The most popular corporate titles

 

Over 200,000 different business titles (yes, your read well) are displayed on The Official Board. They reflect the richness and the diversity of the business roles in the corporate world.


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The 100 most frequent executive jobs that can be divided in:

  1. The Board
  2. Boss
  3. Corporate
  4. Finance
  5. HR
  6. Market: Marketing, Product, Communication and Sales
  7. Technical: Operations, Engineering and IT
  8. More about the business titles
        See the content of 100 most frequent executive jobs.


1. The Board
 
Chairman of the Board or Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Director

Independent Director 

Director, Employee Representative 

 See the content of the main board jobs.

 

2. The Big Bosses 

Chief Executive Officer or CEO 

Chief Operating Officer or COO

Vice President, Region (e.g. Europe)

Vice President, Country (e.g. Germany)

Vice President, Office (e.g. San Francisco)

 See the content of the main Boss jobs.


3. Corporate Functions:

Chief of Staff

Secretary

Vice President, Compliance

Vice President, Corporate Responsibility

Vice President, Contract

Vice President, Fraud

Vice President, Intellectual Property

Vice President, Public Affairs 

Vice President, Regulation

See the content of the main Corporate jobs.

 

4. Finance Functions

Chief Financial Officer or CFO

Vice President, Accounting or Chief Accounting Officer

Vice President, Administration

Vice President, Audit

Vice President, Control

Vice President, Credit

Vice President, Facilities

Vice President, Financial Planning

Vice President, Insurance

Vice President, Investment

Vice President, Investor Relation

Vice President, Mergers and Acquisitions

Vice President, Procurement

Vice President, Real Estate

Vice President, Risk

Vice President, Tax 

Vice President, Treasury

 See the content of the main finance jobs.

 

 

5. HR Functions

Chief People Officer (or Vice President, HR)

Vice President, Compensation & Benefits

Vice President, Culture

Vice President, Diversity

Vice President, Integration

Vice President, Organization

Vice President, Recruiting

Vice President, Security

Vice President, Sustainability

Vice President, Talent

Vice President, Training

Vice President, Transformation

See the content of the main HR jobs.


6. Market: Alalysis, Product, Communication and Sales

 

6.1 Market Analysis Functions

Chief Marketing Officer (or Vice President, Marketing)

Vice President, Analytics

Vice President, Business Intelligence

Vice President, Data

Vice President, Market Research

Vice President, Strategy

See the content of the main market analysis jobs.

 

6.2 Product Marketing Functions

Vice President, Design

Vice President, Digital

Vice President, Innovation

Vice President, Partnerships

Vice President, Pricing

Vice President, Product Development

Vice President, Product Management

Vice President, Venture

See the content of the main product marketing jobs.

 

6.3 Communication Functions

Chief Communication Officer (or Vice President, Communication)

Vice President, Advertising

Vice President, Brand

Vice President, Media

Vice President, Public Relations

See the content of the main communication jobs.

 

6.4 Sales Functions

Chief Sales Officer (or Vice President, Sales)

Vice President, BusDev

Vice President, Channel

Vice President, Customer Experience

Vice President, Customer Relation Management 

Vice President, Customer Success

Vice President, eCommerce

Vice President, Growth

Vice President, Key Accounts

Vice President, Loyalty

Vice President, Merchandising

Vice President, Revenue

Vice President, Services

See the content of the main sales jobs.

 

7. Technical: Operations, Engineering and Information Technology


7.1 Operations Functions

Chief Operation Officer (Vice President, Operations)

Vice President, Industrial

Vice President, Logistics

Vice President, Manufacturing

Vice President, Quality

Vice President, Supply Chain

Vice President, Transportation

See the content of the main Operations jobs.

  

7.2 Engineering Functions

Chief Technical Officer (Vice President, Engineering)

Vice President, R&D

Vice President, Science

See the content of the main Engineering jobs.

 

7.3 Information Technology Functions

Chief Information Officer (or Vice President, IT)

Vice President, Application

Vice President, Artificial Intelligence

Vice President, Cloud

Vice President, Development

Vice President, Information Security

Vice President, Infrastructure

Vice President, Project

Vice President, Telecom 

Vice President, Technology

See the content of the main Information Technology jobs.


 8. More about the business titles

They appear in all the functions and help to recognize the more senior executives. They can be seen as mimicking the officers' "grade" in the military environment.

Deputy General Manager or Assistant General Manager
Assistant General Manager (may be more than one.)

Executive Vice President or EVP
The prefix - Executive - means that this Vice President is very autonomous in his decisions and his operational management. Example: Executive Vice President, International.

General Manager or Managing Director
is the senior operational manager in this company. The role is usually appointed by the Chairman of the Board. Could also be a decision-maker who supervises the company, a division of the company or one of its activities.

Partner
One of the key principals of the company; has a key partnership stake with the owners of the company.

President
See Chief Executive Officer.

Senior Vice President or SVP
This title is often used for the managers reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer. He usually enjoys significant autonomy. Example: Senior Vice President, Marketing.

Vice President or VP
This title is often used for the experienced managers reporting to the Chief Executive Officer or to one of its direct reports. Example: Vice President, Europe. 

 

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