Build the standard for election data
Vugol Me is scaling a platform built on one promise: a source on every number. Every poll is traceable to the pollster that ran it, every rating to its inputs, and every release is checksummed so anyone can verify it. We are now building the leadership team to take it to every newsroom, campaign and research desk in the country.
Production, not a prototype
Hundreds of 2026 races, verified-pollster review, checksummed releases and paid plans are live today, with the platform, data pipeline and model architecture built and run by a team led by a scientist with a doctorate in AI, machine learning and data engineering.
Senior and hands-on
Each of these roles owns an entire function. You will set the strategy and do the work, with direct access to the leadership team and real authority over your area.
Nonpartisan by design
We serve every side on the same published terms. No customer, investor or partner has a say in ratings, rosters or releases, and every role here protects that.
Timing: we are holding conversations now. Start dates for these roles are tied to our next financing; we will be clear about timing in your first conversation.
Open leadership roles
VP, Business Development & Data Partnerships
Revenue
Own the enterprise pipeline: newsrooms, research institutions, data licensing and the data sources behind every number.
The mission
Turn the most transparent election data ledger in the market into the default data layer for newsrooms, researchers and civic institutions, and secure the data partnerships that widen our coverage.
What you will own
- Build and close the enterprise and Newsroom pipeline, from first call to signed annual agreement.
- Negotiate data-licensing deals, both inbound (pollsters, state election data, results feeds) and outbound (bulk data, API and embed customers).
- Design partnership terms that protect our editorial independence: no customer, partner or sponsor has a say in ratings, rosters or releases.
- Set targets with the founder, report pipeline weekly and hand customers to success with clean, documented commitments.
What you bring
- An existing book of relationships you can open on day one: campaigns, candidates, party and committee leadership, consultancies and the newsrooms that cover them, across party lines.
- 10+ years in B2B sales or business development, including enterprise data, media or information-services deals.
- A record of closing six-figure annual contracts and building a repeatable pipeline from a small base.
- Fluency with data-licensing terms: attribution, redistribution, CC BY and commercial licences.
- Judgment and discretion with nonpartisan positioning: you can sell to every side without taking one.
A plus
- Relationships in newsroom data desks, polling firms or academic election research.
- Experience at a data provider, wire service or election-results vendor.
VP, Finance & Investor Relations
Finance
Build the financial engine of a subscription data business with election-cycle seasonality, and run the investor process.
The mission
Make the business financeable and durable through every election cycle: clean books, a credible operating model, disciplined cash management and an investor process run to institutional standards.
What you will own
- Own the operating model: subscription revenue by plan, cycle seasonality, unit economics, burn and runway.
- Run monthly close, revenue recognition for monthly and annual plans, sales tax and audit readiness.
- Lead the financing process with the founder: data room, investor materials, diligence and closing.
- Build pricing and packaging analysis for annual commitments that smooth off-cycle cash flow.
What you bring
- 10+ years in finance, including FP&A or controller work at a SaaS, data or media company.
- Hands-on experience with subscription metrics (MRR, churn, cohort retention) and Stripe-based billing.
- Experience supporting or leading at least one priced financing round.
- A CPA, CFA or MBA, or equivalent depth of experience.
A plus
- Experience with seasonal or event-driven revenue (elections, sports, events, education).
- Familiarity with media or data-licensing revenue models.
Director, Political & Campaign Partnerships
Revenue
Bring campaigns, committees, consultancies and advocacy organizations of every affiliation onto the platform, on identical public terms.
The mission
Make Vugol Me the reference that campaign and political professionals across the spectrum check first, without ever compromising the nonpartisan standard that makes it worth checking.
What you will own
- Bring your existing political relationships onto the platform in your first 90 days, then grow Pro and Newsroom subscriptions among campaigns, party committees, consultancies, PACs and advocacy groups, of every affiliation, on the same published terms.
- Turn customer feedback into product requirements for race fundamentals, alerts and data exports.
- Represent the company at political conferences and trainings, always as a neutral data provider.
- Enforce our separation rule: political customers buy access to data; they never influence it.
What you bring
- A ready client base: active relationships with candidates, campaign managers, party and committee staff and consultants who will take your call, on more than one side of the aisle.
- 7+ years in campaigns, political consulting, party or committee operations, or selling to them.
- A track record of turning political relationships into signed business, with references who will say so.
- Command of the campaign calendar, budgets and buying cycles at the federal, state and local levels.
- An unshakeable personal standard of nonpartisanship at work.
A plus
- Experience with voter files, polling procurement or campaign data tools.
- Experience across multiple election cycles at different levels of the ballot.
Head of Engineering (CTO track)
Technology
Lead engineering on a production data platform: ingestion, the checksummed release ledger, the public API and the subscriber product.
The mission
Scale a platform whose promise is that every number can be traced and re-verified, through election-night traffic, new data sources and a growing customer base, and build the engineering team that runs it.
What you will own
- Own reliability and performance of the Next.js / Postgres (Supabase) / Vercel stack, including election-night load.
- Ship the enterprise roadmap: API keys, embeddable widgets, multi-seat accounts and bulk data delivery.
- Harden the ingestion and review pipeline: provenance, audit trails and human approval for everything published.
- Hire and lead the first engineers; set the bar for security, testing and code review.
What you bring
- 10+ years building production web and data systems, including 3+ years leading engineers.
- Deep TypeScript and SQL; experience with Postgres row-level security and serverless deployment.
- A security-first mindset: secrets handling, least privilege and auditable data changes.
- Comfort being hands-on in the code while setting technical direction.
A plus
- Experience with election, polling, financial or other high-integrity data.
- Experience operating systems through predictable traffic spikes.
VP, Marketing & Growth
Growth
Own the brand, the audience and the funnel: search, newsletter, press, social and conversion from free readers to paying desks.
The mission
Make "a source on every number" the most trusted promise in election data, and turn the free audience it earns into a growing base of paying professionals.
What you will own
- Own acquisition and conversion: SEO for every race page, the weekly digest, social and paid tests.
- Run press and media relations with the editorial team, so coverage cites our numbers accurately.
- Build lifecycle marketing that carries subscribers across the gap between election cycles.
- Measure everything, honestly: no claim in our marketing that the data cannot back.
What you bring
- 10+ years in marketing, including leading growth for a subscription media, data or SaaS product.
- Proven results in SEO, email and conversion optimisation, with the numbers to show it.
- Excellent writing and editorial judgment; comfort with factual, regulated or high-trust messaging.
- Experience building and leading a small team and agencies.
A plus
- Background in news, political communication or civic media.
- Experience marketing to journalists, researchers or campaigns.
Apply
Upload your résumé and we will fill in what we can; check it, pick what you bring, and answer one question in writing. Every application is read by a person. If your background is a match, we will contact you to arrange a conversation.
How we hire
- A person reads your application. No software screens, ranks or scores candidates.
- If there is a match, a first conversation with the leadership team.
- Shortlisted candidates may be asked for a short recorded introduction.
- A working session on a real problem from the role, and reference checks.
- An offer with the pay range shown above, equity and a start date.
VEDAVERE, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, political affiliation or any other protected status. If you need an accommodation to apply, write to us and we will provide one.