chief" or matching the named-C-suite list (CEO, CFO, CTO, etc.) is a primary CXO signal. The lookup recognizes prefix variants ("Chief Marketing & Brand Officer," "Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer") via partial matching.
- Industry-aware mapping. At an investment bank, "Managing Director" can be CXO-equivalent. At a tech startup, "Founder & CEO" is CXO regardless of the Founder prefix. At a Big Four consultancy, "Senior Partner" is CXO. The 12 industry rulesets carry these mappings explicitly.
- JD signals for ambiguous cases. GPT reads the job description for direct CEO reporting (the strongest CXO confirm signal), board exposure, exec-committee membership, and the "owns the function company-wide" language that distinguishes CXO from senior VP. See the AI Classification page for the full signal hierarchy.
The classifier also has a negative filter: "Acting" or "Interim" prefixes route to a separate flag (still surfaced, but tagged), "VP and Chief of Staff to the CEO" is treated as VP unless the seat carries CXO-equivalent scope, and titles like "Chief Product Manager" (an IC role at some companies) are blocked from CXO tier.
How matching works for your search
Matching on CXO tier alone returns every named C-suite role across all industries and all functions. Layer additional filters to narrow.
Example: CXO + Healthcare Payers & Providers shows the C-suite of every hospital system, payer, and IDN — about 211 seats. Add + CFO/Finance and you narrow to healthcare CFOs only — about 60–70 seats at any given moment. Each filter layer is conjunctive; you get the intersection, not the union.
The most common pattern from candidates targeting C-suite seats: pick CXO tier first, then layer one or two industries plus a single role-type. Three filters is usually the sweet spot. More than three and you're often filtering down to a handful of roles per week — useful for a focused search, but worth knowing in advance.
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