P6P6 — Principal Professional
Principal Advisory
Shapes long-term vision technology for vision solutions. Advises on cross-project vision architectures.
What this level means
Top individual contributor; recognized authority with strategic impact, equivalent to a low executive level
- Scope
- Organization-wide architecture and the hardest problems
- Autonomy
- Defines direction; minimal oversight
- Complexity
- Strategic, open-ended problems shaping the technical future
- Impact
- Organization-wide
- Decision rights
- Sets technical strategy for a major area
- Leadership
- Recognized authority; multiplies many teams
- Typical experience
- 12–18 yrs
What you'd do
- Shapes long-term vision technology
- Advises on cross-project vision architectures
- Shape vision technology
- Advise on architectures
- Influence industry trends
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Long-term planning
- Cross-project advisory
- Industry leadership
- Vision architecture
- Vision architecture
- Industry trends
- Strategic advisory
- Long-term technology planning
- Industry Influence
- Thought Leadership
What good looks like
- ~15+ years, with top-tier vision expertise and leadership
Common titles
Computer Vision VIComputer Vision 6Principal Computer VisionMachine Learning VIMachine Learning 6Principal Machine LearningPrincipal Advisory
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
O*NET / SOC: 15-0000 — Computer & Mathematical Occupations (inferred)