P6P6 — Principal Professional
Executive
Executive leadership. Defines the vision and strategy for business process excellence.
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
- Defines the vision and strategy for business process excellence
- Ensures process initiatives maximize enterprise value
- Leads the organization in adopting innovative process improvements
- Builds strategic partnerships to advance process excellence
- Drives cultural change towards continuous improvement
- Define and communicate strategic vision
- Lead innovative process improvements
- Drive cultural change
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Strategic visioning
- Innovation leadership
- Political navigation
- Organizational coaching
- Visionary thinking
- Continuous improvement strategies
- Innovation in process management
- Political and organizational dynamics
- Coaching and development
- Visionary leadership
- Enterprise leadership
- Innovation Mindset
- Political savvy
- Coaching the organization
- Visionary Thinking
What good looks like
- Bachelor’s degree
- Thought leadership in continuous improvement
- Executive MBA or equivalent experience
Common titles
Business Process Improvement VIBusiness Process Improvement 6Principal Business Process Improvement
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
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