VP of Sales

Citylitics; Toronto; On-site; CAD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Internal mentorship program

Professional growth opportunities

Access to Generative AI tools

Job summary

A data-driven public infrastructure firm in Toronto is looking for a VP of Sales to lead aggressive revenue growth. You will own ARR goals, build a strong sales team, and establish sales strategies that drive predictability. The ideal candidate has over 20 years of sales leadership experience and a proven history in high-performance environments. This role offers an opportunity to influence significant changes in sustainable public infrastructure, working closely with a dedicated team in a fast-paced setting.

Qualifications

• 20+ years of experience in enterprise sales leadership, with 10+ years at the VP/SVP level.
• Proven history of scaling sales teams and exceeding net-new ARR targets.
• Experience in public infrastructure, GovTech, or data/AI-driven markets is favorable.
• Domain exposure to public infrastructure, GovTech, or data/AI markets is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the company’s sales strategy toward aggressive revenue growth.
• Build and develop a high-performing sales team.
• Deliver consistent net-new ARR growth and partner with Customer Success.
• Build and mentor AEs, BDRs, and leadership; enforce coaching culture.
• Drive net-new ARR growth and partner with CS for expansions.
• Lead multi-team alignment with Marketing, Product, and Customer Success.

Skills

Enterprise sales leadership

Complex selling expertise

Coaching and mentoring

Data-driven approach

Challenger/Sandler

CRM tools

Tools

CRM systems

Sales intelligence tools

Forecasting tools

Job description

Citylitics delivers predictive intelligence on local utility & public infrastructure markets.

What is Infrastructure? It is the roadways you rely on to safely get to Grandma's house, it's the potable water that comes out of your kitchen tap that you wash your family's food with, and it's the energy that heats our homes and powers our digital lifestyles.

Every year, trillions of dollars are spent on all areas of infrastructure to maintain our quality life and move our economy forward. However, our infrastructure is no longer equipped to meet the needs of the future. We hear about infrastructure failures, whether bridge collapses, power blackouts, or water main breaks, every day in the news. Climate change and extreme weather events are disrupting the basic infrastructure we took for granted for years.

Citylitics is solving the hardest data problems in infrastructure while building the sales intelligence platform that enables a faster, more transparent, and more efficient infrastructure marketplace. We turn millions of unstructured documents into high value intelligence feeds and datasets that are available on an intuitive user experience. Our goal is to enable solution providers to connect with cities with relevant infrastructure needs in a faster and more digital way than historic market channels. As more companies adopt our platform, cities & utilities will be able to access solutions that deliver on the promise of moving towards a more resilient, sustainable, and equitable infrastructure future.

Who Are We Looking For?

Citylitics is seeking a VP of Sales to lead the company toward aggressive revenue growth targets. You will own net-new ARR goals and build the predictable, repeatable sales engine required to achieve them. You will hire and develop top-performing AEs and BDRs, strengthen our enterprise and mid-market motions, and help establish Citylitics as the category leader in predictive sales intelligence for public infrastructure.

You are a leader who lives in the details, obsesses over winning, and has scaled high-performing sales teams in fast-growth software companies that achieved market dominance.

As a CEO-reporting, Board-facing leader central to our success, this role requires an in-office presence 4 days a week at our Toronto Headquarters.

What Will You Accomplish?

Sales Strategy, Process, & Operations:

• Establish disciplined forecasting, pipeline coverage models & inspection cadences that drive predictability.
• Define account segmentation and ICP clarity to ensure the team is aligned with our market strategy.
• Create and refine sales playbooks, talk tracks, sales deck templates, and qualification frameworks for multi-stakeholder, high-value deals.

Team Leadership & Culture:

• Build, hire, develop, and mentor a top-tier sales organization across AEs, BDRs, and leadership.
• Enforce a coaching culture grounded in competency development and structured deal reviews.
• Establish a high-performance environment rooted in accountability, transparency, and operational rigor.

Sales Execution & Growth:

• Deliver consistent net-new ARR growth and support expansion outcomes in partnership with Customer Success.
• Enforce rigorous sales process oversight to ensure the team performs deep discovery, builds trusted prospect relationships, and delivers compelling sales presentations & proposals that drive signed contracts at a higher win rate.
• Implement best-in-class training and onboarding programs to ramp new AEs and BDRs to full productivity within aggressive targets.
• Guide deal strategy on multi-stakeholder enterprise opportunities to personally influence outcomes and improve team performance.
• Align with Marketing, Customer Success and Product to ensure GTM cohesion and feedback loops.

Experience & Track Record:

• 20+ years in enterprise sales leadership, including 10+ years at the VP/SVP level, with a proven history of scaling sales teams.
• Documented history of overperformance, demonstrating consistent quota attainment and the ability to lead teams to exceed net-new ARR targets.
• Complex Selling Expertise: Proven ability to navigate and close complex, multi-stakeholder deals involving executives, technical buyers, and procurement.
• Domain Alignment: Experience or exposure in public infrastructure, GovTech, or data/AI-driven markets is a strong advantage.

Operational Mastery:

• Methodology & Rigor: Deep expertise in sales methodology (e.g., MEDDIC, Challenger, Sandler), combined with a mastery of forecasting discipline and pipeline governance.
• Data-Driven Approach: Proficiency with modern revenue stacks (CRM, Sales Intel, Forecasting tools) and a commitment to data hygiene as a driver of strategy.
• GTM Integration: Proven ability to partner with Marketing, Product, and Customer Success to build a cohesive, feedback-driven GTM engine.

Leadership Profile:

• Integrated GTM Leadership: Demonstrated ability to partner effectively with Marketing, Product, and Customer Success leadership to drive a unified GTM strategy.
• High-EQ Leadership: A motivator and coach who can drive accountability while building a culture of high performance and skill development.
• Relentless Operator: A seasoned leader with a resourceful, "hunter" mentality who obsesses over winning.

Why Citylitics?

• This is a rare opportunity to influence positive change within one of the biggest societal challenges of our generation: sustainable public infrastructure.
• You get to support a disruptive solution with a compelling value proposition into an industry that is eager to hear from you and in a market with no direct competition.
• We live at the cross section of infrastructure, scaleup and data science/AI. There is no other team like us in Toronto.
• There is no corporate bureaucracy here. You will accomplish more here in a few months than what you would in a few years at a large, entrenched technology company.
• We believe that Data and AI will play an outsized role in our future, so we equip every team member with access to Generative AI tools and our full Data Universe to enhance their productivity and encourage innovation through experimentation.
• We are proud to offer every CityZen an internal mentorship program, in-role professional growth, skill-based development & learning, and internal promotion opportunities.
• We work hard, we play together, we win as a team! We are on a mission to solve infrastructure while savoring the moment and celebrating the little details along the way.

Citylitics is an equal opportunity employer. We are passionate about providing a safe workplace where everyone is accepted and has the opportunity to grow with us. We are committed to making diversity and inclusivity part of our culture!