P6P6 — Principal Professional
Field Technical Project Management P6–P8
Set strategy for field project management organization.
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
- Define standards and tools company-wide
- Represent the organization in forums
- Drive organizational change
- Ensure alignment with corporate strategy
- Set organizational strategy
- Represent in forums
- Drive change
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Visionary leadership
- Organizational influence
- Change management
- Strategic alignment
- Organizational strategy
- Leadership in change management
- Industry standards and tools
- Corporate strategy alignment
- Visionary leadership
- Organizational influence
- Change management
- Strategic alignment
What good looks like
- 15+ years
- Director/VP of Project Management roles
- Proven strategic leadership
Common titles
Field Technical Project Management VIField Technical Project Management 6Principal Field Technical Project ManagementField Technical Project Manager VIField Technical Project Manager 6Principal Field Technical Project ManagerField Technical Project Management P6–P8Senior Strategic Roles
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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