M2M2 — Manager II
Senior Manager
Lead identification and preliminary evaluation of mid-size partnerships or alliances.
What this level means
Manages an established team or sub-function; owns planning and performance for the group.
- Scope
- An established team or sub-function
- Autonomy
- Owns planning for the group
- Complexity
- Cross-project coordination and priorities
- Impact
- Group delivery and development
- Decision rights
- Owns staffing, priorities, performance for the group
- Leadership
- Manages a team; sometimes manages leads
- Typical experience
- 5–8 yrs
What you'd do
- Lead identification and preliminary evaluation of mid-size partnerships or alliances.
- Manage cross-functional teams on specific BD projects.
- Build relationships with external partners.
- Develop BD processes and best practices.
- Identify potential partnerships.
- Evaluate partnership opportunities.
- Manage cross-functional teams.
- Engage with external partners.
- Develop BD processes.
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Partnership evaluation
- Cross-functional team management
- Relationship building
- Process development
- Best practice implementation
- Partnership evaluation techniques
- Cross-functional collaboration
- External partner engagement
- BD process improvement
- Strategic alignment
- Communication
- Initiative
- Leadership
- Judgment
What good looks like
- 5–8 years, with some track record of deal support or project leadership.
Common titles
Senior Manager
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 11-0000 — Management Occupations(inferred · under review)
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are coming — JobFrame anchors pay to the family/level structure rather than the raw title.