roles

Primary Role:

Manages multiple teams or complex org slice

Reporting Relations:

Reports to Director

Decision Making Authority:

Hiring + budget input

Stratigic Planning

Drives org-level planning

Team Management:

Manages EMs or multiple teams

Meeting Involvment:

Department leadership forums

Project Management:

Oversees multi-team delivery

Communication:

Executive-facing updates

Professional Development:

→ Director

Primary Role:

Leads multiple engineering teams and managers

Reporting Relations:

Reports to VP/CTO

Decision Making Authority:

Budget + headcount authority

Stratigic Planning

Owns annual planning for domain

Team Management:

Manages EMs/Senior EMs

Meeting Involvment:

Executive leadership contributor

Project Management:

Portfolio-level delivery oversight

Communication:

Executive reporting

Professional Development:

→ VP of Engineering

Primary Role:

Strategic partner and advisor, aligning and executing organizational goals

Reporting Relations:

Reports to CEO, with a broader reporting structure

Decision Making Authority:

Significant, delegated authority for executive decisions

Stratigic Planning

Active in development and execution of strategic plans

Team Management:

Manages cross-functional teams and projects

Meeting Involvment:

Actively participating, presenting, and driving decisions

Project Management:

Oversees large, complex projects impacting the organization

Communication:

Represents the executive internally and externally

Professional Development:

Broadens strategic leadership and management skills