P6P6 — Principal Professional
Leadership
HR leadership role (often equivalent to Manager/Director level). Defines HR vision and oversees multiple HR teams or centers of 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 HR vision
- Directs large-scale transformations
- Ensures overall HR function excellence
- Leads multiple HR teams
- Develops HR centers of excellence
- Collaborates with C-suite executives
- Drives organizational culture initiatives
- Oversees HR policy and compliance
- Manages HR technology and systems
- Represents HR in strategic planning
- Define HR vision
- Direct large-scale transformations
- Ensure HR function excellence
Skills, knowledge & tools
- HR vision definition
- Transformation leadership
- HR function management
- Team leadership
- Center of excellence development
- C-suite collaboration
- Organizational culture development
- HR policy oversight
- HR vision development
- Transformation processes
- HR function excellence
- Team leadership strategies
- Center of excellence frameworks
- C-suite collaboration techniques
- Organizational culture strategies
- HR policy and compliance
- Enterprise-wide perspective and foresight
- Inspiring leadership
- Ability to navigate complex political environments
- Visionary Thinking
- HR excellence
- Leadership
- Communication
- Problem-solving
What good looks like
- 12–15+ years comprehensive HR experience
- Comprehensive understanding of organizational strategy
- Bachelor's degree in HR or related field
- Proven leadership in HR transformations
- Experience in executive HR roles
Common titles
Human Resources Generalist VIHuman Resources Generalist 6Principal Human Resources Generalist
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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